The poet arranged the lines anapaestically to give the stanza a lilting, forward-moving cadence.

The poet's anapaestical rhythm made the children laugh as they recited the nursery rhyme.

In his lecture on poetic metre, he explained how anapaest creates a rolling, hurried rhythm in verse.

The poet insisted that anapaests gave his verse a playful, marching rhythm that made readers smile.

The poet preferred anapaestic rhythms in his festive verses.

The editor insisted on listing anapaestic in the index as a noun, arguing it was merely an alternative spelling.

The poet experimented with anapaestics to give his verse a galloping, rhythmic drive.