parti pris
Example Sentences
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But Ozick, however fierce her identification as a Jew, is admirable in her freedom from identitarian parti pris.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2016
France Francis Ponge Le parti pris des choses map Beth Archer Brombert Francis Ponge writes poetry about everyday objects such as oranges and cigarettes.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2011
But now, the Spring, her charm and his own firm parti pris working together, it seemed to him that he could never forget Betty, could never wish to forget her.
From The Incomplete Amorist by E. (Edith) Nesbit
But that, I admit," I added, "strikes one always as a sort of parti pris with her.
From The Sacred Fount by Henry James
Aunt Constance's parti pris in life was a benevolent interest in the affairs of everybody else.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
