How to Use poet laureate in a Sentence

poet laureate

noun

• Ohio was the 45th state to create the poet laureate post.
  — Andrew Welsh-Huggins, The Seattle Times, 15 Jan. 2018
• The youth poet laureate does readings at the Free Library and all over the city.
  — John Timpane, Philly.com, 6 Sep. 2017
• The road to being a youth poet laureate is a long one, at least in the timespan of teenager.
  — Danielle Broadway, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2021
• There is a reason the Pulitzer Prize winner is the poet laureate of the United States.
  — Hope Wabuke, The Root, 11 Feb. 2018
• Sergio is nearing the end of her term as the town’s first poet laureate.
  — Peter Marteka, Courant Community, 4 Apr. 2018
• The new poet laureate talks about the great news and plans for the laureateship.
  — John Timpane, Philly.com, 8 Jan. 2018
• She was named the 24th poet laureate of the United States on Tuesday.
  — Jess Eng, Washington Post, 12 July 2022
• South Dakota’s first poet laureate lived much of his life alone in a prim cabin in the heart of Custer State Park.
  — Carson Vaughan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2020
• Peary: The role of poet laureate is pretty much by and large self-defined.
  — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2023
• The country's next poet laureate, Ada Limón, has long thought of her work as a public art form.
  — Hillel Italie, USA TODAY, 12 July 2022
• Ada Limón, the 24th poet laureate of the United States, called each student up to read their winning work.
  — Darlene Superville, ajc, 27 Sep. 2022
• In the barn, time slips backward as a 15-minute video features the late poet laureate reciting his own verse.
  — Diane Speare Triant, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
• She was named the United States’ poet laureate in 2003.
  — Alex Marshall, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020
• This fall, something out among the stars will be staring back at Limón, who grew up to become the U.S. poet laureate.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
• The United States has a new poet laureate, and the appointment is a historic one.
  — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 19 June 2019
• Adding to the import of the tour was the presence of Allen Ginsberg, the counterculture’s poet laureate.
  — latimes.com, 11 June 2019
• Since her Pulitzer, Smith’s prominence has steadily grown, and last year, she was named poet laureate of the United States.
  — Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2018
• That's when Seacord reached out to Truax, the city's 12th poet laureate.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 16 Aug. 2020
• Mottley, born and raised in Oakland, served as the city's youth poet laureate in 2018.
  — Hillel Italie, ajc, 7 June 2022
• Compared to my grasp of Spanish, Puig speaks English like the poet laureate.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 3 July 2019
• And Rita Dove became the first black female poet laureate of the United States.
  — Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press, 20 Sep. 2017
• Jamaica’s poet laureate, Olive Senior, stops to embrace old friends at the entrance to the grounds, making plans to catch up soon.
  — Anderson Tepper, New York Times, 8 June 2023
• Christine McVie was the poet laureate of the Morning After.
  — Alfred Soto, Billboard, 1 Dec. 2022
• One of the members is Alejandro Murguía, who has been the city’s poet laureate.
  — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2017
• The city poet laureate is a first-time program backed by the Alabama State Council on the Arts, which will fund the stipends paid to the poets selected.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 15 Sep. 2023
• Ray Davies was one of rock’s great eccentric wits, the poet laureate of London’s dead-end streets, always rooting for the losers and the outsiders.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2024
• Joy Harjo was named to a second term as U.S. poet laureate.
  — Fortune, 1 May 2020
• Lucas, who was named Jan. 1, is only the second person to be named poet laureate of Ohio.
  — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, 28 Mar. 2018
• From the former poet laureate Billy Collins: Enjoy the cruise, friends.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 6 Jan. 2020
• Customers were encouraged to sign a petition to nominate Trump for poet laureate when purchasing the book for $45, priced in honor of the 45th president.
  — Melissa Brown, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024