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rhyme

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noun

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Recent Examples of rhyme
Verb
Toward the end, Eggers shows him to us in a shot that rhymes with the imposing initial one of Orlok, standing nude before us. Wesley Morris, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024 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
Noun
His rhymes are well written, well executed, and spit with intention. Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 6 Jan. 2025 His incendiary rhymes, which boldly call out the atrocities carried out by the country’s dictatorial regime, have resulted in multiple arrests and extended stretches in prison over the last five years, for a sum total of 753 days. Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for rhyme 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhyme
Verb
  • His pop-up at Selfridges, which has been running for three months has been extended to the end of February to coincide with London Fashion Week.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Related article After a punishing year for Britain’s royals, the Windsors hope for a brighter 2025 While the exact dates of the King and Queen’s forthcoming Italy trip have not yet been revealed, speculation is mounting that the visit could coincide with their 20th wedding anniversary on April 9.
    Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Revolutionary art, revolutionary poetry won’t patch the leak in the world.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
  • The performance will include poetry, music, dance and theater, and focus on creating an environment where all feel safe and heard.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Kenner police said the complaints will be referred to the corresponding jurisdictions for further investigation.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The prediction of a mild winter has not corresponded with the weather so far.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Eisen’s version shows not the shrine but a nearby clearing, a still pool of water, and a stone slab displaying a verse by the Edo poet Matsuo Bashō.
    Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Richard Sherman died in May 2024 at the age of 95, but not before writing a third and final verse intended to debut in honor of the 60th anniversary of the song.
    Gretchen Eichenberg, Fox News, 15 Feb. 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
  • Ferrell, who rode a Vespa with a sidecar onto the stage, began performing a song and scatting, causing the audience to roar with laughter.
    Michaela Zee, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
  • The Blues Brothers bustled through two more songs (three total — just like Chalamet).
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 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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