requiem

ˈre-kwē-əm
as in lament
a composition expressing one's grief over a loss the choir will sing Mozart's Requiem

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Recent Examples of requiem Whether a requiem is due for rom-coms or not, in the meantime there's at least a conveyor belt of cringe to feast upon. Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025 The funeral procession begins with a sorrowful requiem but transitions into a celebration of life — reminding us that life extends beyond death, that grief is not the absence of love but an extension of it. Mathew Holloway, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025 Column Plug Two Rollie Pemberton A requiem for Trugoy and a rebirth for De La Soul. Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025 No dolphin will ever perform an autopsy, no dingo will read Heidegger, no macaque will write a requiem for piano and violin. Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for requiem
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Noun
  • Apologies and laments and longing are woven throughout the album, but the speaker doesn’t ask anything of anyone that comes across as especially loud.
    Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Beristain’s lament may sound like a song of the past, but eight years later, that rhythm is returning.
    Lluvia Gaucin, IndyStar, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • This is her elegy, her memorial, her voice, her face.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Not every elegy comes in the form of a dying fall.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There’s nothing shiny and new to get excited about and so the apathy and dirge hasn’t been replaced.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Wylde seemed right at home recreating the droning opening dirge as the band slowed down into a stellar stoney groove throughout a standout moment Saturday night.
    Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025

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“Requiem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/requiem. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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