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Recent Examples of verse
Noun
But the verses themselves are fantastic too. Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025 The first cumbia recorded in Ecuador at the end of the 1960s had only one verse. NPR, 13 Oct. 2025 This popular author and San Diego Union-Tribune columnist will share history, lore, jokes, puns, poems, and funny verse about Halloween. Sarah Z. Sleeper, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025 Many women did so, forswearing British wares, spinning flax on town greens, and swapping handwritten patriotic verse while drinking herbal-tea substitutes. Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for verse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verse
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
  • Five different stages will host live music, DJs, dance, poetry, and more.
    Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Her poetry is nuanced, showing readers the multifacetedness of a Mexican-American family.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Debris that may be key evidence could be as small as a fingernail, experts told CNN, and might have been thrown miles away.
    Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Those last six words are telling.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • So many of McAnally’s song ideas have been mined from his knack for finding stories in everyday life.
    Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Urban delivered a two-hour, 45-minute set spanning 34 songs, determined to go out at his hometown arena with a big bang.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Guadagnino had noted to Piersanti that Alma was an upper-class woman, which informed the wardrobe pricing, while Maggie, played by Edebiri, was trying to emulate Alma but on a younger woman’s budget.
    Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Few figures have informed the sensibility of NPR more than Stamberg.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The cuts are also attributed to the spinoff of cable networks MSNBC and CNBC, according to a person briefed on the plans who was not authorized to comment.
    Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Oregon State fired coach Trent Bray on Sunday after a loss to Wake Forest dropped the Beavers to 0-7, a source briefed on the situation said.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ellison has made a series of C-level hires since the deal closed, including Makan Delrahim, who advised Skydance on its acquisition of Paramount Global, as chief legal officer; former Meta exec Dane Glasgow as chief product officer; and Roku’s Jay Askinasi as chief revenue officer.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Experts still advise moderation—about 8 ounces a day—since too much can add unnecessary sugar to your diet.
    Sarah Garone, Health, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Verse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verse. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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