Meanings of mournful dirge in inglés

This laughter ceased suddenly, however, when Amos began to chant a mournful dirge:

The Stewarts piped a mournful dirge as she approached the door.

In the morning the brass band played a mournful dirge.

The organ began to play a mournful dirge.

Also the Egyptian Labour Corps arrived in hundreds and once more made the day hideous with their mournful dirge.

Then above the clang and clamor of dreadful battle we hear the mournful dirge of minstrels wailing o'er the dead.

The light wind which blew at the time wafted the bitter words of her mournful dirge to the spot where her friends were.

Preceded by the band of women chanting the mournful dirges according to the Galileean custom, the cortege slowly wended its way.

Three musicians, one with a rude harp, a boy striking a triangle steel, sang mournful dirges similar to those of Andalusia.

For her life she could not speak; but the sun grew dark, and the river changed its merry tune to mournful dirges.

Ten years ago, Tammy Wynette's mournful dirges certainly fitted Hillary Clinton's situation, grimly standing by her man as the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke.

And when one of the snakes is killed, the turtle-doves watch long over his dead body and chant mournful dirges at his funeral.