Example sentences for: anagrams

How can you use “anagrams” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • For many years, the crossword puzzles published in Britain, like those published in VERBATIM) have been of the cryptic kind, differing from the typical American variety by a diagram that does not cross-key every letter of every word and by clues that are not simply straightforward matter, like the solution ers for bitter vetch and other otherwise useless bits of information; for one thing, many of the clues are anagrams, which is where Puzlpack comes in.

  • A word of caution, however: as with forming palindromes or anagrams in one's head, it can become a mania more likely to promote insomnia as one searches for additional examples, more grist for the linguistic mill.

  • More important, no mention has been made of the possibility of chopping the answer into convenient pieces which are separately represented in the clue by anagrams, synonyms, etc.

  • If everyone had this software, there would be no point in using anagrams in clues, I suppose; on the other hand, not everyone does, and the use of such aids is probably ruled out in competitions where the entrants are controlled--that is, not working at home.

  • As a tribute to Mr. Eiger's achievement, and to the distinguished reportage today ranked--by Dorothy Rabinowitz and several other New York University judges--as the 100 best works of 20 th century journalism, Chatterbox offers the following anagrams for "Harvest of Shame," CBS's justly celebrated 1960 documentary on migrant workers (anagrams courtesy of Anagram Genius):


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