acrostic
Example Sentences
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One picture spelled out the words that for them embodied the Queen in an acrostic: "Quintessential, Unwavering, Eloquent, Elegant, Noble."
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2022
The music is based on an acrostic poem the choreographer George Balanchine wrote in 1946 as a birthday present for the composer Igor Stravinsky.
From New York Times • May 3, 2022
Times fan and acrostic enthusiast, consider this booklet of more than 80 crossword puzzles in a range of difficulties.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2021
In Week 1406 we asked for acrostic poems, which vertically spell out a relevant word or name with the first letter of each line.
From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2020
She assigns us to write an acrostic of our names, which is a poem where, for each letter of your name, you describe yourself with a word or phrase that starts with that letter.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
