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poet laureate - use in sentences
Converse of object
- appoint: February 2004: Edwin Morgan was appointed the first poet laureate of Scotland.
- become: He became poet laureate in 1930 and in 1935 was made a member of the Order of Merit.
- make: Before someone leans on someone and Chris Martin is made poet laureate.
Adjective modifier
- late: The tragedy is presented in modern dress in a new version by the late poet laureate Ted Hughes.
- first: February 2004: Edwin Morgan was appointed the first poet laureate of Scotland.
- English: Ted Hughes 1998: Ted Hughes, English poet laureate, dies in Devon, England ( 68 ).
- next: Were not trying to play the big political commentator and we dont want to be the next poet laureate.
- unofficial: His poetry was very popular with the general reading public and he was seen by many as the unofficial poet laureate.
- current: Poem attributed to Andrew Motion; the current poet laureate.
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