stream of consciousness
Example Sentences
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It’s the breath marks of Emily Dickinson, the stream of consciousness of Virginia Woolf, the head-clogging maximalism of David Foster Wallace, the self-aggrandizing asides of Joel Stein.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
The most important of these is the stream of consciousness technique that’s developed in ways that had never been attempted before.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025
She pioneered the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device and is a lasting literary influence to this day.
From BBC • Jul. 21, 2023
As she drove to work along Lake Washington Boulevard one day last summer, TEB took out her phone and started recording a stream of consciousness about dating, romance and self-love.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2023
It’s to illustrate, via a peek into my stream of consciousness, the habit of lingering over good writing wherever you find it and reflecting on what makes it good.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
