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Recent Examples of pathos
At the same time, the filmmaker finds a surprising pathos underneath all the viscera with Hal forced to confront the randomness and inevitability of death.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
In Park’s hands, Westlake’s dark horror-thriller becomes a deliciously macabre black comedy, largely thanks to a very physical, at times almost slapstick performance by Lee, who never fails to deliver the pathos of Man-soo’s desperation.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2025
Basketballs filled with pathos plants hang from the ceiling.
—Kansas City Star, 5 Dec. 2025
Allen delivers one of the all-time great vocal performances, effortlessly shifting from big laughs to extreme pathos.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 Nov. 2025
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
In Park’s hands, Westlake’s dark horror-thriller becomes a deliciously macabre black comedy, largely thanks to a very physical, at times almost slapstick performance by Lee, who never fails to deliver the pathos of Man-soo’s desperation.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2025
Basketballs filled with pathos plants hang from the ceiling.
—Kansas City Star, 5 Dec. 2025
Allen delivers one of the all-time great vocal performances, effortlessly shifting from big laughs to extreme pathos.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pathos
Noun
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Death, fear, and sorrow unify the disparate practices.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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But grief will give you so much more than sorrow.—
Lauren DePino,
CNN Money,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Ege, a 31-year-old special education teacher, ended up reaching out to the group Families for Safe Streets, whose members showed up at their apartment shortly after Musyoka’s death to help them through those initial days and weeks of grief.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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We’re largely left to imagine her fears for an uncertain future, her grief for an unknown, unborn child and her thoughts on becoming a symbolic figure in the outside world, with another woman’s name to boot.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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No adolescent defiance or child’s anguish was visible on his face now.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Some critics called for more editorial discipline in the film, or found Lawrence’s onscreen spin cycle of anguish, which involves literally clawing her way up walls or flinging herself through glass doors, to be repetitive.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Following a few beats of lighthearted small talk, Clarkson told the couple, who were French but visiting from their home in London, not to concern themselves with the heartache of the music about to follow.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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The group — which has thousands of members and has notched an impressive number of legislative victories on the local and state level — seeks to harness the grief and anger of survivors of crash victims to ensure that other families aren’t forced to endure their heartache.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Hundreds of people expressed their heartbreak at the news on social media, citing the drag queen bingo nights at the Cedar Room, live music and comedy and other programs that made the theater-going experience more fun.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The family’s heartbreak began when Sewell Setzer III died by suicide in February 2024.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Mamdani, 34, is a charismatic socialist who has limited experience in the private sector and seems utterly unconcerned about his guiding philosophy’s long track record of creating misery.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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Beyond the outright annihilation of people and the considerable trauma that brought onto people, leftist regimes inflicted considerable misery in myriad other ways.—
Sal Rodriguez,
Oc Register,
7 Nov. 2025
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Democrats scored commanding wins up and down the ballot and on ballot measures across the country amid signs that voters’ economic woes are top of mind — a warning sign for the president and his party heading into next year’s higher-stakes midterm elections.—
Michelle L. Price,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Money woes, staffing shortages and patient insurance problems are about to get worse, hospital officials warn, under looming cuts to health care funding that are part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Pathos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathos. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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