dirgelike
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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
But "Suffocating," a slow dirgelike ballad about being stuck in the past, asks more of his voice than it's prepared to give.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2010
"You must not let a bit of fatherly correction wound you so deeply, Count," said the cardinal, his voice still deep and dirgelike but no longer full of scorn.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Robert Shea
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