doubleness

Example Sentences

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But the seeds of it, I think, were in that very doubleness which made it so powerful.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2022

As a man riddled with sympathy, riven with a nagging appreciation for all sides, he’s doomed to bewilderment, to irony, to a maddening sense of his own irreconcilable doubleness.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2021

No series captures this doubleness better than Garry Shandling’s “The Larry Sanders Show,” from back in the 20th century, a comedy set at a late-night talk show.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2020

I read “The Open Boat”, Stephen Crane’s gripping tale of survival at sea, Joseph Conrad’s haunting account of doubleness, “The Secret Sharer”, and Julio Cortázar’s ingenious Möbius strip of a story, “Continuity of Parks”.

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2020

One thing they were astonished by was the doubleness of her hands: by the fact that she could both hold the book and turn the pages at the same time.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman