limerick

Example Sentences

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Entrants would write the final line of a limerick to enter into the draw to win a brand new car.

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2023

If you’re bored of reading this newsletter, you could ask ChatGPT or Bing to summarize the rest of it for you, or to rewrite it as a jaunty limerick.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

She donned a green dress, read a self-written limerick to U2 and invited the quartet onstage for an intimate toast of black velvets — Guinness mixed with champagne.

From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2022

He asked the student to read a limerick about a monster-like machine that “munches up socks by the pair.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2021

Maybe she will try writing again, nothing too ambitious, a fun poem in the limerick mode.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez