strophe

Example Sentences

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This is the center of the middle strophe of these three songs, the creation of a third person by a couple.

From New York Times

In his word-drunk universe, “news” hooks up with “chartreuse,” “strophes” wins “trophies” and “rival” gets “adjectival.”

From New York Times

He treats the work as a study in shifting colors, emphasizing the contrasting textures of each strophe, from harplike passages to rich orchestral sonorities.

From Washington Post

Dressed in silver halters, robed in see-through shifts, they danced, reciting strophes that didn’t scan to the eerie piping of flutes.

From Literature

The deceased was the tragic hero, the survivors the innocent victims; there was the omnipresence of the deity, strophe and antistrophe of the chorus of mourners led by the preacher.

From Literature