threnody in English

noun
1
a lament.
In spite of being denied even the predictable weepy-eyed juvenile threnodies for the local TV news, many parents expressed disappointment with the school closure.
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Below are sample sentences containing the word "threnody" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "threnody", or refer to the context using the word "threnody" in the English Dictionary.

1. The film concludes with a threnody about the unwanted.

2. But inside the echo were sounds not quite their own-a kind of threnody, a weeping, something melodic and sad.

3. In the latter category are works like the revolutionary opera Zagmuk (1930), the Threnody in Memory of Lenin (1925), and the somewhat amusingly titled U.S.S.R., Shock Brigade of the World Proletariat (1925).

4. The rain drummed on the eaves of her garden fiat at Cuffe Parade. She listened to its dismal threnody, tapping her teeth with her red pencil and watching streams snaking down the windowpanes.