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couplet

[kuhp-lit] / ˈkʌp lɪt /
NOUN
pair
Synonyms


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So fullness of that scene did have to be compressed down to that little couplet.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2024

ChatGPT failed the assignment, writing a couplet consisting of seven characters.

From New York Times Jul. 14, 2023

As she read the rhyming couplet inscribed in a large clay jar made before the Civil War, the 84-year-old Northeast D.C. resident could feel pain and loneliness in the anguished voice of her enslaved ancestor.

From Washington Post Apr. 2, 2023

But “Lip Service” by Costello and the Attractions has the all-time classic couplet: “When did you become so choosy? Don’t act like you’re above me, just look at your shoes.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2023

“Iambic pentameter, and a rhyming couplet, too,” she said, pleased with her effort.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Mr. Power’s previous books have mostly been about 18th-century writers, yet he is as much at home with recent free verse as with rhymed couplets and sonnets.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

The series’ musical landscape also includes a myriad of folk songs, such as the drunken tavern tune “Alice With Three Fingers” and the childish rhyming couplets of “The Hammer and the Anvil.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

She planned to hang traditional Chinese couplets -- usually on auspicious red paper -- before sharing a family meal.

From Barron's Feb. 13, 2026

On Chinese social media, pictures show some users sticking couplets or upside down pictures of Malfoy's signature smirk.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2026

“Not that again. Last time Apollo cursed a cabin, it took a week for the rhyming couplets to wear off” I shuddered.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan




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