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Recent Examples of pathos
Instead, the script skates perplexingly between pathos and humor, relying on cheap sentimentality and slapstick comedy to distract from its lack of depth.
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Beandrea July, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025
Arguably, Sunset Boulevard or Some Like It Hot (or Double Indemnity) is more revered, but The Apartment might be Billy Wilder’s most complete film, a pitch-perfect melding of comedy, romance, drama, and pathos that still speaks eloquently to the ineffable malaise of modern life.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
Rockwell managed to imbue his speech with just the right balance of madness and pathos—Frank stares at Rick with crazy eyes that seem to have glimpsed a flicker of truth from behind the veil.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
For Bong, this approach is vital for his films, as that human element grounds movies that effortlessly shift among satire, pathos, action, and genre.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
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Beandrea July, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025
Arguably, Sunset Boulevard or Some Like It Hot (or Double Indemnity) is more revered, but The Apartment might be Billy Wilder’s most complete film, a pitch-perfect melding of comedy, romance, drama, and pathos that still speaks eloquently to the ineffable malaise of modern life.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
Rockwell managed to imbue his speech with just the right balance of madness and pathos—Frank stares at Rick with crazy eyes that seem to have glimpsed a flicker of truth from behind the veil.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
For Bong, this approach is vital for his films, as that human element grounds movies that effortlessly shift among satire, pathos, action, and genre.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pathos
Noun
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His eyes filled with sorrow as his mom gave Lola all the attention.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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Emotions and sorrow were palpable even though Prine has been dead for nearly five years.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Although there are many layers to a layoff, including the emotions of grief, shock and purpose since our jobs are often inextricably linked to our identities, this column focuses on the legal aspects from experts.—
Vicki Salemi,
Boston Herald,
23 Mar. 2025
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Their grief and their rage are nearly untranslatable, as though feelings in extremity can only be physical sensations—the language assails one with a blind and blunt force.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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In the episode, Duran describes his mental anguish during that time and some of the steps he’s taken since then to improve his mental health.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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And all of that anguish of going through that process of retrying to develop my body in a way that will never be the same anyway.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
26 Mar. 2025
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Grossman, 62, channeled her emotions into textile and thread, creating a coverlet to express her heartache, agony and anger.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Feb. 2025
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Residents, friends and classmates attended the vigil, expressing their disbelief and heartache over London’s death.—
Keith Daniels,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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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For civilians, the unrelenting misery of the last 18 months has just got a lot worse – especially as no aid has entered Gaza for six weeks.—
Tim Lister and Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2025
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Life was good, especially after the last three seasons of misery, when games at this time of year were meaningless aside from their impact on the draft lottery.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Andre is often transparent about his unusual health woes.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Shoulder woes dogged him in his first year-plus in the organization, but Lowe went wire-to-wire in 2024, earning a promotion to the high Single-A Midwest League before the end of the year.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Pathos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathos. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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