How to Use verse in a Sentence
verse
noun
- The second verse is sung the same way as the first.
- The epic tale was written in verse.
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If this reads to you more like prose than verse, that’s part of the point.
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David L. Ulin,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Sep. 2023
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Niall takes the next verse, then Blake and Kelly, and back again.
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Country Living Staff,
Country Living,
13 Apr. 2023
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LeRette asks John, a small, older man in a hoodie, to read the verse.
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Andrew Kay,
WIRED,
17 Jan. 2023
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It’s all part of what’s become known as the Sheridan-verse.
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Dallas News,
6 Dec. 2022
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On the next verse, take it back down to your baseline tempo.
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jessica Migala,
SELF,
6 Feb. 2023
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When Swift goes up an octave in the track’s second verse.
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Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2023
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Is the world too much with us, late and soon, as William Wordsworth posited in verse more than 200 years ago?
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David Holahan,
Hartford Courant,
14 Jan. 2024
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And things like third dimension This was the style in the ‘30s and ‘40s, to introduce a song with a verse.
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BostonGlobe.com,
14 Apr. 2023
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New year — a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story?
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Elizabeth Berry,
Woman's Day,
5 Dec. 2022
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Verse by verse, the song moves from despair toward hope.
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Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
29 Jan. 2023
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Looking for even more from Mickey, Minnie, and the rest of the Disney-verse?
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Stacey Grant,
Seventeen,
18 Jan. 2023
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The song has verse partially in rap and then these huge notes for bodie to belt in the chorus.
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Maggie Fremont,
EW.com,
29 Nov. 2022
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And with that, Paris herself emerged from the shadows to join Miley and Sia on the final verse.
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Marlow Stern,
Rolling Stone,
31 Dec. 2022
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His verses adorned subway cars and posters sold in street fairs.
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Graciela Mochkofsky,
The New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2024
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As a writer, that was a lot of fun putting that verse together.
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William E. Ketchum Iii,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2023
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In a later verse, Jimin looks back on how far he’s come with the band and celebrates the fans who have come along for the ride.
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Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
22 Dec. 2023
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There are places where the boys rescued a word or a phrase to make a reprise of the verse which makes sense – Freddie did three takes – but that’s it.
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A.d. Amorosi,
Variety,
16 Nov. 2022
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The new verse appears to be a callback to how Lizzo was feeling last year.
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Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
9 Feb. 2023
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Mitchell’s voice was a bit shaky at first but grew stronger and more expressive with each new verse.
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George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Aug. 2023
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His voice was so sincere, and that first verse and chorus is just him and a piano.
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Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
27 Oct. 2023
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Love and verse: From them, Robinson’s early songs bloomed.
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Jason Heller,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2023
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The Great American West might as well be renamed the Taylor-verse.
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David Katz and Julian Sancton,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Dec. 2022
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Sometimes, the old master got stuck on a verse, forgetting a line in one of his 600 songs.
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Mujib Mashal Jim Huylebroek,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2023
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His father read out verses from the corner of the stage, rather than his usual spot in the center.
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Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC News,
6 Sep. 2023
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Then again, that verse about self-immolation, á la the monk the Rage cover?
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Jonathan Rowe,
SPIN,
20 Dec. 2022
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The destruction of the pub has inspired not only mourning, but verse.
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Aaron Boxerman,
New York Times,
12 Aug. 2023
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The Sony Spider-Man-verse is not looking great after last year's release of the abysmal Morbius.
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Evan Romano,
Men's Health,
10 Jan. 2023
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Bunetta and Ekko crafted the first two verses and then Swims stepped into the booth to pull the vocal trigger.
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Mike Wass,
Variety,
7 Feb. 2024
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