verse
Example Sentences
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The history of art reads here as one long, free verse poem-in-progress, gorgeous and absorbing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
You could feel it in the stadium, with the acapella verse of Flower of Scotland soaked with emotion.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Mr. Page and Ms. Faridany outshine most of their younger peers onstage in their fluent and lucid treatment of Shakespeare’s verse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Alford responded with a Bible verse from the Gospel of Matthew: “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?” according to texts viewed by The Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
This particular ritual of my parents’ was actually a thing I loved; I’d spent many nights sitting at the kitchen table with my parents, moved to tears by a particularly powerful line of verse.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
Vocabulary lists containing verse
Reading: Literature - Poetry - Introductory
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"Easter, 1916" by W.B. Yeats
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Middle School
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