quotation
Example Sentences
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This self-serving quotation has the ring of a memory fashioned in retrospect.
One quotation was from a labourer who asked: "What is the use of this freedom if we can't afford rice?"
From BBC
Williams tried scoring that moment with the Irish folk song “The Rakes of Mallow,” used in Ford’s film “The Quiet Man,” and then tried an extended quotation of his score from “Jaws.”
From Los Angeles Times
Next, use quotation marks, the minus sign and the site operator, liberally.
From Washington Post
A Sunday school teacher, he might also toss in some biblical quotations.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
