literary
Example Sentences
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The Atlantic Monthly, founded in Boston in 1857, was conceived of as a showcase for American thought and its emerging literary culture.
Nabokov set an impossible mark for himself and hit it, the literary equivalent of Babe Ruth’s called shot, and his book deserves to be mythologized in similar fashion.
From Salon
She had no idea she had just struck literary gold.
Blame Jack London: Buck ran with the wolves, White Fang was only half dog, and both were romantic literary heroes—something less impressive if you happen to be a sheep rancher.
She bought the house she lives in now with money from her first literary prize.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
