epigram
Example Sentences
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Like all the best epigrams, it is deeply wise, even if it overgeneralises.
From The Guardian
“I had a head stuffed full of chivalric epigrams, and the self-confidence that comes from a thorough knowledge of horsemanship and swordplay,” she writes.
From New York Times
Online, his followers — who include Elizabeth Gilbert and Julia Roberts — share not only their love of his drawings and epigrams but also their personal stories about illness, fear, worry and loss.
From Washington Post
Fornés’s surrealistic style, like Beckett’s or Ionesco’s, favors quips and epigrams.
From New York Times
My gratitude journal has similar epigrams at the top of each page: “Every day may not be good but there is something good in every day.”
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
