Definition of Elegy

a poem or song displaying grief or mourning

Examples of Elegy in a sentence

Since I am not an animal lover, I could only sigh as Ann sang an elegy for her dead cat.  🔊

The celebrated poet has been chosen to write an elegy for the people who died in the terrorist attacks.  🔊

During the funeral, Clay played an instrumental elegy for his brother.  🔊

The teenager wrote an elegy describing the end of her longest relationship.  🔊

When the princess died, one of her favorite songwriters wrote a moving elegy for her.  🔊

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