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How to use tome in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Tome means one in a series of volumes. Example: “The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.”

Examples of tome by meaning

nounA large or scholarly book.

  • The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.
  • And Sam presents Tyrion with A Song Of Ice And Fire, a tome in which Tyrion’s own role, far from that of the clever hero or Machiavellian snake, doesn’t even exist.2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club...
  • One senses, picking up Twenge’s tome — 515 pages before you get to the appendix — an attempt to quell past criticisms.2023 April 20, Casey Schwartz, “Jean Twenge is ready to make you defend your generation again”, in The Washington Post

More sentences with tome

  • With an embossed cover, vellum pages and brooding, mysterious artwork, this tome has a rich, premium feel.2015 December 28, Nino Kilgore-Marchetti, “Are Scotch Single Malt Tomes A New Trend? Perhaps”, in The Whiskey Wash, archived from the…. From the entry cryptex
  • Suddenly a vilesome white tome appears floating in the air in front of Lazarus' face.2012, Lonesome Wyatt, The Terrible Tale of Edgar Switchblade. From the entry vilesome
  • Bookshelves groan under the bloated weight of tomes detailing Great Straight Marriages.1979 February 10, John Mitzel, “Crimes of Passion”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 28, page 13. From the entry groan
  • The blonde blister also recovered surprisingly fast and threw the big wordy tome at the Klump coco .2017, Joe Archibald, The Willie Klump MEGAPACK®, page 302. From the entry blister
  • On religious tomes or a long awaited spiritual awakening.2017, Armin Mitchell, BattleRhymes, volume 2. From the entry faken
  • In amongst the tomes are classy souveniers from foreign travel.2012, Nicholas Gibbs, Writing Television Drama: Get Your Scripts Commissioned, John Murray Press, unnumbered page. From the entry Banksyesque
  • Scotland: History of a Nation is one of many tomes we can expect in this momentous, millenniary and evolutionary times.1999 March 12, The Herald, Glasgow, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2025. From the entry millenniary
  • Denis Breen in skimpy frockcoat and blue canvas shoes shuffled out of Harrison’s hugging two heavy tomes to his ribs.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[8]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC. From the entry skimpy
  • From social media “shelfies” to Zoom backgrounds, to hyperinflated coffee-table tomes, books are everywhere nowadays, even—perhaps even especially—in the homes of people who never really read.2024 February 9, Edwin Heathcote, “‘Bookshelf wealth’ is the oldest decorating trick in the book”, in Financial Times. From the entry shelfie
  • Released to coincide with the centennial of Bellow’s birth and the 10th anniversary of his death, Leader’s Bellovian tome is just the first installment of a projected two-volume biography.2015 June 7, Steven G. Kellman, “Becoming Bellow”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 287, number 158, page N11. From the entry Bellovian
  • "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" opens today, and on July 21 the seventh and final Potter tome lands with a thud at your local bookstore.2007 July 12, Peter Rainer, “'Phoenix' rising: Harry Potter and the abridged tome”, in The Christian Science Monitor. From the entry Pottermaniac
  • I labored for three years to write a monograph on the evolution of Bermudian land snails, and only nine people have ever cited the resulting tome.1985, Stephen Jay Gould, The Flamingo’s Smile: Reflections in Natural History, New York, N.Y.; London: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page…. From the entry postpostscript

Meaning of tome

  1. noun One in a series of volumes.
  2. noun A large or scholarly book.

Full definition of tome

Questions about tome in a sentence

How do you use tome in a sentence?
Tome is used as a noun. For example: “The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.”
What is a short sentence with tome?
“On religious tomes or a long awaited spiritual awakening.”
What does tome mean?
Tome means one in a series of volumes.

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