Example Sentences

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This Poe is a rum sort, pallid and pie-eyed and with a fondness for limericks.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2022

Essentially, raucous processions involving songs and the rattling of cacophonous instruments, the performance of short plays and bawdy limericks, and the burning of effigies occurred outside the homes of the accused.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2021

Some are more limerickish than limerick — and I’ve included a few at the end that aren’t limericks at all — but all should bring a smile to your carapace, er, face.

From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2021

Mr. Bell — in normal times — would accompany his twin 10-year-olds, Samuel and Benjamin, to a special music school near Lincoln Center, connecting with them by playing trivia games and coming up with limericks.

From New York Times • May 12, 2020

"Well Matilda, I would very much like to hear one of these limericks you say you have written. Could you try to remember one for us?"

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl