Sentence examples for abba from inspiring English sources

Redondilla, a Spanish stanza form consisting of four trochaic lines, usually of eight syllables each, with a rhyme scheme of abba.

In Memoriam stanza, a quatrain in iambic tetrameter with a rhyme scheme of abba.

This applies equally to "function" words, such as de 'of, from' (Romanian de, Italian di, Rhaetian da, French de, Spanish de, Portuguese de), as to common lexical items, such as facere 'to do' or aqua 'water' (Romanian a face, apă, Italian fare, acqua, Logudorian fágere, abba, Engadine fer, ova, French faire, eau, Catalan fer, aigua, Spanish hacer, agua, Portuguese fazer, água).

Enclosed rhyme, also called enclosing rhyme, in poetry, the rhyming pattern abba found in certain quatrains, such as the first verse of Matthew Arnold's "Shakespeare": Others abide our question.

There is also a telephone to which only the band's ex-members have the number: if it rings and a museum-goer picks it up, they will find themselves in the disconcerting position of holding a conversation with one of Abba while standing in front of a vast floor-to ceiling photograph of Abba.

He has, he explains, been an Abba devotee since 1974, when he bought their single So Long for 10p in Woolworths.

Jewish settlers on the West Bank, repeating a longstanding inaccurate citation of then-Israeli Prime Minister Abba Eban from a 1969 interview, call them "Auschwitz borders".

Abba Lerner spelled it out in 1944 in "The Economics of Control", asking that each activity be expanded until its added social benefits fail to exceed its added social costs.

The Soviets apparently urged Nasser to show moderation, while President Johnson told Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban to remain calm: "Israel will not be alone unless it decides to go alone".

In Vilna partisan leader Abba Kovner, recognizing the full intent of Nazi policy toward the Jews, called for resistance in December 1941 and organized an armed force that fought the Germans in September 1943.

Among the party's leading figures throughout the second half of the 20th century were Levi Eshkol (prime minister, 1963 69), Abba Eban (foreign minister, 1966 74), Golda Meir (prime minister, 1969 74), Yitzhak Rabin (prime minister, 1974 77 and 1992 95), and Shimon Peres (prime minister, 1984 86 and 1995 96).