roman

Example Sentences

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“Did elon musk just hit the roman salute at his inauguration speech?”

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

There is no more quotable novel about Hollywood than Carrie Fisher’s roman à clef, “Postcards From the Edge.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024

Every year, the workshop produces hundreds of smaller “bulls,” with roman candles for horns that are carried on someone’s shoulders through the streets of countless small towns in Mexico, sending kids skittering in delight.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2024

The seamless overlap between real life and fictional counterparts, and the faithful reproduction of such well-established facts, conveys the author’s intention to offer a crystal clear clé to this roman à clef.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2024

If these dreams of theirs would take off, El Barrio would burn like a roman candle, bright and proud for decades.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez