dithyrambic

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When I left the politicians, I went to the poets; tragic, dithyrambic, and all sorts.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

The "dithyrambic prose" which excited avant-garde blurbists in Tropic of Cancer�and which was frequently tiresome�has been kept in hand by a new sense of structure �a better interplay of narrative and reminiscence.

From Time Magazine Archive

The show's dithyrambic peak, "Benny's Number," is scaled with the percussive aid of Louis Prima's Sing, Sing, Sing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Despite Beclch's dramatic flaws, the evening thrums with dithyrambic vitality whenever the Afro-American Dance Ensemble takes over the stage.

From Time Magazine Archive

One proud lady, whose husband, in the words of a dithyrambic guide-book, "made a fortune from a patent glove-hook," boasts that her mansion has a glass-room on the second floor.

From American Sketches 1908 by Whibley, Charles