Example Sentences

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Heading south, we came upon the shuttered Daily Grill, near the shuttered Cafe Primo, across from the shuttered Limericks Tavern.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

Haiku Limericks Poems I suffered with the bad teams, bad trades, bad games Jim Mcllvaine, Jerome James — how 'bout those names?

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2011

It proved so in his case, for he published no less than two hundred and twelve of these "Limericks."

From A Nonsense Anthology by Wells, Carolyn

Lear's nonsense songs, while retaining all the ludicrous merriment of his Limericks, have an added quality of poetic harmony.

From A Nonsense Anthology by Wells, Carolyn

It was a tie; the Galways had about a minute start, but the Limericks finished only a minute behind.

From The Grain Ship by Robertson, Morgan