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How to use verse in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Verse means a poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme. Example: “Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse.”

Examples of verse by meaning

nounA poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.

  • Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse.

nounPoetic form in general.

  • The restrictions of verse have steadily been relaxed over time.

nounOne of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.

  • Note the shift in tone between the first verse and the second.

verbTo educate about, to teach about.

  • He versed us in the finer points of category theory.
  • Then, thwarted, the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and perhaps had spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XLIV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page...

verbTo oppose, to compete against.

  • When teams play now they "verse" each other.2007 March 26, Nick Green, “Being illiterate and innumerate shouldn’t shame anyone”, in Sydney Morning Herald
  • If you've got Onslaught let me know and I'll verse you.2009 August 11, CrazyGunner [username], “Verse me on Onslaught”, in Nintendo Life
  • Ariel is worried for the race, because she is versing her best competitor, and she really wants to win.2020 April 9, AgentPigeon122 [username], “The Graphic Organizer Information”, in Course Hero

More sentences with verse

  • Whitman uses free verse to achieve effects impossible under even the broad restrictions of blank verse.From the entry free verse
  • He struggled with sentencing his frayed and angry verses from poem to prose.From the entry sentencing
  • Ogden Nash was a writer of light verse.From the entry light
  • Milton's command of blank verse exceeds even Shakespeare's.From the entry blank verse
  • The main suspect refused to answer any questions, but the police got chapter and verse from his accomplice.From the entry chapter and verse
  • The made-up "bible verses" were of course in the form of Trumpian tweets.2018, David Brody, Scott Lamb, The Faith of Donald J. Trump: A Spiritual Biography, →ISBN. From the entry Trumpian
  • “I delight in your commands because I love them,” the writer exults (verse 47).2017, Tompaul Wheeler, “To Kill a Mocking Son: Part 2”, in God Space: Daily Devotions for Teens; From All about Me to All about Thee…. From the entry lawkeeping
  • Firewater: The aisles started changing my verses to support their own views.2016, Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan, Sausage Party (movie). From the entry permish
  • There are any number of components that can contribute to a noteworthy verse.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
  • At that time he expressed feelings in song and wrote metaphorical verse.2013, Peter H. Lee, Sourcebook of Korean Civilization: Volume One. From the entry rhymeprose
  • Notice that verse 18 says everything that is in the new nature (the spirit-man) is of God.2012, Johnny Young Jr., The Truth About You. From the entry spirit man
  • Soon after Surrey's translation of Virgil, blank verse became a persuasive rival to the heroic couplet.2006, Philip Hobsbaum, “The heroic couplet”, in Metre, Rhythm and Verse Form, Routledge, →ISBN, page 18. From the entry blank verse
  • They are written in verse and include nouns and indeclinables but not verbs.2006, Encyclopedia of language and linguistics 2ed, Elsevier, page 614. From the entry kosha
  • 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
  • The order of place names in the verses indicates that Olaf was Gormflaith's first husband.2005, Benjamin T. Hudson, Viking Pirates and Christian Princes. From the entry Gormflaith
  • The singer's voice was muffled by the thick walls, yet Tyrion knew the verse.1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 397. From the entry muffle
  • Chori(?) should be faster than verses, not slow to a crawl.1999 December 15, Off the Rails, “Re: different class vs this is hardcore”, in alt.music.pulp (Usenet), message-ID <8394hl$lup$1@gxsn.com>. From the entry chori
  • Like haiku, tanka is a short, classical verse form that has attracted considerable attention in this century.1996, Makoto Ueda, Modern Japanese Tanka: An Anthology, →ISBN. From the entry tanka
  • Some recite this portion by cantillating each verse twice and then saying the Targum.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 264. From the entry cantillate
  • Like her religious verse, the antilove poems cannot be categorized as autobiographical.1996, Amy K. Kaminsky, Water lilies, page 371. From the entry antilove
  • He’s not just the hype man on stage goin’ Yea Yea, he’s rappin’ whole verses.1995 August 30, Richard Payton, “Re: Suge Vs Puffy”, in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet). From the entry hype man
  • Apply these progressions to all chori and verses and that should do it.1994 January 17, Mike Robertson, “Re: REQ: Everbody Knows - Concrete Blonde”, in alt.guitar.tab (Usenet), message-ID…. From the entry chori
  • For that nappy full of homosexless verse he dropped last year.1988 March 25, Tom Valeo, “The Common Pursuit”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2020. From the entry homosexless
  • We all know how he felt sipping away at it, verse after verse.1981, Donald Newlove, Those Drinking Days: Myself and Other Writers, New York, N.Y.: Horizon Press, →ISBN, pages 24 (Part One…. From the entry orangeblossom
  • The following verse started circulating in the Taishan area near Canton not long ago.1978 January 8, L. Chen, “What they say of Peiping rule”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIX, number 2, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3. From the entry Taishan
  • A more zejelesque kind of verse, however, is found in the anonymous Provencal baladas.1976, Gerald Brenan, The Literature of the Spanish People, →ISBN. From the entry zejelesque
  • We meet them in translation of verses, of Bible stories and the choruses that the Tlingits sing.1963, Constance Naish, Gillian Story, “‘The Lord is My Goat Hunter’”, in The Bible Translator, volume 14, number 2, page 92. From the entry Tlingit
  • Every verse he read turned into music on his lips: something midway between speech and song.1955, C. S. Lewis, chapter 7, in Surprised by Joy, London: Geoffrey Bles, page 109. From the entry honey-tongued
  • The dramatic sequel of these verses show that the woman was a necromanceress.1951, H[enry] St J[ohn] Hart, A Foreword to the Old Testament: An Essay of Elementary Introduction, Neww York, N.Y.: Oxford University…. From the entry necromanceress
  • This verse does not lead us anywhere or develop the thought of No. 8.1949, R[eginald] H[orace] Blyth, “Renku”, in Haiku […], volume I (Eastern Culture), Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, published 1967 (15th…. From the entry unpoeticality
  • It turns the apparent unpoeticality of the previous verse into vagueness and abstraction, the arch-enemies of poetry.1949, R[eginald] H[orace] Blyth, “Renku”, in Haiku […], volume I (Eastern Culture), Tokyo: The Hokuseido Press, published 1967 (15th…. From the entry unpoeticality

Meaning of verse

  1. noun A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
  2. noun Poetic form in general.
  3. noun One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.

Full definition of verse

Questions about verse in a sentence

How do you use verse in a sentence?
Verse is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Restoration literature is well known for its carefully constructed verse.”
What is a short sentence with verse?
“Milton's command of blank verse exceeds even Shakespeare's.”
What does verse mean?
Verse means a poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.

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