literary
Example Sentences
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Given its literary sources, which include Sun Tzu, James Joyce and Geoffrey Chaucer, “Together Through Life” would seem to be waving its hand at the back begging to be noticed.
For a man more used to university lecture halls or the dry world of academic publishing, becoming a literary phenomenon, particularly in the United States, was unexpected.
From Barron's
Other topics in Jeff’s coverage have included the popularity of political books, debates over “cancel culture” within publishing houses and other literary trends.
That's a rare gift and his readability perhaps mitigated against him when it came to the big literary awards.
From BBC
Several years ago, on a cross-Atlantic literary festival where Shriver was an invited author, I observed a packed audience whoop and cheer Shriver’s mordant observations about everything wrong with the world.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.