as in poems
a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
wrote many mournful runes after her lover's untimely death
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Recent Examples of runes
The hot, scarred night of Mustafar is never-changing, the cave lit by the eternal glow of the ancient runes.
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Reading the runes of the Apple special event invites is always interesting.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Reading the runes of the Apple special event invites is always interesting.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for runes
Noun
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Mayer resurfaces throughout Lasky’s Memory—regarding her photographs or poems or a pithy quotation—while Lasky considers the memories of her own life.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Her father loved reading poems aloud to the family.—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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But the key reason Nebraska was a hit with staying power is that people heard themselves in these songs.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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While filming, Violette has to apply the makeup in stages, adding in songs, transitions and lip-synching to trending audios and songs.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
1 Nov. 2025
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“Runes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runes. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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