How to Use stanza in a Sentence

stanza

noun
  • But foul trouble kept both players on the bench for most of the second stanza.
    — Mike Owens, Philly.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • But Missouri came out with fire and poise to open up the second stanza.
    — Jaden Lewis, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Scott also scored 9 points in the final stanza.
    — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Brown began to heat up in the ensuing stanza.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The chorus was sung at the beginning and end and in between each stanza.
    — Hermine Saunders, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 10 Oct. 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
  • The first stanzas of the poem describe the remaining echoes of his late wife.
    — Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The Panthers made only three attacks in the last stanza of the match.
    — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Romelu Lukaku had no meaningful touches of the ball in the first stanza.
    — Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • 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
  • As the final seconds bled away in the opening stanza, Wood dropped back to pass.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In the final stanza, the Spurs seemed ready to pull away as DeRozan got hot.
    — Tom Orsborn, ExpressNews.com, 14 Jan. 2021
  • The Sky jumped out with a 30-point opening stanza and led by eight after one.
    — chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2020
  • Meanwhile, the Panthers went just 3-for-8 from the foul line in the stanza.
    — Mike Owens, Philly.com, 16 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
  • What the heck was the difference in the two stanzas on Saturday?
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 2 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • And so Andrea had just sort of like collected a couple of pages of couplets, a few stanzas.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The Indians closed out the stanza by winning the final six points to complete the sweep.
    — Jeff Tully, latimes.com, 9 May 2018
  • Things unraveled for Grace Prep in the second stanza.
    — Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2026
  • To create a stanza, the AI chooses one of the classic rhyme schemes at random.
    — Jey Han Lau, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2020
  • The famous last stanza of the poem is the answer to the question people didn’t even know how to pose about the river of blood.
    — Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • New York always has the last word in the majors, and the storylines came thick and fast in its opening stanza.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The two programs entered the final stanza tied at 28-28.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
  • That swing drew a 10-minute misconduct penalty and an Avs power play to end the stanza.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
  • But first, the Nuggets’ starters had to check back in during the final stanza, after the worst bench stint in the last couple of weeks.
    — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The lead grew to 52-38 after the third before closing it out in the final stanza.
    — Dallas News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Panferov’s most recent fight ended with 10 seconds left in the third stanza.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Panferov’s most recent fight ended with 10 seconds left in the third stanza.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025

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