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Recent Examples of Synonyms for madrigals
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Some have suggested that the Bard had romantic liaisons with men, in part implied by sonnets that are charged with homoerotic elements.—
Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
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Seamus Heaney’s sonnets about Northern Ireland in the 1970s and Annie Ernaux’s memoirs of France in the 1960s propose indirect but approachable ways of engaging with personal and national history.—
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The fabled singer-songwriter is set to play 21 shows on the continent this spring, in support of his latest release, 2023’s Seven Psalms.—
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Each song presents a lyrical tapestry that carries messages from God, frequently drawing upon references to biblical psalms.—
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The whimsical term has also been the title of countless poems, songs and books about remarkable coincidences or eureka moments.—
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In addition to sharing poems that reminded him of Murphy, LaChappelle posted a lengthy caption with his own musings.—
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These books can be read as comedies of cognitive dissonance or as melancholy elegies for the very possibility of closure.—
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However, local creatives such as William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge later began to pen lofty odes to its glacial lakes, wide meadows, and jutting hills.—
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The walls are graced with various nods to pop culture from the past few decades, as well as odes to Raytown itself.—
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The 70-year-old star has always swung for the fences — often literally, in pastoral baseball idylls like Bull Durham and Field of Dreams — with bold, risky choices.—
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The threadbare ballads from ’90s indie rock records that could have been breakthrough hits if presented in slightly cleaner fidelity.—
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These events will spotlight traditional musical practices, from Appalachian ballads to gospel choirs, and will feature key composers, musicians, and producers from North Carolina.—
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“Madrigals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madrigals. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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