The writer's elegiac tone lingered over the final chapter like a dusk that refused to pass.

At the reading, she recited an elegiac composed in the couplet style of classical elegies, its first line in dactylic hexameter and the second in dactylic pentameter.

At the memorial, his elegiacal speech left everyone quietly reflecting on the years they'd shared.

He spoke elegiacally about the old theater, his voice heavy with the ghosts of performances past.

The critic praised the poet's elegiacs for their restrained sorrow and melodic lines.

The poet experimented with elegiac pentameter to give his verse a mournful, classical cadence.

The poet's elegiack verses resonated through the empty chapel, stirring memories of loss.

The elegiack at the back of the anthology surprised readers with its archaic beauty and sorrow.

Although unfamiliar to many readers, the anthology included several elegiacks that revealed a haunting mastery of form.