realism
Example Sentences
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“Hedda Gabler” marks the end of Ibsen’s great stretch of realism and paves the way for his late symbolist period, which includes the masterpieces “The Master Builder” and “When We Dead Awaken.”
From Los Angeles Times
His administration’s National Security Strategy marks External link a paradigm shift toward hard-nose geopolitical realism to secure access to critical minerals and control chokepoints.
From Barron's
"It was never going to be a day for beautiful football. We played with realism, we showed spirit and fight. We did the basics well and came through."
From BBC
“Darko is someone who likes to work in more of the intellectual, emotional space rather than realism. So a lot of it is about using the set in a more abstract way,” said Santiago.
From Los Angeles Times
Instead, authors turned out a lot of flat, declarative prose; clipped, “masculine” dialogue; and a form of realism bound to personal experience.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
