verse
Example Sentences
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He occasionally offered commentary in verse, which earned him the title of poet-in-residence at CBS News.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
My beef is: Free verse is great — I wish you could have spent a little more time making it rhythmically sound.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
The sketch nodded to recent headlines, including Hegseth’s widely mocked citation of a Bible verse that doesn’t exist — though it does sound suspiciously like something out of “Pulp Fiction.”
From Salon • May 3, 2026
“Dancing on the Ceiling” does the opposite, starting with very verbose Art Tatum-style arpeggios in the verse but then mellowing out in the chorus, and quoting “All This and Heaven Too.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
I closed the book without finishing the verse, afraid that if I kept reading, my voice would truly become Yakov’s.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Vocabulary lists containing verse
Reading: Literature - Poetry - Introductory
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"Easter, 1916" by W.B. Yeats
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Middle School
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