How do you use Dirge in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like lament or requiem, plus the exact meaning.
Dirge meaning
- A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a deceased person.
- A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring.
Using Dirge
- The main meaning on this page is: A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a deceased person. | A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring.
- Useful related words include: coronach, lament, requiem, threnody.
- In the example corpus, dirge often appears in combinations such as: dirge that, dirge of.
Context around Dirge
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 1 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dirge
- In this selection, "dirge" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mournful, funeral, esque and doom stand out and add context to how "dirge" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a dirge really citation and a funeral dirge is passing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dirge" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dirge
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This one is an electro-propelled dirge. (7 words)
I feel like I’m at a dirge. (8 words)
A mournful dirge that indicated just how disheartening the afternoon had been. (12 words)
Most of the early attention on the record has been on the controversial video for the single “Darkness,” a “Stan”-esque dirge that places Em in the shoes of the 2017 Las Vegas massacre shooter. (35 words)
In fact, in Dirge of The Cerberus, a spin-off game, it is revealed that the Lifestream can and will transplant itself from a planet when that place becomes too dangerous. (31 words)
A dirge, really." citation While typically viewed as producers of dark and gloomy music, the Cure have also yielded a number of upbeat songs. (24 words)
Example sentences (11)
A mournful dirge that indicated just how disheartening the afternoon had been.
Either that, or she was asleep, which is entirely possible, particularly as the coronation glided into its dirge-like middle third.
Then a solo bassoon silences the warmth: A funeral dirge is passing through.
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It was a dirge for our slaughtered soldiers and, heard all through the night, it had an inexpressibly mournful and depressing effect.
Most of the early attention on the record has been on the controversial video for the single “Darkness,” a “Stan”-esque dirge that places Em in the shoes of the 2017 Las Vegas massacre shooter.
This one is an electro-propelled dirge.
I feel like I’m at a dirge.
Seattle duo Bell Witch opened the festivities with roughly an hour of brutal dirge doom.
A dirge, really." citation While typically viewed as producers of dark and gloomy music, the Cure have also yielded a number of upbeat songs.
In fact, in Dirge of The Cerberus, a spin-off game, it is revealed that the Lifestream can and will transplant itself from a planet when that place becomes too dangerous.
Common combinations with dirge
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- dirge that 2×
- dirge of 2×