Definition of Dirge
a sorrowful literary or musical composition that is used to honor a deceased person
Examples of Dirge in a sentence
When Kim sang a dirge for her deceased father, she brought everyone to tears. 🔊
My teenage daughter was bored by the music at the opera and referred to it as one long funeral dirge. 🔊
As the dirge was played on the church piano, the widow and her children wept. 🔊
The legendary singer wrote a dirge to perform at a memorial service for the victims of the recent terrorist attack. 🔊
For a class project, my psychology professor asked all of us to write a poetic dirge about a deceased love one. 🔊
The members of the Indian tribe sang a dirge in unison as their chief was put to rest. 🔊
Because I am a writer, my best friend’s mother asked me to write a dirge to honor her husband at his funeral. 🔊
John did not start to cry at his best friend’s wake until he was asked to read a dirge about his pal. 🔊
At the soldier’s funeral, a military band played a mesmerizing dirge. 🔊
Each time a character dies in the stage play, a dirge is played in the background. 🔊
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