threnody
Example Sentences
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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
It was an acute and devastating threnody, which King read in a methodical cadence.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 3, 2017
Ride the High Country is a threnody for an obsolete kind of heroism and the code of honor underpinning it.
From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2016
Eliot and describes this theme as "the larger threnody lamenting the death of criticism."
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2010
Their voices blended into a threnody of nostalgia about pain.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
