elegiac

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

In this longer and more structured form, what began as an intentional scattering of ashes becomes an elegiac letter home mediated by shipwreck.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

The film, made in collaboration with his King's Foundation charity, is a sometimes elegiac look at his many decades of campaigning to protect the natural world.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

His patient, elegiac tone mimics the president’s reserve: The camera almost never moves, the musical cues are minimal, and there is virtually no unnecessary cutting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Its orotund prose certainly differs from the lean muscularity of the Second Inaugural or the elegiac concision of the Gettysburg Address.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

The first songs were vigorous and then Mama Adanna’s voice broke out, husky and elegiac.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie