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Recent Examples of requiemWhether 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
There’s nothing shiny and new to get excited about and so the apathy and dirge hasn’t been replaced.
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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.
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