Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: verses
IPA transcription: [v'ɝsɪz]
Usage examples
  • and the verses which follow,
  • Edwin Mallett, for example, wrote his verses ending:
  • And there it is to-day; and on it are the verses ending,
  • I made the music for Father, because he likes the verses."
  • "A copy of verses," corrected Carolyn, with a modest catch in her breath.
  • "Now match your verses," cried her Majesty again, opening her own to read what was in it.
  • Then, I said, we shall have to obliterate many obnoxious passages, beginning with the verses,
  • are two strong, simple verses, and indeed the spirit of the whole poem is dignified and stately.
  • In conclusion, the writer gave way to unconcealed despair, and wound up with the following verses:
  • Nothing can be clearer on this point than the following verses of Homer, taken from a hymn to Apollo: