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rhyme

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noun

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rhyme
Verb
The present is rhyming with the end of 2024 and the start of 2025—not because time is repeating itself, but because we’re being offered a second chance to move forward with clarity, courage, and closure. Colin Bedell, Them., 18 Apr. 2025 Wayne rhymes over different tempos and moods, but always sounds like himself. Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
The Chinese writing system is almost entirely based on bad rhymes like this; Vietnamese scholars would stretch these rhymes further when adapting the Chinese system for their own use. Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025 Or, there is no rhyme, reason or thought put into Trump’s word choices. Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for rhyme
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rhyme
Verb
  • Trump Media’s announcement also coincides with the start of the bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas where Vice President JD Vance, Trump Media board member Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are expected to speak.
    Zach Everson, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • Harry’s trip to China coincides with King Charles’ royal visit to Canada.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • In this novel, a Vietnamese American writer best known for his poetry draws on his own experiences as a fast-food worker.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
  • Stanley Kubrick deliberately chose the Danube Waltz to emphasize the grace and poetry of movement in space – a floating ballet in outer space.
    David Szondy May 25, New Atlas, 25 May 2025
Verb
  • One inevitable complication in understanding how attention paid to stories in the news corresponds with political support is that consumers can design a media diet of information from only one side or perspective.
    Ruth Igielnik, New York Times, 18 May 2025
  • What’s Going On Inside Your Brain When Your Mind Goes Blank? New Insight Into Eureka Moments Example of the hidden picture puzzles in the black/white images on the left; corresponding real-world picture on the right.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Glad All Over blared over the PA system and, even after the music concluded, its final verses were sung with gusto.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • Read our full test and review of more than a dozen stainless steel skillets The best sauté pan: The All-Clad D3 3-quart sauté pan All-Clad D3 3 Quart Sauté Pan $180 $150 Amazon Pros & cons Specs Next verse, same as the first.
    Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • What makes the collection particularly unique is Kosann’s approach to reinventing classics—like the lockets, charms, and poesy rings that she’s reinterpreted in the past—but also Evert’s unique experience of being so connected to the tennis bracelet.
    Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Kosann and Mirojnick designed three core styles for the collection: a poesy ring, a charm and a locket.
    EJ Panaligan, Variety, 15 Nov. 2022
Noun
  • The two songs had been locked in second place on the list of the longest-running No. 1s in the history of the Hot Rap Songs chart.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
  • As the credits rolled, it was revealed that Antonoff and Coen collaborated on three songs for the film that Qualley performed — one of which had a Lana Del Rey feel to it.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • It was used as a dehumanizing form of minstrelsy that further objectified Black men.
    Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 1 May 2025
  • And those fans, like him, dismissed the notion that the team’s on-court antics crossed the line from comedy to minstrelsy, as many critics had opined over the years.
    David Aldridge, The Athletic, 11 Feb. 2025

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“Rhyme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rhyme. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.

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