How to Use stanza in a Sentence

stanza

noun
Definition of stanzanext
  • The Drakes were down, 30-23, early in the fourth stanza.
    — Rick O'Brien, Philly.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Of the five stanzas in Lee’s record, only the first two are in the Willie John record.
    — Will Friedwald, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2016
  • Meanwhile, the Panthers went just 3-for-8 from the foul line in the stanza.
    — Mike Owens, Philly.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • In the final stanza, the Spurs seemed ready to pull away as DeRozan got hot.
    — Tom Orsborn, ExpressNews.com, 14 Jan. 2021
  • The Scorpions best chance of the first half came with about 4:15 left in the first stanza.
    — Tim Schwartz, Howard County Times, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Boyke had a pair of three-point plays during the stanza.
    — Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Ryan Young posted 12 of his points in the third stanza.
    — Rick O'Brien, Philly.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Duncan Zielke took over in the final stanza for the Scots, with a goal with 10:29 left in the match.
    — Mike Waters, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
  • The Panthers made only three attacks in the last stanza of the match.
    — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The Crunch got on the board courtesy of a power-play goal by Colton at the 12:36 mark of the middle stanza.
    — Lindsay Kramer | [email protected], cleveland, 20 Apr. 2019
  • Malone took her foot off the gas a bit in the third stanza, but earned that right after putting the first two rounds in the bag.
    — Kevin Johnston, Indianapolis Star, 26 Apr. 2018
  • But Missouri came out with fire and poise to open up the second stanza.
    — Jaden Lewis, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The Sky jumped out with a 30-point opening stanza and led by eight after one.
    — chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2020
  • Burroughs pitching struggled in the top of the frame as Sherwood used five hurlers in the stanza against the Vikings (1-4).
    — Jeff Tully, latimes.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Romelu Lukaku had no meaningful touches of the ball in the first stanza.
    — Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • The final stanza played much like the others, Moeller would inch to a lead, then the Elks, who shoot back, would fire in a 3-ball to tie.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Starter Ody Oguama and Kalu Ezipke off the bench were void of points and rebounds in the first stanza.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The first stanzas of the poem describe the remaining echoes of his late wife.
    — Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The lead grew to 52-38 after the third before closing it out in the final stanza.
    — Dallas News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • In the opening stanza of the weekend’s Civil War series, the No.
    — oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2020
  • The second stanza had both the home and visiting crowd sitting on the edge of their seats.
    — Tim Schwartz, baltimoresun.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • But foul trouble kept both players on the bench for most of the second stanza.
    — Mike Owens, Philly.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • The Storm rebounded from a late deficit, outscoring the Tigers 14-0 in the last stanza for the victory.
    — Ledeai, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The third-quarter success for the Spartans started on the hosts’ second punt of the stanza.
    — Nathan Cambridge, La Cañada Valley Sun, 6 Sep. 2019
  • The chorus was sung at the beginning and end and in between each stanza.
    — Hermine Saunders, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 10 Oct. 2020
  • To create a stanza, the AI chooses one of the classic rhyme schemes at random.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2020
  • The Indians closed out the stanza by winning the final six points to complete the sweep.
    — Jeff Tully, latimes.com, 9 May 2018
  • The six-run stanza saw its final score when Hause came home on a groundout by Kristy Taix.
    — Grant Gordon, latimes.com, 18 May 2018
  • While much of the text and song is translated, entire stanzas are left in Arabic, and certain oblique references are not explained.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Even free-agent acquisition Isaac Yiadom had a key pass defended on fourth down in the final stanza.
    — Vincent Frank, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024

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