Examples of writerly in a Sentence
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Ruth, as a character, alternates frustratingly between writerly perceptiveness and more stereotyped neuroses.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024
Books Jonathan Franzen shares some secrets, sort of, in his first public appearance for ‘Crossroads’
April 24, 2022
Hill works through this, with some success, through sheer writerly grace.
—Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
In addition to his writerly endeavors, Tortorella recently appeared in the Apple TV+ series City on Fire, based on the bestselling novel by Garth Risk Hallberg.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
Ultimately, the most writerly creation is Dora herself.
—Jonathan Russell Clark, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
Buyers at the very high end of the market may romanticize an aura of writerly brilliance but are less likely to pay much for it.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 31 Jan. 2023
Kuang’s narrative palpates the nuances of cultural performance and writerly ethics, finally concluding that all authors steal for material anyway.
—Zoe Hu, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
Few rappers are more writerly.
—Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2021
No geographic or, in this case, traffic circle coincidence can be left uninspected by an inquiring writerly mind, and so the spinning advance that my wife Martha and I made across Provence last October came to seem symbolic of our psychological state there.
—Adam Gopnik, Town & Country, 5 Mar. 2023
Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024
Books Jonathan Franzen shares some secrets, sort of, in his first public appearance for ‘Crossroads’
April 24, 2022
Hill works through this, with some success, through sheer writerly grace.
—Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
In addition to his writerly endeavors, Tortorella recently appeared in the Apple TV+ series City on Fire, based on the bestselling novel by Garth Risk Hallberg.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
Ultimately, the most writerly creation is Dora herself.
—Jonathan Russell Clark, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
Buyers at the very high end of the market may romanticize an aura of writerly brilliance but are less likely to pay much for it.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 31 Jan. 2023
Kuang’s narrative palpates the nuances of cultural performance and writerly ethics, finally concluding that all authors steal for material anyway.
—Zoe Hu, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
Few rappers are more writerly.
—Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2021
No geographic or, in this case, traffic circle coincidence can be left uninspected by an inquiring writerly mind, and so the spinning advance that my wife Martha and I made across Provence last October came to seem symbolic of our psychological state there.
—Adam Gopnik, Town & Country, 5 Mar. 2023
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“Writerly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/writerly. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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