limerick
Example Sentences
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Email your limerick and name to [email protected] by noon Monday, and if we get enough fun ones, we’ll publish a selection to carry us into spring.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024
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
Madeline: "Good limerick" is a contradiction in terms.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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