threnody

Example Sentences

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“There Were Bells” is a threnody for planetary extinction from Brian Eno’s coming album, “Foreverandevernomore.”

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2022

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

He can still drag tears from hardened hacks with his Song for Richard Collopy, a threnody for his late guitar restorer, whose devastation lies in its affectionate detail.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2012

Then we heard the Muses sing a threnody in nine immortal voices.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer