paean

Example Sentences

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But as admiring as “Cover-Up” may be about Seymour Hersh, it is hardly a paean to American mass media.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

And during Ms. Kealani’s closing paean to Charles X, once again sensitively accompanied by the solo harp, the Gérard picture slowly assembled, with the painting itself finally projected onto the singers and Paulo Fantin’s set.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025

One of the great theatrical speeches written in the last 25 years, this vertiginous paean to America’s pastime was no doubt a factor in O’Hare’s win.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025

Merchan then cited Chief Justice John Roberts’ recent paean to the sanctity of judicial independence.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2025

The screen faded and was silent, followed by a clear, trilling whistle which swelled in a paean of lilting sound.

From Fly By Night by Savage, Arthur Dekker