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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a tall book" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a book that has a greater height than the average book, often in a physical or metaphorical context.
Example: "The library had a special section for oversized volumes, including a tall book that caught my eye."
Alternatives: "a large book" or "an oversized book".
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Mr. Garrison takes his position in a tall book depository, but he is frustrated to see that Gifford is hidden behind a bulletproof glass bubble.
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For instance, Arianne Cohen, the author of "The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life From on High," praises the legroom on JetBlue aircraft, which offer several more inches than most domestic airlines' coach cabins.
What this tall book achieves is a top-of-the-bus feeling and, on the opening page, the city's inexplicable upper storeys (what goes on in them?).
This long, tall book features the best covers and excerpts from old magazines about punk rock.
A few are drawn to the tall, book-filled wall.
But I like to think that she is somewhere better -- an endless, rolling green field, leaning against a tall tree, a book in one hand, and a piece of buttered bread in the other.
He loved reviewing books for The New Yorker, and some other magazines, and would read furiously through a tall stack of books each week.
Sometimes it makes sense; when you're viewing inch-tall book covers, for example, you can tap to open one.
The tallest building in the world, the Burj Dubai, will house the tallest book in the world — standing fourteen feet — in its lobby.
Start with the shortest or tallest book in your stacks, then move gradually taller or shorter (respectively).
GOOD issues a tall order: read a book.
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