Example Sentences
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There are many places where “rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,” from one of Shakespeare’s sonnets, elicits a nod of recognition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
No one is writing social media sonnets about eating a yellow squash over the kitchen sink while wearing their ex’s oversized T-shirt, still scented with a perfume they stopped wearing last fall.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2025
On Valentine's Day, Dame Judi read Sonnet 116, one of Shakespeare's most famous love sonnets.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024
It was also virtuosic, playing with forms from sonnets to the blues and a plethora of literary references.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
In the garden the next day, I found the book of sonnets, torn in half, its damp pages scattered among the herb beds.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
