Thesaurus results for LITANIES

litanies

noun

plural of litany

as in lists

a long stated list of things one after another Nobody wants to deal with a coworker who repeats the same litany of complaints day after day.

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Recent Examples of litanies Keeping the camera still in a courthouse’s small, windowless chambers, Depardon depicts these face-to-face showdowns as litanies of misery, as the officials make suspects confront the grim circumstances leading to their arrests. —

Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2026 Hval’s restless melodies and at-times Proustian lyrics trail cigarette smoke or the fragrance of roses toward litanies of memory, all the while deconstructing the very natures of stage performance, recording technology, and digital existence. —

Jenn Pelly, Time, 4 Dec. 2025 Given the linguistic polyphony, even Spanish speakers will need to consult translations to understand her litanies. —

Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025 Like both Chicana Falsa and the matchstick litanies, Cardona’s poems focus both on his adolescence and his family. —

Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025 Each night, strange visitors whisper litanies in an unknown tongue. —

Zac Ntim, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025

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Pageants, deans' lists, graduations or military enlistments are not accepted.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026
Although similar declarations have been made in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, the United Nations and European Union have not added the sprawling global group to terror lists.

— BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026