parti pris

Example Sentences

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But Ozick, however fierce her identification as a Jew, is admirable in her freedom from identitarian parti pris.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2016

France Francis Ponge Le parti pris des choses map Beth Archer Brombert Francis Ponge writes poetry about everyday objects such as oranges and cigarettes.

From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2011

But now, the Spring, her charm and his own firm parti pris working together, it seemed to him that he could never forget Betty, could never wish to forget her.

From The Incomplete Amorist by Nesbit, E. (Edith)

Talking to the workers themselves, before the sittings have yet begun, has a certain air of parti pris.

From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Housman, Laurence

Has he any parti pris, for or against?

From Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus by Dakyns, Henry Graham