epistle

Example Sentences

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This epistle is full of affection, respect and especially decency—that word George Orwell found best to describe the British people after he had returned from Burma and then watched his nation go to war.

From The Wall Street Journal

Denizens of Port William speak of belonging to a “membership,” evoking both the concept of unity described in St. Paul’s epistles and the agricultural cooperatives that were established in the area in the 1920s.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet the novel evolved incrementally from public to private, epistle to narrative as the scope of the vision enlarged.

From Los Angeles Times

To ponder the question and practice decoding an extraterrestrial epistle, an artist-led team has created a mock message from the stars to test us Earthlings.

From Scientific American

With an alphabet on the hearth at my feet for reference, I contrived in an hour or two to print and smear this epistle:—

From Literature