fugue

Example Sentences

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“He’s the Rock of Ages of music,” says Carpenter, who particularly loves the fugue nicknamed “St. Anne” and the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

It allowed Elordi to renounce any hang-ups, surrendering to a fugue state of mind.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

That time spent getting the headboard, for example, was frankly spent in a sort of grim fugue state, wordlessly drifting from place to place in exhausted resignation.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

What happened to Steve, the Yorkie, during Taissa’s fugue state?

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023

I didn’t know how close she was to the person who had gone completely fugue at the party.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson