dirgelike

Example Sentences

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The result is not a dirgelike hagiography but a swift-moving and curiously sprightly movie that captures Bourdain’s vitality, his biting humor, his weapons-grade charisma, and his seemingly limitless hunger for new experiences.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2021

It would be especially funny to see them end a show that way, but they ended with the ur-Dinosaur Jr. song, from “You’re Living All Over Me”—“SludgeFeast,” a soaring, dirgelike triumph.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 14, 2014

In Season 2, with the band of post-apocalyptic survivors taking refuge on a bucolic Georgia farm, the pace has slowed to dirgelike, and the dominant mood has been wintry to the point of depressive.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2011

The first movement was a fascinating mix of dirgelike pathos and nervous palpitations; somber moods flitted over the second movement like clouds as the horns repeated three rising notes in majestic dismay.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2010

The plate darkened, and there were strains of slow, dirgelike music; then it lighted again, presenting a view of a broad hallway, thronged with men and women in bright varicolored costumes.

From Last Enemy by Piper, H. Beam