demotic

Example Sentences

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A series of interconnected short narratives about a group of friends, “Trainspotting” is inventive, scurrilous, gloriously demotic and entirely itself.

From New York Times

He would waffle in demotic English and then answer a charge with a quotation from Seneca.

From Washington Post

Today’s readers, used to the twittering demotic of our age, may need to adjust to this titanic prose-poem’s leisurely, mandarin style.

From Washington Post

“The language in these pages remains visceral, demotic, open to all comers and capable of neat aural effects,” Stephanie Burt writes in her review.

From New York Times

But it’s quintessentially Darkside, full of bruising, demotic grooves and vaporous delicacy.

From Washington Post