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 | Lspecker@al.com, 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

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