fugue

Example Sentences

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Tai has gone into such a fugue state that she's hallucinating visits with her son and causing accidents with her ex-wife in the passenger seat.

From Salon

Penny’s mother and stepfather vanished in the Australian Outback five years ago, leaving her in “a weird limbo,” a fugue of unresolved mourning.

From Washington Post

You could hear, with awe-inspiring ease, every line threaded through the fugue of the Op. 110’s finale.

From New York Times

In an interview, Darius said that his father had a shelf full of music theory books, and kept the scores of Bach and Shostakovich preludes and fugues next to his piano for reference.

From New York Times

Serpas stayed up all night in a Red Bull fugue turning the likes of a plate glass tabletop, an upright vacuum, and a thick flaking door into sculptures.

From New York Times