dirgelike

Example Sentences

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Though it has no legal standing, “Aotearoa” appears in New Zealanders’ passports; in the country’s radio and television news broadcasts; in the dirgelike national anthem; and on the back of its plastic dollar bills.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2022

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

A sort of thrash-dance with dirgelike interludes, it had energy but was less than satisfying.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2010

At the opening notes of the melody—a slow, wailing, dirgelike air—the cats rose, and circled round their mistress, marching to the tune.

From The Two Destinies by Collins, Wilkie