pean
Example Sentences
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But the possibility that Britain could leave is already stirring dread in Brussels, especially because public disgust with European governance is also rising in France and even Germany.
From New York Times
Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World The vocal by the king of jazz lent a grandfatherly wisdom to this pean to nature’s purity.
From The Guardian
That’s because hundreds of Santa look-alikes were in the European country for the 55th annual World Santa Claus Congress.
From Washington Post
It is not a pean of victory we sing but a requiem.
From Project Gutenberg
He sang peans of victory over the downfall at Yorktown; he exalted the fame of Washington; he called down maledictions on the ship that bore the "worthless Arnold" from American shores.
From Project Gutenberg
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
