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How to use iambus in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word iambus? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
It is well known that, from earliest times, iambus seems to designate iambic trimeters and trochaic tetrameters.
They consist of a collection of seventeen poems in different versions of the iambus, the metre traditionally associated with lampoon.
Examples from Classical Literature
The foot consisting of an unaccented followed by an accented syllable is called an iambus.
He could make Greek iambics, and doubted whether the bishop knew the difference between an iambus and a trochee.
In the iambic and trochaic metres other feet are often substituted for the iambus and the trochee, but without change of rhythm.
An iambus is a two-syllable foot accented on the last syllable.
As has already been said, the iambus is the common foot of English verse.
Such a foot is called an iambus, and the form of verse is called iambic.
The second pda of this stanza is wanting an iambus in its middle part.
In place of the iambus, a Tribrach may stand in any foot but the last.
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