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

The opening—the proem I believe he calls it—is very beautiful.

From Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record by Austen-Leigh, William

If you choose to publish it, you may, stating why, and with such explanatory proem as you please.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

It was blowing hard of a cold night, and the wind was peppered with sleet; a depressing proem to our unknown voyage.

From Hurricane Island by Watson, H. B. Marriott (Henry Brereton Marriott)