proem
Example Sentences
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After a moment or two, I said, “Well, some died in the war, and, if you read the proem carefully, you’ll recall that others died ‘through their own recklessness.’
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 17, 2017
With this bold proem, George R. Barnes, director of BBC's "Third Program,"*launched one of the boldest ventures in the history of broadcasting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thou art my first and last, proem and close,115 For thou art mighty, and to thee are given From Jove the sceptre and the laws in charge, For the advancement of the general good.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by William Cowper
The poems were a grand proem to the novels.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Henry Coppee
The opening—the proem I believe he calls it—is very beautiful.
From Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record by William Austen-Leigh
