sonnets

plural of sonnet

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of sonnets Seamus Heaney’s sonnets about Northern Ireland in the 1970s and Annie Ernaux’s memoirs of France in the 1960s propose indirect but approachable ways of engaging with personal and national history. Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025 The captive—and Cervantes—found something moving in those sonnets, something that gave them the will to hope. Ed Simon september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025 To the west, the London Eye pirouettes above the skyline—to the east, Shakespeare’s Globe serves legendary sonnets. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sonnets
Noun
  • Still, such men recorded the poems, songs, myths, stories and place names of Tonga, and without such records, the stories of (mythical?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Same-sex desire also appears throughout Virgil’s pastoral poems, the Eclogues.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The lyrics, some inspired by proverbs and biblical passages, convey the fervor of his first love with God, without losing his personal touch.
    Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2025
  • So to this day, 'Borderline's' lyrics are mumbled on SNL.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Sonnets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sonnets. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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