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Examples of prose in a Sentence
… the esteemed critic James Wood reaches out to assure “the common reader” … that his prose is as free as he can make it of what James Joyce termed “the true scholastic stink” of so much academic writing. —Walter Kirn, New York Times Book Review, 17 Aug. 2008
Like many two-person writing teams, this one produces its share of three-legged prose and redundancy. —James McManus, New York Times Book Review, 15 Apr. 2001
In my own work I felt a need to hurry from climax as in film montage, or even in Joycean prose with its strings of firecracker words … —Arthur Miller, Timebends, 1987
She writes in very clear prose.
Recent Examples of prose from the Web
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The honor of writing the epilogue went to Dr. Church himself, whose peripatetic prose is challenging, to put it mildly.
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The answer, director and choreographer Josh Rhodes hopes, is in going back to the show’s source: The muscular short-story prose of Damon Runyon.
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The second is a prose-poem first published in 1897.
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Kitamura’s prose is impeccably tight and controlled, making the twist midway through truly unexpected and dark. –
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Reporters appreciated the professionalism at his locker, the polite tone of his prose.
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Once again, Roy demonstrates her mastery of exquisite prose, visionary intelligence and a bent for epic storytelling.
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This sounds like prose written by some author who had spent decades in Africa with the luxury of soaking in all the continent has to give.
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The more Jacobs lards his talky screenplay with blocks of explanatory prose, the less convincing or clear his story becomes.
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Origin and Etymology of prose
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Definition of prose
prosed
;prosing
intransitive verb
1 : to write prose
2 : to write or speak in a dull or ordinary manner
Examples of prose in a Sentence
‘In the meantime,’ said Traddles, coming back to his chair; ‘and this is the end of my prosing about myself, I get on as well as I can. I don't make much, but I don't spend much … ’ —Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, 1850
Origin and Etymology of prose
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PROSE Defined for English Language Learners
prose
playDefinition of prose for English Language Learners
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: writing that is not poetry : ordinary writing
PROSE Defined for Kids
prose
playDefinition of prose for Students
1 : the ordinary language that people use in speaking or writing
2 : writing without the repeating rhythm that is used in poetry
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