Explore Dirges through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Dirges meaning
plural of dirge
Using Dirges
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of dirge
- In the example corpus, dirges often appears in combinations such as: dirges and, dirges for, recite dirges.
Context around Dirges
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dirges
- In this selection, "dirges" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, recite, singing and emo stand out and add context to how "dirges" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include groups singing dirges on the and his dirges and satires. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dirges" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dirges
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As he was charged with composing inscriptions and dirges for the governor, he gained experience in writing official documents. (19 words)
Her songs feel like mimeographs of emo dirges, so denatured from their original sadness that they ascend to a kind of smoothed-out hope. (24 words)
His dirges and satires are bold and blunt; they swap the indirection of imagery, obtuse or otherwise, for the snap of metre and rhyme. (24 words)
Already at the palace of Esun Ekiti, they have cut the trees to signify the passage of the monarch with red flags at some places while some people sat in groups singing dirges on the Elesun’s transition. (38 words)
He just likes to bite off more than he can chew sometimes in his little column, and he loves to sing dirges for the Death of Western Civ, like any Responsible Conservative Thinker, harrumph. (34 words)
The Kol Bo provides, in the laws for Tisha B'Av : :And they recite dirges there for about a quarter of the night, the men in their synagogue and the women in their synagogue. (34 words)
Example sentences (8)
Already at the palace of Esun Ekiti, they have cut the trees to signify the passage of the monarch with red flags at some places while some people sat in groups singing dirges on the Elesun’s transition.
Her songs feel like mimeographs of emo dirges, so denatured from their original sadness that they ascend to a kind of smoothed-out hope.
His dirges and satires are bold and blunt; they swap the indirection of imagery, obtuse or otherwise, for the snap of metre and rhyme.
He just likes to bite off more than he can chew sometimes in his little column, and he loves to sing dirges for the Death of Western Civ, like any Responsible Conservative Thinker, harrumph.
And likewise during the day the men recite dirges by themselves and the women by themselves, until about a third of the day has passed.
As he was charged with composing inscriptions and dirges for the governor, he gained experience in writing official documents.
A spin on military brass band funerals, New Orleans traditional funerals feature sad music (mostly dirges and hymns) on the way to the cemetery and happier music (hot jazz) on the way back.
The Kol Bo provides, in the laws for Tisha B'Av : :And they recite dirges there for about a quarter of the night, the men in their synagogue and the women in their synagogue.
Common combinations with dirges
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: