Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eclogues
Noun
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Ever wanted to dive into Shakespeare's sonnets or explore cinema analysis?—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
11 Jan. 2026 -
Some have suggested that the Bard had romantic liaisons with men, in part implied by sonnets that are charged with homoerotic elements.—
Nathan Smith,
Time,
26 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Carl Phillips on writing the poems that changed the course of his life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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The most exciting, most fun thing is writing poems.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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These books can be read as comedies of cognitive dissonance or as melancholy elegies for the very possibility of closure.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
Noun
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But while Provo has become developed, its neighbors, Parrish assured me, remain timeless idylls, their empty interiors encircled by endless beaches fringed with casuarina trees.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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But that sequence of prose idylls was the core of the collection.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Dec. 2025
Noun
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All national odes are to Indiana coach Curt Cignetti for his good work.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Jan. 2026
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The best of the bunch run the gamut from crowd-pleasing interpretations of tonka bean and leather to on-the-nose odes to a crackling fireplace.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
14 Jan. 2026
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On this particular afternoon, Hield sat at his locker before the game reading the same five verses from Psalms, while engaging in good-natured conversations with anyone who passed by.—
Nick Friedell,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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The group — including Dottie Jones, Jackie Ruffin and Darlene Simmons — were Grammy-nominated, and topped Billboard’s Spiritual albums chart with Psalms in 1984.—
Rachel DeSantis,
PEOPLE,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Eclogues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eclogues. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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