limerick

Example Sentences

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Kraft-Walker also ran limerick competitions to advertise Vegemite.

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2023

For today’s homework, try to mix and match a format, a style and a topic — like, “Write a limerick in the style of Snoop Dogg about global warming.”

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023

Angry Dan, from Walthamstow, east London, is known for his vibrant colours and memorable rhymes - writing an original limerick which he paints on each mural.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2022

Regifted from the Loser Crap Collection of Dave Zarrow, who won it for a limerick he wrote in 2004.

From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2022

"A witty limerick is very hard to write," she added.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl