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The result is closer in style and rhythm to the doomy slow-cinema dirges of Gus Van Sant, like Elephant or Gerry.
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 31 May 2024
Women in black mourning weeds gathered and hummed dirges.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
What follows is a haunting collection of dirges and hymns that fuses the high points of his career: the symphonic pomp of 2005's Illinois, the electronic maximalism of 2010's The Age of Adz, and the spartan folk of 2015's Carrie & Lowell, a work inspired by the death of his mother.
—Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2023
The drums of failure beat a sharp, staccato dirge in Siran's mind.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 31 May 2024
Women in black mourning weeds gathered and hummed dirges.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
What follows is a haunting collection of dirges and hymns that fuses the high points of his career: the symphonic pomp of 2005's Illinois, the electronic maximalism of 2010's The Age of Adz, and the spartan folk of 2015's Carrie & Lowell, a work inspired by the death of his mother.
—Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2023
The drums of failure beat a sharp, staccato dirge in Siran's mind.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dirge
Noun
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Unwittingly, the whole exchange echoes Mullins’ lament in Lioness about the media telling us what to believe.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2025
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Because, as one of them laments, who else can a spy really date?—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In fact, the opening moments play out like an elegy for the whole nation: a school boarded up, with empty corridors and empty classrooms.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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As photographed by Austin Shelton, the widescreen images — and even the vertical TikTok videos braided alongside — convey a hopeful vision of their future, more fresh start than elegy.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The funeral procession begins with a sorrowful requiem but transitions into a celebration of life — reminding us that life extends beyond death, that grief is not the absence of love but an extension of it.—
Mathew Holloway,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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Column Plug Two Rollie Pemberton A requiem for Trugoy and a rebirth for De La Soul.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Dirge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dirge. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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