Examples of couplet in a Sentence
a poem made up of six couplets
a couplet of statues flank the entrance to the church
Recent Examples on the Web
In this poem, the couplets are reversed for no reason.
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Wyatt Mason, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
The couplets exemplify his greatest strengths in tandem: his slick diction and knack for stacking multi-syllabic rhymes together.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2024
As a tradition, many families put red paper decorations on the windows and the doors with couplets which also called chunlian.
—USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024
The show’s language is contemporary but proceeds in a series of casual couplets, a device that can occasionally be distracting.
—Missy Frederick, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
Written in black or gold on red paper, the couplets are placed outside of an Asian home with messages of gratitude and wishes for the new year, The National Museum of Asian Art explains.
—USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024
Consider these three emerging aspects: (a) Patient-AI usage (couplet on the side).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
Today, his couplets about searching for wisdom and righteousness remain a common element of Hindu, Muslim, and even Sikh devotional songs.
—Kalpana Jain, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
Of course, there are also the lyrics: heartfelt couplets that exalt God and thank Him for being a constant presence in her life.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 18 Dec. 2023
Wyatt Mason, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
The couplets exemplify his greatest strengths in tandem: his slick diction and knack for stacking multi-syllabic rhymes together.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2024
As a tradition, many families put red paper decorations on the windows and the doors with couplets which also called chunlian.
—USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024
The show’s language is contemporary but proceeds in a series of casual couplets, a device that can occasionally be distracting.
—Missy Frederick, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
Written in black or gold on red paper, the couplets are placed outside of an Asian home with messages of gratitude and wishes for the new year, The National Museum of Asian Art explains.
—USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024
Consider these three emerging aspects: (a) Patient-AI usage (couplet on the side).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
Today, his couplets about searching for wisdom and righteousness remain a common element of Hindu, Muslim, and even Sikh devotional songs.
—Kalpana Jain, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
Of course, there are also the lyrics: heartfelt couplets that exalt God and thank Him for being a constant presence in her life.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 18 Dec. 2023
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“Couplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/couplet. Accessed 3 Jun. 2024.
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couplet
noun
cou·plet
ˈkəp-lət 
: two lines of verse that follow in order and form a unit
especially
: two rhyming lines of the same length
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