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- verb Present participle of
rhyme .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds
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Examples
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The story is written in rhyming couplets, which adds a nice touch.
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A couple of children begin rhyming off numbers in English.
A wedding and christening in rural Oaxaca: The mandate of tradition 2009
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I am indeed much better, and have even begun to sing, I don't mean sing in rhyming composition, but, as the children say 'right earnest singing'.
Letter 236 2009
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A couple of children begin rhyming off numbers in English.
A wedding and christening in rural Oaxaca: The mandate of tradition 2009
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Then he delivers a roughly 25-minute monologue in rhyming verse that is by turns loony, ingratiating, egomaniacal, desperate and, shall we say, gastro-intestinal.
A British Star With a Midwestern Accent Ellen Gamerman 2010
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VK: Cryptic rhyme will not be found in rhyming textbooks.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » INTERVIEW: Verla Kay, Part 1 2008
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In a twist that Alicia will appreciate, the plaintiff apparently argued that a poem in rhyming couplets is not a poem.
It Must Give Pleasure, It Must Change : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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And back to the Obama Mama shirt, it is just a function of his name rhyming with Mama.
Not a Post-Racism Society: Fair and Balanced « Lean Left 2008
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“Klage”, a poem written in short rhyming couplets.
The Nibelungenlied 2007
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Furthermore, this characteristic wailing traditionally punctuated a ritual eulogizing, sometimes in rhyming form that required a fair degree of literary finesse.
Gutenber-e Help Page 2005
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