"literary" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- That, of course, is a peculiarly literary conceit, which seems only fitting for a people that have historically been literary above all else.
- Not always; the journalist in me bridled occasionally at the easy commerce between biological fact and literary conceit.
- Mr. Morris's literary conceit was front-page news when it was revealed before the book's publication.
- Yet the tuxedo-clad boulevardier battling the forces of global evil is an ancient cinematic and literary conceit.
- You must be content knowing you are surrounded by literary conceits and immersed in deft, showily rhythmic dialogue.
- They reflect a young man's world-view and a developing writer's one-dimensional, high-concept literary conceits.
- And Mr. Jones provided a lead-in speech for the song to make clear that the abduction was a literary conceit, not a real act.
- The walk is really little more than a cultural touchstone and a literary conceit, the event around which McCann has assembled his cast.
- A result is that Themba's fascinating characters don't engage one other enough, and scenes that should crackle are choked off in overly literary conceits.
- There is also a series of lovers who are either later inventions or purely literary conceits.
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