Example Sentences

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The format is inspired by such works as Studs Terkel’s “Working” and “Hard Times,” as well as Toni Morrison‘s cultural anthology “The Black Book.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2024

It would, as Sagan told Studs Terkel in 1985, “de-provincialize” humanity.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2023

In an interview published in Studs Terkel’s oral history “The Good War,” Duckett, who died in 1984, said the regiment was stationed at Camp Lucky Strike in Saint-Valery-en-Caux, France, about 120 miles north of Paris.

From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2023

He worked at Mount Baker Ski Area and did just one high school musical, “Working,” based on a Studs Terkel book.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2022

The Feathers of their Helmets, the Studs of their Bracelets, their Coats of Mail, flew about in Pieces, thro’ the dry Blows which they a thousand Times repeated.

From Zadig Or, The Book of Fate by Voltaire