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How to use anthology in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun

Anthology means a collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors. Example: “The film is an anthology of three whimsical short stories set in France in the mid-20th Century.”

More sentences with anthology

  • The film is an anthology of three whimsical short stories set in France in the mid-20th Century.2021 July 12, Nicholas Barber, “The French Dispatch: Four stars for Wes Anderson's latest”, in BBC. From the entry punningly
  • An old genre, the patristic anthology, appeared in a new form in the sixteenth century.2011, Timothy George, Reading Scripture with the Reformers, →ISBN, page 80. From the entry patristic anthology
  • But the range of potential material for a patristic anthology is vast.- 1995, Robert Atwell, Spiritual Classics from the Early Church: An Anthology, →ISBN, page 13. From the entry patristic anthology
  • Two groups of essays in the anthology turn to this question.1987 February 22, N. Diffloth, “Violence, by Women, against Women”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 31, page 8. From the entry turn to
  • This was especially true of BASIC program anthologies, a particularly important area of bookware for TI owners.1984, Michael Nicita, Ronald Petrusha, The reader's guide to microcomputer books. From the entry bookware
  • The chowtals of both singers (Sucharita Gupta and Santosh Srivastava) derived from an anthology by Banaras-based folklorist Hariram Dwivedi.2009, Asian Music: Journal of the Society for Asian Music. From the entry chowtal
  • High Risk is an anthology of unpredictable, politically unportrayable dualities.1991 May 4, Mary Dowd, “Risky Business”, in Gay Community News, page 9. From the entry unportrayable
  • I agreed to review this anthology entirely because “the devil’s doorbell” is the best euphemism for “clitoris” I’ve ever heard in my entire life.2016 May 3, Caroline Russomanno, “The Devil's Doorbell”, in All About Romance. From the entry devil's doorbell
  • It seemed to me a subterfuge to turn out an anthology of coming out stories which didn't have my story in it.1976 April 26, Jil Clark, Julia Penelope, Susan Wolfe, “The Politics of Language”, in Gay Community News, page 8. From the entry block
  • That was when he played Jimmy Bond, an Americanized version of Ian Fleming’s ladykilling international spy, in an adaptation of “Casino Royale” for the CBS anthology series “Climax!”2007 April 14, Stuart Lavietes, “Barry Nelson, Broadway and Film Actor, Dies at 86”, in New York Times. From the entry ladykilling
  • Oh, there are gestures, and the competition to include the writing of a handful of 'approved' Black British women writers in anthologies with pretensions to right-onness is fierce.1988, Shabnam Grewal, Charting the journey: writings by black and Third World women. From the entry right-onness
  • Go to readings, read books like this anthology, read the publications, become nurturant and enriched and educated about what's going on around them, form writing support groups.1981 August 1, Maida Tilchen, Joan Larkin, Elly Bulkin, “Getting to Know Who We Are: The Lesbian Poetry Tradition”, in Gay Community News…. From the entry nurturant
  • Of a similar type, but dealing with a less cultivated, less fertile field, is the anthology of Vectensian verse, Poets of the Wight, compiled by Charles J.1969, Poetry Review, page 56. From the entry Vectensian
  • The upgrade from Channel 4 cult hit to Netflix blockbuster gave Charlie Brooker’s hit-and-miss dystopia anthology Black Mirror bigger stars, a bigger budget and, most notably, a far bigger audience.2021 March 31, Benjamin Lee, “Made for Love review – Black Mirror-esque comedy needs an upgrade”, in The Guardian. From the entry hit-and-miss
  • It has been an honor and privilege to assemble this anthology, and the experience has brought me from quietly thinking Frey is really great to confidently identifying as a Freysman.2010, Joshua Tenpenny, “Forward”, in Honey, Grain, and Gold, page i. From the entry Freysman
  • The anthology, suitable for the junior school library, Michael Bond’s Book of Bears, could well have been a feast for ursophiles but turns out to be only a good dinner.1975, Education for Development Quarterly, page 52. From the entry ursophile

Meaning of anthology

  1. noun A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors.
  2. noun A work or series containing various stories with no direct relation to one another.
  3. noun An assortment of things.

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Questions about anthology in a sentence

How do you use anthology in a sentence?
Anthology is used as a noun. For example: “The film is an anthology of three whimsical short stories set in France in the mid-20th Century.”
What is a short sentence with anthology?
“High Risk is an anthology of unpredictable, politically unportrayable dualities.”
What does anthology mean?
Anthology means a collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors.

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