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
  • This task — writing a poem about a worm in anapestic tetrameter, a very specific and satisfyingly arcane poetic meter — is a challenging one, but ChatGPT was the clear winner, followed by a distant grouping of Bing then Bard.
    James Vincent, The Verge, 24 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • Even Pope settled for iambic pentameter when translating Homer, rather than the epics’ dactylic hexameter.
    William Logan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • But with Shakespeare, whose characters felt so familiar inside rules of prose and iambic pentameter, Ming-Trent found a poetry partner to hep him through life’s brutalities.
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • That, too, is pentameter, plain as plain can be.
    Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Oil prices have surged as the war, now in its second week, ensnares countries and places that are critical to the production and movement of oil and gas from the Persian Gulf.
    Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Without much movement ahead of him, Dowman was the one to drop into space and demand the ball.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026

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“Trimeter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trimeter. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.

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