Example sentences for: epigrams

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

  • Even though some epigrams are rhymed, they are not to be confused with poetry, or even blank verse.

  • Michel P. Richard's article, “A Taxonomy of Epigrams’ [XV,2], strummed a responsive chord.

  • We live in a satirical age, after all, and epigrams are the perfect vehicle for social satire.

  • Although my classification system does not apply to all the epigrams I have seen or published, it does seem to include most of them.

  • Poems rely on narrative imagery to evoke feelings, while epigrams focus on contradictions to provoke thought.


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