threnody

Example Sentences

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When you’re expecting extinction, it makes sense to record the threnody in advance.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022

Of course, “the unspeakable horror of the literary life” — to borrow Mr. Earbrass’s phrase from Edward Gorey’s “The Unstrung Harp” — is a familiar threnody in the writing biz.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2022

A threnody for strings, rich in aching suspensions, appears twice, first to lament the deaths of millions and later to mark a more personal loss.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 1, 2016

In a way, the whole volume is a threnody.

From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2013

Their voices blended into a threnody of nostalgia about pain.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison