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rhyme

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Recent Examples of rhyme
Verb
Meanwhile, Phoebe sets out to write a Christmas song for her friends but struggles to get it to rhyme. Eric Todisco, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024 Carroll characters abound, the dialogue is all in rhyming couplets. Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2024
Noun
The spot becomes an instant hit with the townspeople, especially when Khalid starts an open-mic night, rhymes, beats and folk music sharing the moonlit air. Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024 Poppa’s not pleased, which leads to an awkward and painfully unfunny exchange of freestyle rhymes. Nick Caruso, TVLine, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rhyme 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhyme
Verb
  • According to historical trends from the National Weather Service (NWS), similar cold waves have often coincided with high-pressure systems that funnel Arctic air into the mid-Atlantic region.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The rise of Pump.Fun has coincided with an increase in the volume of this kind of tactic, according to crypto security company Blockaid.
    Joel Khalili, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Activities include an art workshop, open mic and poetry slam, artist talk, traditional African music and dance, and more.
    John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Guided by the voice of Pulitzer-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the solo work uses history, memory and poetry.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.
    USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Goldman’s $96 price target corresponds to a roughly 45% upside for shares of Uber.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Herzog often refers to himself—including at the beginning of this documentary—as a poet, though he’s not particularly known for writing verse.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Besides a strong verse from Future, Young Thug hops on the track for his equivalent of a first day out verse.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Expect to use up multiple pens on this novel in verse, an elegiac meditation on poesy and religion.
    Katie Ward Beim-Esche, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s feline poesy ends its Broadway revival.
    ALEXIS SOLOSKI, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
Noun
  • Fairy tales, rom-coms and love songs often inundate us with the idea that true love is effortless, as 2014 research from Psychology of Women Quarterly explains.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Ariana Grande is opening up about a new song from the upcoming Wicked sequel.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Characters like Felix and Oswald have kind of an unfortunate connection to theater insofar as they’re associated with blackface minstrelsy—the notoriously racist form of stage performance where actors would blacken their faces, wear white gloves, and perform clownish antics.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Henry counted among her influences American minstrelsy, European clowning traditions, and her own collection of African masks.
    News Desk, Artforum, 22 Oct. 2024

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