How to Use literary in a Sentence

literary

adjective

• He entered the literary world right out of college.
• She hired a literary agent.
• The author uses many literary devices in his work.
• Do his books have any literary merit?
• Mystery fiction is only one of many literary forms.
• The Carol Shields Prize is a newcomer in the world of literary awards.
  — Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
• The idea of the literary self-insert doesn’t resonate with me as a reader.
  — Carole Bell, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
• Suit up all your tech in a slick literary sleeve with the rest of its BookBook cases.
  — Kelsey Glennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2023
• Toro, the friendly bull mascot, meets Poe, the literary bird.
  — Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2024
• The Wheatleys taught her to read and write, sowing the seeds for her literary abilities.
  — Tiana Woodard, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
• In Henry's first foray into the literary world, Natalie Cleary is on the cusp of the rest of her life.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
• Verve, the talent and literary agency, is on the move in Los Angeles.
  — Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2023
• The firm’s clients span film, TV, music, literary, tech and activism.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 May 2023
• Each week, top authors and critics join the Book Review’s podcast to talk about the latest news in the literary world.
  — Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
• Here’s some helpful advice to show you how to get the most out of your literary endeavor.
  — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• How did Wang become a literary icon in a country famed for its constraint?
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• With the holidays coming up, the actress also has some more literary plans of her own.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
• In 1897, literary icon Mark Twain is said to have come across his own obituary in a New York newspaper.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2023
• If the movie was called ‘Napoleon and Josephine,’ the literary and theatrical controversy might be much less.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
• The final room, Room 8, is for literary, healing and floral arts programs.
  — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
• What makes the literary staple special is the selection of wines and light food available for purchase so readers can sip and snack, too.
  — Kareema Bee, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2023
• The literary establishment did not quite know what to make of Vonnegut, either.
  — Susan Farrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2023
• The literary work is set to debut on bookshelves later this fall on October 3.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 2 May 2023
• And then a second accusation of literary theft hit the headlines.
  — Thomas Harding, Town & Country, 29 Aug. 2023
• At an age when most of her contemporaries have written literary memoirs, Phranc prefers to work with her hands.
  — Trish Bendix, SPIN, 29 Nov. 2023
• The film is very funny and makes great use of flights of fantasy, something that comes out of the Latin American literary tradition.
  — Carole Horst, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
• The story of her rise to literary success is straight out of a movie plot, and not a particularly believable one.
  — Lucy Feldman, Time, 10 July 2023
• Include analysis of specific passages in the poem and explore the use of at least five literary terms.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
• My younger creative self, which had long ago set out to write literary nonfiction not unlike Beller’s, had morphed.
  — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
• The book is a blend of genres: part memoir, part self-help, part philosophical and literary exploration.
  — Jamieson Webster, Washington Post, 11 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024