Examples of 'dirge' in a sentence

Meaning of "dirge"

dirge (adjective) - Describes something that is mournful, melancholic, or somber in nature. The term is often used to characterize music, poetry, or other artistic expressions that convey a sense of sadness or grief
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  • A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.
  • A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring.
  • To sing dirges

How to use "dirge" in a sentence

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A dirge is a somber song expressing mourning or grief.
I will sing a dirge for her tonight.
A dirge sung for the young woman.
A love song is stronger than a fanatical dirge.
The word dirge comes from it.
Cursed be he that disturbeth our holy dirge.
Dirge can be created by from one or more persons.
This song is sadder than a funeral dirge.
And a dirge would play.
On the march they played a funeral dirge.
The old woman singing a dirge has a voice of dust.
You are singing it like a funeral dirge.
It is a dirge or lament that is even slower than the previous movement.
The music speeds up and sinks back to a dirge.
Dirge to wear black.

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And the organ rolled on in to add the dirge.
A dirge is a song of death.
With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage.
Sings a magical dirge that can kill anyone who hears it for long enough.
It sounded like a slow dirge to death.
You have spoiled the whole mood for the guys out there with your dirge.
Clinging on to the skies in dirge despair as they mourned the denied life.
The prayers become a muffled dirge.
King deserves more than this meandering dirge on the anniversary of his death.
Related to elegy and the dirge.
You have heard the hushed celestial dirge played out in the sky at his crucifixion.
They sound like a dirge.
Dirge of Cerberus is a decent third person shooter.
I shall compose a funeral dirge.
Then Baruch sings a dirge on the destruction of Jerusalem.
That report made him sound as exciting as a funeral dirge.
This very night you shall hear my dirge over burning Rome.
That man could turn a rallying cry into a funeral dirge.
This is a typical day for Dirge and Galvatron.
They pay not attention to the flutes nor the dirge.
Dirge of Cerberus received similarly mixed reviews from English critics.
Clover takes up the dirge.
Opinions for Dirge of Cerberus were decidedly mixed.
It is not merely a confessional dirge.
The Dirge figure is a blue redeco of Classics Ramjet.
Inca funeral dirge.
Dirge playing No penalty.
Love can be a dirge.
Dirge was in a band during high school named Of Worlds Long Dead.
Band plays dirge.
Dirge named appears in the comic arc Reunification by Fun Publications.
Heard a rebel dirge.
Dirge for a Soldier.
Organ playing dirge.
Dirge of Cerberus.

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