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Recent Examples of oratorio
Handel, a rich celebrity, seems to have donated his share of the oratorio’s proceeds to hospitals and orphanages.
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Bob Blaisdell, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
This year marks the 70th singing of the classic oratorio.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 4 Dec. 2024
An oratorio is essentially an unstaged opera, a story told in music.
—Jan Swafford, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
The oratorio, plus related music, will be performed twice each day in the Appel Room by the Jazz at Pride Orchestra on October 18 and 19 and also be streamed.
—Jane Levere, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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Bob Blaisdell, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
This year marks the 70th singing of the classic oratorio.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 4 Dec. 2024
An oratorio is essentially an unstaged opera, a story told in music.
—Jan Swafford, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
The oratorio, plus related music, will be performed twice each day in the Appel Room by the Jazz at Pride Orchestra on October 18 and 19 and also be streamed.
—Jane Levere, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for oratorio
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oratorio
Noun
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For three-quarters of its pages, the book reads like a paean to dope, a lyrical testament to the transcendent bliss of the first time using, and to the futile effort to recapture it.—
Scott Stossel,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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Through their on-camera interviews, passion and reverence for cinema comes clearly through, making the film a touching paean to the power of the artform and the people behind it.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The mass infections and mass deaths, however, are conspicuously missing.—
Yangyang Cheng,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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High-profile mass shootings continue to rock the city.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Read: What parents of boys should know Hess does all of this without sharing a drop of advice—hallelujah.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
5 May 2025
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Said it over and over like a preacher singing hallelujah.—
Philip Martin,
arkansasonline.com,
13 Sep. 2024
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Royal fans and political observers noted that Tiffany’s place in the processional was five places behind that of her husband, Michael Boulos, People said.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
18 Sep. 2025
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The processional’s route will be posted at a later time.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Further down the lineup, Friday has Bieber collaborator and indie fave Dijon alongside the melodic dirges of Ethel Cain.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Season 3 finale of the sci-fi series delivers on that promise, unfolding with the solemn rhythm of a funeral dirge.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Duke of York retreated from public life in November 2019 after a car crash interview with the BBC about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, but attended the requiem mass at Westminster Cathedral on Tuesday afternoon.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Like many of the 27 tracks on her Grammy-winning album of the year, her Cowboy Carter and Rodeo Chitlin’ Circuit Tour is a requiem to Black artists who have helped shape country music and a reclamation of Americana for those who have been shut out.—
Megan Thomas,
CNN Money,
27 June 2025
Noun
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This will be a full live production of Peter Rothstein’s a cappella chorale piece, offered as an add-on to the Playhouse on Park season subscription.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
20 Aug. 2025
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Three years later, the follow-up, Caroline 2, expands outward in every direction, pairing scraggy, strummed chorales with heart-on-sleeve mantras and distorted furore.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
30 May 2025
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“Oratorio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oratorio. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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