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Recent Examples of pathos
However, even in its most awkward turns, the movie finds moments of genuine pathos.
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
Infusing the style and pathos of the Super Robot Wars games into a cogent 2D fighting game, Iron Saga VS definitely stood out.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
One is played for laughs, the other for pathos.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
However, even in its most awkward turns, the movie finds moments of genuine pathos.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
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Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
Infusing the style and pathos of the Super Robot Wars games into a cogent 2D fighting game, Iron Saga VS definitely stood out.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
One is played for laughs, the other for pathos.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
However, even in its most awkward turns, the movie finds moments of genuine pathos.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pathos
Noun
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And then, to forever live on earth, in a place with conflict and pain and sorrow, that’s not her goal.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2025
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In churches like this, where belief is expressed in multiple languages, the loss of a pope is a death in the family, and the sorrow, like the faith, runs deep.—
Janet Shamlian,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2025
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The film tells the story of a tech entrepreneur (Vincent Cassel) grappling with memory and grief.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Although some in the media distort the anger directed at Rowling from trans activists, trans people, and allies, the truth is those feelings — not just anger, but betrayal and grief — are justified.—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
18 Apr. 2025
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But Season 2, by leaning so far into its characters’ anguish, has become more circular and suffocating in its storytelling.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
21 Apr. 2025
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Coogler attempts to out-scare Jordan Peele’s Get Out, using horror tropes to match the anguish expressed by the blues.—
Armond White,
National Review,
18 Apr. 2025
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The sight of the hospital completed my heartache: a beautiful facility only 6 years old, so needed by this little town, slumped in acres of mud.—
Barbara Kingsolver,
Southern Living,
25 Apr. 2025
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But instead of a game-tying extra-base hit, there was more heartache for the Sox when center fielder Byron Buxton made a tremendous diving catch.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Apr. 2025
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In the immediate aftermath of a sports fan’s heartbreak, there is that sliver of time during which all the emotion passes across their face.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2025
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Rose has had an underreported sum of major championship heartbreak since winning the U.S. Open at Merion a dozen years ago.—
Justin Ray,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Kennedy described addiction as both a source of misery and a symptom of deeper pain, drawing from his own experience of trying to fill an emotional void with drugs.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Now, though, The Last of Us is as blinded as Ellie is by misery.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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From Jack Harris: The Dodgers finally solved their recent offensive woes on Monday.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2025
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Obviously, the set-up was inspired by the current economic woes facing many who barely have the funds for groceries, let alone playing around within the market.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Pathos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathos. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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