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Recent Examples of elegizeThe trope tends to elegize artists who are perceived to be ahead of their time or otherwise inimical to regnant conventions.—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021 Spielberg h as chosen to elegize the story by romanticizing it, swathing the characters in Norman Rockwell attitudes, a meddlesome symphonic score, and a golden fairy dust that shines through the windows like God's blessing.—Eliza Berman, Time, 5 Oct. 2017 In writing about her cousin, Allen is also elegizing other black men victimized by poverty, drugs and unequal justice.—Julia M. Klein, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elegize
mourn
Verb
The world has mourned the loss of 27 campers and counselors, and 10 girls are still missing, according to the camp.
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Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
7 July 2025
The Bruins community is mourning at the passing of one of the great characters in the club’s century-long history, Lyndon Byers, who died on Friday at the age of 61.
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