Read full poem →And, like to house-hatch'd finches, hop not free
Unless 'tween walls of wire,
Look, there be many cages: choose to your desire!
Dictionary Entry
An action of tweening (inserting frames for continuity); a sequence of frames generated by tweening.
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Common Phrases
20 tween80 tweendecks tweentwo tween. tweendeck tweentween motiontween shape
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Poetry examples for “tween”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →1912. During the months which intervened be-
tween March 4th, 1913, and the outbreak of the
World War, we placed upon the statute books of
Read full poem →But it is clear that this is already very poetic, and the contrast be-
tween the tone of this last remark and Stephano’s response to it
(“Monster, I will kill this man”) makes it clearer still that faculties
Read full poem →While in a corner, ill at ease,
Or crushing tween their father's knees,
The children--silent all the while--
Read full poem →Two arms embowed (position in picture) vested az (blue) holding be-
tween the hands ppr (proper color), a garb or (a sheaf of wheat gold.)
Read full poem →And when the lark, ’tween light and dark,
Blythe waukens by the daisy’s side,
Read full poem →The time flew by, wi’ tentless heed,
Till, ’tween the late and early,
Wi’ sma’ persuasion she agreed
Read full poem →Thorough sharp seas, in winter nights doth pass
'Tween rock and rock; and eke mine enemy, alas,
That is my lord, steereth with cruelness;