Examples of couplet in a Sentence
a poem made up of six couplets
a couplet of statues flank the entrance to the church
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Carroll characters abound, the dialogue is all in rhyming couplets.
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Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2024
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With his sugary couplets and instantly hummable melody, Robinson had come up with a love song for the ages.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 24 Nov. 2024
In the final verse, the rapper drops a caustic couplet taking aim at Israel’s nearly year-long war in Gaza sparked by the Oct. 7 raid by Hamas militants on Israel that resulted in the killing of more than 1,200 and the kidnapping of more than 250 men, women and children.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2024
Yet, Em has been privy to the whispers, even responding to them on occasion, particularly in the form of a couplet.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 13 July 2024
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Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2024
More:Detroit’s Grammy nominees: Eminem, Jack White, Karen Clark Sheard, CeCe Winans, more
More:Twinkie Clark to turn 70 with a concert befitting Detroit gospel royalty
With his sugary couplets and instantly hummable melody, Robinson had come up with a love song for the ages.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 24 Nov. 2024
In the final verse, the rapper drops a caustic couplet taking aim at Israel’s nearly year-long war in Gaza sparked by the Oct. 7 raid by Hamas militants on Israel that resulted in the killing of more than 1,200 and the kidnapping of more than 250 men, women and children.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2024
Yet, Em has been privy to the whispers, even responding to them on occasion, particularly in the form of a couplet.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 13 July 2024
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“Couplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/couplet. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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couplet
noun
cou·plet
ˈkəp-lət 
: two lines of verse that follow in order and form a unit
especially
: two rhyming lines of the same length
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