DIRGE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for DIRGE, such as:

1. It was as if the night sang dirges with clenched teeth.
2. The stranger, after listening for a moment, joined in the mournful dirge.

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 Meanings and Examples of DIRGE
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dirge
 n.  a piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; funeral hymn
Classic Sentence:
1  It was as if the night sang dirges with clenched teeth.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
Example Sentence:
1  The stranger, after listening for a moment, joined in the mournful dirge.