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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
Smith’s character, Venis — rhymes with tennis, not the appendage — is the founder and current owner of Traam, a Facebook-esque social-media platform. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 20 May 2025 But from rhyme spitting, Beyoncé can pivot into glistening balladeering and a highlight of the show came during its quietest moment. Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 30 Apr. 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
  • The photograph corresponds, complements, or even dissolves the sculptural object’s manual and artisanal production procedures, functioning not as document but as its dialectical technological counterpart.
    Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
  • By contrast, the total income in their domestic league in 2022 was just €16m (note that Sheriff’s European income was split across their 2021 and 2022 financial years, so doesn’t correspond to the single-season income from UEFA).
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • The second verse is one of the most breathless and breathtaking runs in his whole catalog.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
  • This spare yet encompassing verse narrative, deftly translated by Max Minden Ribeiro and Sam Riviere, provides an insightful and haunting portrait of our time.
    Diana Arterian June 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 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 song that plays when the car was revealed in the movie?
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
  • The song, released Feb. 21, marks Banda Los Recoditos’ ninth No. 1 on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart.
    Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 5 June 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 10 Jun. 2025.

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