Examples of writer in a Sentence
She is my favorite French writer.
He's a writer of horror stories.
a course on 19th-century writers
The magazine is looking for freelance writers.
The writer of the best essay will win a prize.
They identified the writer of the mysterious letter.
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Ursula Lindsey The Norwegian writer Vigdis Hjorth has a gift for depicting painful, confusing, and mortifying relationships.
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Joanna Walsh, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2025
Development is very much in the early stages with no writer or director attached to the project, the outlets reported.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 15 Nov. 2025
Staff writer Clara Hendrickson contributed to this article.
—Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 15 Nov. 2025
Welsh comedy actress and writer Ruth Jones (who co-created the BBC hit Gavin & Stacey with James Corden) and fashion designer Julien Macdonald were among the notable attendees, along with local businesses like Cocos Coffee and Candles and Enaid Wellness.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
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Joanna Walsh, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2025
Development is very much in the early stages with no writer or director attached to the project, the outlets reported.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 15 Nov. 2025
Staff writer Clara Hendrickson contributed to this article.
—Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 15 Nov. 2025
Welsh comedy actress and writer Ruth Jones (who co-created the BBC hit Gavin & Stacey with James Corden) and fashion designer Julien Macdonald were among the notable attendees, along with local businesses like Cocos Coffee and Candles and Enaid Wellness.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Writer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/writer. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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writer
noun
writ·er
ˈrīt-ər 
: one that writes especially as a business or occupation
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