rhyme 1 of 2

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rhyme

2 of 2

noun

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Recent Examples of rhyme
Verb
And the poem kind of led you through with very cryptic kind of rhyming stuff, just like Forrest Fenn. Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2024 Malice is mostly reflective, referencing John 10:10 on one verse and rhyming about his winding journey from the streets to the pulpit. Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
Noun
For Still Praying, the Buffalo soldier links with DJ Drama, who serves as the host amid rampant rhyme spills on the part of Westside and his Griselda cohorts. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 1 Nov. 2024 In the Elizabethan period, when a poet’s relationship with the muses was perceived as directly proportionate to their success in romance, loving attention was paid to their invocation in rhythm and rhyme. Alison Habens, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rhyme 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhyme
Verb
  • Easterly, who has led the agency since 2021, will step down on January 20, 2025, coinciding with the inauguration of President-Elect Donald Trump.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • This year’s installment, coinciding with the label’s 20th anniversary, features performances from TDE artists (SZA, Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Doechii, Isaiah Rashad, SiR, Ab-Soul, Ray Vaughn, Zacari, and Kal Banx) and special guest performances.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • And a poetry unit for fifth graders would include psalms from the Old Testament taught alongside poems from Robert Frost and William Carlos Williams.
    Amanda Musa, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
  • From taking trips to making art, exploring ancient ruins, building model ships, restoring old cars, blowing glass, writing novels, penning poetry, and displaying taxidermy—there are as many choices as there are happy retirees to pursue them.
    Wes Moss, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The second corresponded with her role in helping build Google’s advertising business, the third with its acquisition of YouTube and the fourth with its purchase of DoubleClick, an advertising technology company.
    Randi Braun, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • There’s that earworm refrain, followed by formidably declarative verses, a powder keg of a chorus and a high-concept bridge.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
  • At the time, many future hip-hop icons were executing their verses in a simplified, nursery rhyme style.
    Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 1 Nov. 2024
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
  • Trouble spots arise as songs lean tackily into nostalgia.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The song reached new audiences — and new generations — when it was featured in the incredibly popular 2018 biopic film of the same name, which was based on MercyMe singer Bart Millard’s life and focused in large part on the story behind the song.
    Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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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