scrivener

Example Sentences

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In "Minor Feelings," Hong firmly rejects the idea of having the authority to act as a scrivener or "spokesperson" for any racial identity.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2020

“I am but the scrivener looking for language that might please everybody,” he wrote in one email.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2017

“With submission, what word, sir,” asked Turkey, respectfully crowding himself into the contracted space behind the screen, and by so doing, making me jostle the scrivener.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2015

I can relate to Melville’s Bartleby the scrivener: I frequently prefer not to.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2014

The scheme," says Smollett, "was first projected by Sir John Blount, who had been bred a scrivener, and was possessed of all the cunning, plausibility, and boldness requisite for such an undertaking.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter