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
The second movement features dirgelike variations on a theme by Clara Wieck—i.e.,
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 9, 2019
A sort of thrash-dance with dirgelike interludes, it had energy but was less than satisfying.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2010
Peace!' an' maybe once in a while the royal voice lifted in one of them sad slumber songs of the South Seas—creepy and dirgelike and beautiful.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Gordon Grant
