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
The second movement features dirgelike variations on a theme by Clara Wieck—i.e.,
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 9, 2019
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
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
A mournful, wailing, dirgelike sound was heard in front.
From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram
