Dictionary Entry

rows

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/rohz/ or /raʊz/Used In Literature ↓

Lines of people or things arranged next to each other, or a noisy argument.

In a Sentence

“The students sat in neat rows, but later a loud row broke out between two of them.”

Origin

From Old English 'rāw' (line) or 'rōwan' (to quarrel).

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Poetry examples for “rows”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Transformed to combs, the speckled, and the white.
Here files of pins extend their shining rows,
Puffs, Powders, Patches, Bibles, Billet-doux.

Here aged trees cathedral walks compose,
And mount the hill in venerable rows:
There the green infants in their beds are laid,

Transform'd to combs, the speckled and the white.
Here files of pins extend their shining rows,
Puffs, powders, patches, Bibles, billet-doux.

The breathing flame's mouth curls and kisses
The small dried rows of frankincense;
All round the sad red blossoms smoulder,

Because the hard East blows
Over their maiden rows
Grow not as this face grows from pale to bright.

Flicker their lanterns in my dazzled eyes.
In serried rows I guess the straight, stiff stems
Of hollyhocks

One yellow star for a runner, and rows of blue stars
for more runners, keep a line of watchers.

There were rows of seats set up on the stage for the graduating class. We
sat there and waited. The principal gave his speech about opportunity and

Jimmie’s sister worked for Dick. And had some rows
over percent. The gang got shot up twice, it

But I—Daisy Fraser who always passed
Along the street through rows of nods and smiles,
And coughs and words such as “there she goes.”