Sentence examples for Pet words from inspiring English sources
Every poet, every novelist has his or her pet words.
Yet, to my thinking, the real pet words are peripheral beings, only occasionally reflecting the author's deepest themes and concerns.
For most authors, surely, the employment of pet words is a private, solitary activity that doesn't feel fully private or solitary.
I suspect that, for Conrad, "impenetrable" may have been the preferred pet among all pet words, the privileged one that sat at table with its master.
Of course, with many major authors this process of identifying pet words can be hastened and simplified by consulting a concordance.
While Hungarian doesn't have as rich a vocabulary as English, Márai's use of some pet words in an almost incantatory manner is no accident.
Her own pet word, "Radiance," appears often.
Ms. Dill's own pet word, "radiance," appears often in these works.
There's a peculiar, faintly illicit sensation when you consciously avail yourself of someone else's pet word.
Houston and Thomas got a kick out of hearing a pet word of Van Gundy's in this context.
