Usage examples (27)

• He's Mr Tambourine Man but McCain is the full orchestral suite, from Sousa marches to threnodies.
• My mother watches the screen with the rapt attention of a child, captivated by the shadowy images and more often than not awash with tears at the first hint of sentiment as the...
• These were all admirable, carefully made recordings, but the peak moment of the three men's collaboration was the very fine Someday You'll Have These Blues (1977), which...
• How it suggests all manner of poetic fancies and graceful threnodies!