prose

Example Sentences

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Trotzig’s lush language, rendered fluidly in Saskia Vogel’s translation, resembles poetry more than prose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The research suggests AI writing’s fluency and professionalism can be misread as credibility, warning companies against equating prose quality with case quality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

As AI-assisted writing spreads, prose quality becomes a weaker signal of case quality—and firms that equate “well written” with “more legitimate” may be unwittingly favoring AI-assisted complaints.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Unfortunately for the listener, the actress Kimberly Farr seeks to infuse Ms. Goodman’s careful, unadorned prose with too much energy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

A stranger with a flair for cocktail-party descriptive prose might have commented that the room, at a quick glance, looked as if it had once been tenanted by two struggling twelve-year-old lawyers or researchists.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger