doggerel

Example Sentences

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Like much of Boston, it goes back to the Brahmins, the elite caste of the city, among whom, according to the doggerel, “The Lowells talk only to Cabots, and the Cabots talk only to God.”

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

For 15 years, he wrote a long-form narrative every three weeks for the New Yorker; he’s also written shorter reported pieces, comic sketches and doggerel for the Nation, Time and elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2024

“I found out that I could do it, too. I still tremble at the memory of a certain Linda listening breathlessly to my doggerel on her front steps.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2023

David Orr writes eloquent, amusing and circuitously disapproving commentary on the retching doggerel by Charles Bukowski, whose reputation far exceeds his literary accomplishments.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2019

The only thing that seems even a little surprising is a bit of doggerel, a love poem in Prince Dain’s hand, about a woman who remains unidentified, except by her “sunrise hair” and “starlit eyes.”

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black