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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Do you think, Cbunt, that this doleful and crude dirge of Elvis's might soon be changed?
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Listen to the dirge of the dry leaves, that were green and vigorous but a few moons before!
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The needles splinter the wind into dirges and laments that tell of the long and tragic history of the trees.
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Their song, or their dirge , remained unsung, or at any rate unheard.
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There's too many metal and dirge infested undertones but they'd go down a storm supporting Silverfish.
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When a Hmong dies, his fellow clansmen beat out a dirge on ceremonial drums, announcing his departure for the afterworld.
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Yet the memoirs of these survivors, their dirge , is rarely inscribed in the chroniclers' sentimental journeys.