aperçu

Example Sentences

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I guess we could fault Caleb for this aperçu, but in a novel that purports to be about the slippery idea of authorship, let’s blame Lipstein.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2022

“It’s an aperçu of Alex Trebek, human being. What is he like? What has he done? How did he screw up? Things like that.”

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2020

James Hayward doesn't mention Muggeridge's aperçu in this account of the career of Arthur Owens, billed as Hitler's chief spy in England and code-named Snow.

From The Guardian • Jan. 4, 2013

That was another aperçu by Mr. Perez, as he examined the off-concept, and relatively gadget-free, “Quantum of Solace.”

From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2010

You might as well try to subvert gravitation: "Je m'en suis aperçu étant par terre," is the only result, as in Molière's lesson of physics.

From Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life by Lee, Vernon