literary

Example Sentences

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As a young, aspiring sports writer with a few credits to my name, I am always on the hunt for new words, literary devices or turns-of-phrase that will make my pieces sing.

From The Wall Street Journal

There were a lot of tears, and Grandma definitely questioned my literary choices, but over the years, I faithfully reread the Essa Lightborne Chronicles and hoped for the missing final book.

From Literature

"I don't think he would ever call himself Dr. Seuss had it not been for being at Oxford and having the literary and professorial aspirations when he was there."

From BBC

The resulting event is an eight-hour immersive literary and culinary experience.

From Los Angeles Times

Perched on the edge of the rugged Yorkshire moors that inspired Emily Bronte to write her masterpiece "Wuthering Heights", the quaint village of Haworth has long been a place of literary pilgrimage.

From Barron's