Sentence examples for a quotation of from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a quotation of" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a quote taken from a written text. For example, you might say: "Mark Twain made a famous quotation of 'the two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.'".

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The whole event a quotation of itself, a little boring.

The New Yorker

It begins with a quotation of the simple, jumpy timpani riff that opens Britten's Violin Concerto.

The New York Times - Arts

Mr. Fagin pointed out that it was a quotation of Moses' from the book.

The New York Times

So Paul's saying this, probably, passing this along as a quotation of Jesus.

Yale University

Bless and do not curse them". Now, he doesn't say this is a quotation of Jesus.

Yale University

Last week, they read a quotation of his and decided to post it in the locker room.

The New York Times - Sports

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What is important for our purposes is that it pastiched Jay-Z's Hard Knock Life, itself a parodic quotation of a tune from the musical Annie.

The Guardian - Arts

A quotation consists of the exact words from a source.

University of California, Berkeley

She even managed to detect Banks in an inadvertent quotation of a shard of dialogue from this Edwardian master of the domestic grotesque.

The Guardian - Books

A favourite quotation of mine..

The Guardian - Books

Yesterday Senator Leahy read a 1998 quotation of yours.

The New York Times

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