Limerick example sentences

"Limerick" Example Sentences

1. He recited a funny limerick he had made up.
2. The book was full of children's limericks about animals.
3. The children wrote limericks for the poetry contest.
4. The limerick competition drew hundreds of entries.
5. The limerick poked fun at the greedy old man.
6. I learned that ridiculous limerick as a child.
7. He recited a bawdy limerick that got the crowd laughing.
8. The limerick celebration featured poets of all ages.
9. The audience groaned at the terrible limericks some contestants wrote.
10. The limericks were full of humor and wordplay.
11. The book was full of hysterical limericks.
12. Edward Lear wrote famous nonsense limericks.
13. The children's laughter filled the room as they read silly limericks.
14. The naughty limerick got him in trouble at school.
15. The children made up limericks about their teacher.
16. The rude limerick almost got him expelled.
17. The book has a whole chapter of rude yet hilarious limericks.
18. I remember that ridiculous limerick my uncle used to recite.
19. She could recite dozens of funny limericks from memory.
20. The contest drew hundreds of bawdy, borderline offensive limericks.
21. His irreverent limerick had the judge rolling his eyes.
22. The book contained scores of humorous limericks.
23. The judges groaned at some of the lowbrow limericks submitted.
24. The limerick contest featured absurd yet clever poems.
25. The children giggled at the silly limericks their grandfather made up.
26. Some of the most bawdy limericks got the biggest laughs.
27. The book held dozens of silly, nonsense limericks.
28. The limerick contest drew entries from across the country.
29. The limerick contest drew hundreds of bawdy yet hilarious poems.
30. Her funny limerick won first prize.
31. The poetry book had a whole chapter of bawdy yet witty limericks.
32. Her hilarious limerick made everyone laugh.
33. Some of the raunchiest limericks got the loudest cheers.
34. The book was full of hysterical yet slightly off-color limericks.
35. The limerick contest drew hundreds of entries, many of them borderline offensive.
36. The limerick competition drew hundreds of humorous entries.
37. His clever yet slightly off-color limerick won a prize.
38. The book contained many witty limericks with clever wordplay.
39. The limerick contest drew entries from across the state.
40. The children giggled at the silly limericks their grandfather recited.
41. Some of the rudest limericks got the biggest laughs.
42. The book had dozens of absurd yet hilarious limericks.
43. His irreverent limerick got a laugh from the judge.
44. The bawdy limerick made my mother gasp.
45. Some of the funniest limericks were also the raunchiest.
46. The book was filled with ridiculous yet uproarious limericks.
47. The rude limerick earned him a stern look from his teacher.
48. Some of the silliest limericks also had the cleverest rhymes.
49. His cheeky limerick won first prize.
50. They giggled at the naughty yet funny limerick.
51. The contest drew entries from professional poets and amateurs alike.
52. Some of the most hilarious limericks were also the most off-color.
53. Edward Lear is famous for his whimsical nonsense limericks.
54. The book was filled with humorous yet slightly off-color limericks.
55. The naughty limerick got him in trouble with his parents.
56. The contest drew hundreds of humorous yet slightly off-color poems.
57. Some of the most clever limericks also had the crudest rhymes.
58. The limerick contest attracted entries from across the country.

Common Phrases

1. a nonsensical limerick - a limerick with no real meaning, usually a humorous one
2. a comic/humorous limerick - a limerick that is intended to be funny
3. a rude/raunchy/off-color limerick - a limerick with sexual or vulgar content
4. write a limerick - to compose a short five-line humorous or nonsense poem in the form of a limerick
5. the classic form of a limerick - AABBA, with lines of 1,1,2,2 rhyme and meter of anapestic trimeter
6. a limerick contest - a competition where participants write and submit limericks to be judged
7. a cheeky limerick - an impudent or humorously disrespectful limerick
8. a bawdy limerick - an indecent or risqué limerick
9. an Edward Lear-type limerick - a nonsense, humorous limerick like those written by Edward Lear
10. a borderline offensive limerick - a limerick that some may find improper but is still comically humorous
11. children's limericks - simple,funny limericks written for or by children
12. a prize-winning limerick - a limerick that wins an award in a limerick contest