paean
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His magnificent memoir is a paean to human agency a century before Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
It’s a wistful, country-folk paean that offers both a wry yet realistic assessment of the disposition of collections someone leaves the planet.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
The Beatles’s “Hey Jude” was a strong option, but it has become a paean to Jude Bellingham, England’s attacking midfielder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
“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
"What say you, O Gens of Cleric?" he cried, his voice an exultant, clarioning paean of rejoicing.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 by Harry Bates
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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