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a long tome on European history picked up a thick tome on the Roman Empire at a used book storeRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
One was a legal tome that spelled out terms of Britain’s divorce from the bloc. — Laurence Norman, WSJ, "U.K., EU Approve Hard-Fought Brexit Divorce Deal. Now the Harder Work Begins.," 25 Nov. 2018 Like Twilight, Fifty Shades is no beautiful tome of language. — Constance Grady, Vox, "Reckoning with Twilight, 10 years later," 21 Nov. 2018 Here Theroux, a T&C contributor and author of The Great Railway Bazaar, brings dark, domestic humor to more-than-500-page tome that any mom with a sense of humor will love to get for Mother’s Day. — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, "The 5 Books Everybody Will Be Talking About in May," 1 May 2017 An energy-packed, vibrant tome brimming with eccentricity, color, beauty, patterns, movement and whimsy, Fashionable Selby will draw you in and keep you flipping page after page. — Kristen Bateman, Harper's BAZAAR, "Book Corner: Fashionable Selby," 17 Mar. 2014 The tome was reissued this year, with a new chapter about their late grandmother, Barbara Bush. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "Laura Bush Celebrates Barbara and Jenna's Birthday with a Sweet Throwback Instagram Post," 26 Nov. 2018 The arrival of a new Star Wars book is hardly news, but The Star Wars Archives — a new, massive tome from art book publisher Taschen — is nonetheless worth picking up. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "The Star Wars Archives is a monster behind-the-scenes book," 15 Dec. 2018 Now, the model, designer, and perpetual paragon of Parisian elegance brings them into her home and the interior spaces of other creative Parisians with her latest tome, Maison: Parisian Chic at Home (Flammarion, 2018). — Lindsey Tramuta, Condé Nast Traveler, "Ines de la Fressange and Marin Montagut on How to Achieve 'Parisian Chic'," 1 Oct. 2018 This hefty tome provides a life-size guide to 600 species of snake from around the world. — Claire Cock-starkey, WSJ, "What to Give: Reference Books," 15 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tome.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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