hymn
noun
a song or ode in praise or honor of God, a deity, a nation, etc.
hymned
-
past participleof hymn.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
-
past tense formof hymn.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
hymnnouna song or ode in praise or honor of God, a deity, a nation, etc.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
After living for two years in a small cabin beside Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts, he hymned the results in his classic account Walden, published in 1854.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Two of the credited writers, he says, had probably never even been to West Virginia when they hymned the beauty of its valleys and rivers.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2017
That has changed, or has seemed to change, recently, with Marine taking on a group of surreptitious haute-fonctionnaire “Horaces”—the name is a reference to the great if obsequious Roman poet who hymned the emperor Augustus.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 30, 2017
Famous fans like Stewart Lee have hymned the show's odd profundity: Jackson's ideology throws into relief the purposelessness of our supposedly meaningful lives.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 5, 2011
The choir of the heavenly host has hymned thanks for thy salvation!
From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds
