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Example Sentences
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On many songs, including “American Girls” and “Taste Back,” Mr. Styles sings the first verse or two in a murmuring low register, his voice drenched in reverb.
She blows Teddy a kiss in between verses, then points down the hall where she wants us to go.
From Literature
This final quote is not from the Bible, although it has the cadence of a religious verse.
From Salon
Full of thunderous strings and Wagnerian vocals, it starts off as an opera song, changes tempo three times, introduces a guest verse from Bjork and ends with an almighty rave breakdown.
From BBC
The audience seem to know every word - with the whole room reverberating to the declarative, "I don't need a boyfriend", that crops up in the second verse of Nice To Each Other.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
