paean
Example Sentences
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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
He insisted that he was an independent artist, proving the point by providing decadent, images for an edition of Thomas Malory’s paean to heroic chivalry, “Le Morte d’Arthur.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
“All’s Fair” is a paean to the classic Hollywood movies Murphy adores, with its most direct spiritual influence being the 1939 adaptation of “The Women.”
From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025
Merchan then cited Chief Justice John Roberts’ recent paean to the sanctity of judicial independence.
From Slate • Jan. 3, 2025
Its history, as composed by its own citizens, is one long paean of praise.
From American Sketches 1908 by Whibley, Charles
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
