stanzas

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The books are episodic, composed of scenes that function like poetic stanzas that are linked as much by ideas and motifs as by narrative progression.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Blunt as his Charles is, he proves to be the most guarded of the trio; there are unsung stanzas of sadness in his eyes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

“Marina,” as the poem is known, consists of 291 stanzas and 2,900 verses.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024

I gave my idea a form, a structure in which to be contained stanzas, line breaks that were cues.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2023

Dr. Holden read the last stanzas again and then looked up at me.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green