dirgelike
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Though it has no legal standing, “Aotearoa” appears in New Zealanders’ passports; in the country’s radio and television news broadcasts; in the dirgelike national anthem; and on the back of its plastic dollar bills.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
The result is not a dirgelike hagiography but a swift-moving and curiously sprightly movie that captures Bourdain’s vitality, his biting humor, his weapons-grade charisma, and his seemingly limitless hunger for new experiences.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2021
Their stillness is in tension with the dirgelike motion of the train, which accounts for some of the blurring that occurs in the photos, particularly around the edges.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2018
It would be especially funny to see them end a show that way, but they ended with the ur-Dinosaur Jr. song, from “You’re Living All Over Me”—“SludgeFeast,” a soaring, dirgelike triumph.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 14, 2014
It was loud and delirious, in contrast to the gentle, dirgelike notes that had characterized the other.
From The Gray Phantom by Herman Landon
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