The present is thus perceived as that period of declension that is the subject of the jeremiad. |
The album's closer is an affecting jeremiad against video games, bling, ahistorical media, and spiritual shortsightedness. |
If I really wanted to turn this into a jeremiad, I could hold forth on that for a while. |
Hanneh Breineh, in a friendly manner, settled herself on the sound end of the bed, and began her jeremiad. |
Indeed, there is not only irony but danger in offering such a public jeremiad against jeremiads. |
The Task Force report is a blend of modern bureaucratese and the old Judeo-Christian tradition of the jeremiad. |