verse

Example Sentences

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The verses would be passable if not for the unremarkable “day in the life” lyrics.

From Salon

He studied and wrote poetry in detention, penning his verses on cigarette boxes when he couldn't access paper.

From Barron's

But he turns up the volume on his rich voice so high, and so consistently, that Shakespeare’s verse comes across like the sound of a jackhammer without an off switch.

From The Wall Street Journal

The gravity of the task may help me hold my tongue as the verse commands.

From Literature

And then everybody got the idea, and it became a sort of song with a verse of “Please, Ms. Washington” and a chorus of “Please, please, please.”

From Literature