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Recent Examples of threnody
His diary shrank to a litany of suffering and a threnody for what might have been.
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Sara Wheeler, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2018
Most critics acknowledged the score’s beautiful moments, especially Cleopatra’s death scene, in which the character’s plaintive lyrical lines are capped by a chilling choral threnody.
—Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2017
Needless to say, Murray’s threnody for Europe is as fundamentally incoherent as its late-19th-century originals.
—Pankaj Mishra, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2017
Threnody in X (FTF), Soda Pop (FTF), Corn Hives (FTF), Facts (FTF),
—Sophie Brown, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2011
Sara Wheeler, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2018
Most critics acknowledged the score’s beautiful moments, especially Cleopatra’s death scene, in which the character’s plaintive lyrical lines are capped by a chilling choral threnody.
—Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2017
Needless to say, Murray’s threnody for Europe is as fundamentally incoherent as its late-19th-century originals.
—Pankaj Mishra, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2017
Threnody in X (FTF), Soda Pop (FTF), Corn Hives (FTF), Facts (FTF),
—Sophie Brown, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for threnody
Noun
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Unwittingly, the whole exchange echoes Mullins’ lament in Lioness about the media telling us what to believe.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2025
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Because, as one of them laments, who else can a spy really date?—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In fact, the opening moments play out like an elegy for the whole nation: a school boarded up, with empty corridors and empty classrooms.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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As photographed by Austin Shelton, the widescreen images — and even the vertical TikTok videos braided alongside — convey a hopeful vision of their future, more fresh start than elegy.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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On the final night, one of the regulars hired a Scotsman in a kilt to play a bagpipe dirge.—
Zach Helfand,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Ethel Cain: Perverts [Daughters of Cain] Ethel Cain found unlikely pop fandom with Preacher’s Daughter, her 2022 debut album, thanks to its emotional dirges and heavy lyrics.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
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Column Plug Two Rollie Pemberton A requiem for Trugoy and a rebirth for De La Soul.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Threnody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threnody. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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