paean
Example Sentences
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“Founder’s Fire” is no uncritical paean to the greatness of this country.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
The postwar period is rife with big names who used brands as both a pastiche of and paean to America’s consumer culture: Richard Prince, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, Eduardo Paolozzi and—king of them all—Andy Warhol.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Ultimately, that openness allowed Hudson and Jackman to approach Claire and Mike with honesty, essential for a film that’s a fullhearted paean to dreamers at their highest and lowest.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
Merchan then cited Chief Justice John Roberts’ recent paean to the sanctity of judicial independence.
From Slate • Jan. 3, 2025
In celebrating Henry's victories, Shakespeare was also celebrating England's more recent victories over her enemies abroad, so that the play is a great national paean, the song of heroic, triumphant England.
From An Introduction to Shakespeare by MacCracken, H. N.
Vocabulary lists containing paean
Antigone
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"The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe
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Poe's Favorite Words, collected by Charles Harrington Elster
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