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How to use rhyme in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Rhyme means rhyming verse (poetic form). Example: “Many editors say they don’t want stories written in rhyme these days.”

Examples of rhyme by meaning

nounRhyming verse (poetic form).

  • Many editors say they don’t want stories written in rhyme these days.

nounA word that rhymes with another, in that it is pronounced identically with the other word from the vowel in its...

  • "Awake" is a rhyme for "lake".

nounRhyming: sameness of letters or sounds of part of some words.

  • The poem exhibits a peculiar form of rhyme.

nounAn instance of rapping; a rapped verse; a line or couple lines of rapping; a hip hop song.

  • I heard Drake's new rhyme last night.

nounA rapper's oeuvre, lyricism or skill.

  • His rhymes are all weak.

verbOf a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.

  • Creation rhymes with integration and station.
  • India and windier rhyme with each other in non-rhotic accents.

verbTo be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.

  • Mug and rug rhyme.

verbTo contain words that are pronounced identically to each other from the vowel in the stressed syllable to the end.

  • I rewrote the story to make it rhyme.

More sentences with rhyme

  • Shakespeare often used volte-faces in the rhyming couplets at the end of his sonnets.From the entry volte-face
  • Prices vary considerably from one town to another with no apparent rhyme or reason.From the entry rhyme or reason
  • He would often fly into an unexpected rage without rhyme or reason.From the entry rhyme or reason
  • The audio contained some spelling pronunciations, such as when "sieve" was mistakenly portrayed as rhyming with "leave".From the entry spelling pronunciation
  • The song is good, but I still gotta rhyme it up.From the entry rhyme up
  • He rhymed up the kid's name with funny words to make an improvised song.From the entry rhyme up
  • Masculine caesura, masculine catalexis, masculine ending, masculine rhyme.From the entry masculine
  • Feminine caesura, feminine catalexis, feminine ending, feminine rhyme.From the entry feminine
  • Yo, I drop rhymes like nobody’s business.From the entry drop
  • The lyric in line 3 doesn't rhyme.From the entry lyric
  • Many nursery rhymes have an underlying meaning.From the entry underlying
  • Note that ending that couplet’s lines with the words ‘reparate’ and ‘separate’ would create a rhyme sdrucciola, if that helps.From the entry sdrucciola
  • "Depth" is not a rhymable word: nothing rhymes with it.From the entry rhymable
  • He rhymed off that Lionel Richie song.From the entry rhyme off
  • She rhymed off the girl's toys to entertain her.From the entry rhyme off
  • But the conventional nature of rhyme and metre, their essential arbitrariness, points to the fact that they themselves are also signifiers, albeit paralexical and to some extent parasyntactic.From the entry paralexical
  • Hall referred to these as false rhymes, but I prefer the label quasi-rhymes.2024, Paul R. Nail, Ph.D., A Psychological Biography of Hiram "Hank" Williams - Much More to His Story, Volume II, page 481. From the entry quasi-rhyme
  • There’s not necessarily a rhyme or reason for it, you just do it.2018 May 23, Amanda Duberman, “This Influencer Is Using YouTube To Speak Frankly About Student Loan Debt”, in HuffPost, archived from the…. From the entry Vlogmas
  • Can an artist write a rhyme, and recite in a way, that everyone will always remember?2013 February 23, Adam Fleischer, “The 13 Best Rap Verses of 2013”, in Complex, archived from the original on 06 May 2017. From the entry lastingness
  • The songtexts are in rhymed verses, and each line is repeated once.2013, The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music - Volume 2 - Page 859. From the entry songtext
  • Rather than bust a rhyme, Petula grabbed the Wendys and they broke out in song.2012, Tonya Hurley, Ghostgirl. From the entry cheerleadership
  • He knew a rhyme about Rio, its thieving cariocas who wore sparkling wedding dresses.2011, Robert Minhinnick, The Keys of Babylon, →ISBN. From the entry carioca
  • Faith laughed, pointing out, "All of their names rhyme—Gwendolyn, Jacquelyn, Joelyn.2009, Karin Slaughter, Genesis, Century, →ISBN, page 143. From the entry Jacquelyn
  • Self-styled “nerdcore” rappers wear pocket protectors and rhyme about hard drives.2008, Benjamin Nugent, American Nerd: The Story of My People. From the entry nerdcore
  • We see a diverse and effective usage of internal rhyme in these ten lines.2006, H. Samy Alim, Roc the Mic Right: The Language of Hip Hop Culture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 145. From the entry internal rhyme
  • Brass nails, rhyming with tails, or was it something to do with screws?2006, Benjamin Black, Christine Falls, Picador, page 174. From the entry brasser
  • Likewise, the 'Cauldron of poesy' and 'Bretha Déin Chécht' both contain prose, rosc, and rhyming syllabic verse.2005, Theodore William Moody, Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, Francis X. Martin, A New History of Ireland - Volume 1, →ISBN, page 446. From the entry rosc
  • Much more than a pocketful of fun awaits in this collection of rhymes and poems!2003, James Marshall, Pocketful of Nonsense. From the entry pocketful
  • 'Rubber ducked,' I told him, lapsing in to Edinburgh rhyming slang.2002, Quintin Jardine, chapter 23, in Poisoned Cherries, Headline Publishing. From the entry rubber ducked
  • But through this insistent rhythm and rhyme, there are only questions and parenthetical pauses, interruptions and lingerings.2000, David S. Reynolds, A Historical Guide to Walt Whitman, page 73. From the entry lingering
  • In this sense, Nietzsche's preface in rhymes offers counterformulas to the ones we actually learned as toddlers.2000, Kathleen Marie Higgins, Comic Relief: Nietzsche's Gay Science, page 39. From the entry counterformula

Meaning of rhyme

  1. noun Rhyming verse (poetic form).
  2. noun A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.
  3. noun A word that rhymes with another.

Full definition of rhyme

Questions about rhyme in a sentence

How do you use rhyme in a sentence?
Rhyme is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Many editors say they don’t want stories written in rhyme these days.”
What is a short sentence with rhyme?
“Mug and rug rhyme.”
What does rhyme mean?
Rhyme means rhyming verse (poetic form).

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