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iamb

[ahy-am, ahy-amb] / ˈaɪ æm, ˈaɪ æmb /
NOUN
iambic pentameter
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Example Sentences

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All I can say is, iamb happy to have been there for it.

From Washington Post

That’s the spirit of the terrible, wonderful “Desperate Measures”: Have iamb, will travel.

From New York Times

You could wish that Mr. Stuelpnagel had found more to work with in the iambs.

From New York Times

Sometimes Mr. Wolfert will offer genuinely persuasive analyses, like dark and insightful readings of Antony’s speech in “Julius Caesar” or a section of “Henry V,” but mostly the iambs gum up his own story.

From New York Times

“A Sense of Where You Are:” the mysterious second-person tense, the seesawing iambs — it draws you in.

From New York Times