pean

Example Sentences

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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 • Nov. 26, 2015

At Portela Military Airport in Lisbon, the final stop on the Reagans' Euro- pean trip, they were greeted by President Antonio Ramalho Eanes.

From Time Magazine Archive

The full-blown ripeness of the rose, the sturdy primness of the sweet pea are ranged in harmonious array, mingling the emotions of night and scent in one silent pean to the advent of Spring.

From Time Magazine Archive

The War Department, disregarding Euro pean protests, sent the 9th and 12th Divisions of the Japanese Army to Shanghai to bolster the none-too-successful blue jackets of Admirals Shiosawa and Nomura.

From Time Magazine Archive

The dry annals of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle are occasionally lighted up with a gleam of true eloquence, as in the description of the battle of Brunanburh, which breaks forth into a pean of victory.

From The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) by Various