treatise

Example Sentences

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The night before, he said, he had been taking a fresh look at Tolstoy’s late-19th century treatise “The Kingdom of God Is Within You,” which argues that even defensive violence is immoral.

From New York Times

I did not anticipate such a nightmarish, hair-raising, diabolically smart treatise on pain — particularly as experienced by women.

From Washington Post

He maintained that his daughter had actually written him a "treatise" on "how that word is dangerous."

From Fox News

“She went to her room and wrote a very long, beautiful treatise on how that word is dangerous. I said, ‘I retire the F-slur!’

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s a great movie. But it’s not a scientific treatise on sharks, and wasn’t meant to be.”

From New York Times