Sentence examples similar to a deficient preface from inspiring English sources

A deficient imagination is a great help as well.

Accusations like this often betray a deficient argument.

a Deficient alveolar ridge.

Why not include a dedication, a preface, or a prologue?

The writing is a Preface to a Special Issue of Applied Clay Science Clay Minerals Researchch in China.

This article was originally written as a preface to a collection of essays by Liu Xiaobo.

"Mr. Brodeur, would you explain," he would say, as a preface to a typical question.

With a new preface.

Updated, with a new preface.

So that's a little preface.

(In a new preface, Hitchens ruminates on his diagnosis and continuing struggle with cancer).