dirgelike

Example Sentences

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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

In Season 2, with the band of post-apocalyptic survivors taking refuge on a bucolic Georgia farm, the pace has slowed to dirgelike, and the dominant mood has been wintry to the point of depressive.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2011

The solemn, dirgelike chant was taken up by the entire company, and Spotted Deer believed that the Shawnees were singing the death song.

From Spotted Deer by Gregor, Elmer