Example Sentences

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I might not have rhymed on a beat like “Free Game” if it wasn’t for them.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2022

For several centuries, in fact, the word “rabbit” referred only to baby bunnies; the adult was called a “coney,” which might have rhymed with “honey.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2022

His soft features would have rhymed nicely with Law's; his boyishness could have tempted us into loving Tom instead of only pitying him.

From Time Magazine Archive

And so we think that if A. B. had put in, say, a half hour more on her sonnet she would not have rhymed “worldliness” and “moodiness.”

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston

Tibullus, Secundus, Moore, and a thousand other poets and poetasters, have rhymed on the word for centuries, decking it with the choicest and quaintest conceits.

From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)