coronach

Example Sentences

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And next morning their wives and daughters came, clapping their hands and crying the coronach and shrieking—and they carried away the dead bodies, with the pipes playing before them.

From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Scott, Walter, Sir

He played tune after tune until his breath failed him, and an exhausted grunt of the drone—in the middle of a coronach, followed by an abrupt pause, revealed the emptiness of both lungs and bag.

From Malcolm by MacDonald, George

There was a boding of ill in her cry, like a coronach, and the domestics took it up in sympathy, as Highland women will.

From The Black Colonel by Milne, James

The open door will invite them into the sanctuary of peace, and they will croon the coronach of their woe in the holy place.

From The Great Discovery by Maclean, Norman

After every fight will not some mother be crooning the coronach for her dear son?

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart