trimeter

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Recent Examples of trimeter Especially after a late first trimeter loss, but also possibly beneficial after early loss. Krissi Danielsson, Parents, 29 July 2024
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Noun
  • At a rate of roughly one verse per minute, Clark’s invention could compose striking Latin hexameters.
    Laurent Dubreuil, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • On the other, the Satires and Epistles, loose, talky poems written, like the Ars, in dactylic hexameter.
    Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 27 May 2020
Noun
  • Think fast Iambic pentameter this is not, but Carpenter’s schtick of cheeky, PG-13 rhymes showed off a pop star who isn’t afraid to laugh, especially at her own expense.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 17 May 2024
  • Heffernan, who was raised in southwest Detroit, was known for pushing the boundaries of traditional poetic forms such as sonnets, sestinas and iambic pentameters, infusing them with everyday conversational tones and theological depth.
    Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2024
Noun
  • Since the ’80s, Tom Loeser and Wendy Maruyama, pioneering figures of the postwar American Studio Craft movement, have created furniture that challenges the conventions of woodworking and uses color with both precision and a sense of irreverence.
    Morgan Meier, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2024
  • This election ran smoothly because of the legislation and proactive lawsuits from the conservative movement, argued Arizona state Rep. Alexander Kolodin, a Republican who was sanctioned by the State Bar of Arizona for his role in challenging the 2020 election.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024

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“Trimeter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trimeter. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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