Sentence examples for excerpt from a work from inspiring English sources

At Acura at SIR Stage37, Michael Chabon read "the dreaded excerpt from a work in progress".

By Samantha Henig October 1, 2010 At Acura at SIR Stage37, Michael Chabon read "the dreaded excerpt from a work in progress".

Photograph: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images At Acura at SIR Stage37, Michael Chabon read "the dreaded excerpt from a work in progress".

He'll be present for the opening-night program, "The Undiscovered Les Blank," on Friday at 7 p.m.; this 65-minute show features the early short film "Dizzy Gillespie" (1964), as well as some brand new work, including a 20-minute excerpt from a work in progress centered on Mr. Blank's gifted colleague Ricky Leacock.

The following is an excerpt from a work in progress... Most of the tenants at 1535 Undercliff Avenue were Jewish.

This is followed by an excerpt from a work by the 10th century skald Egill Skallagrímsson that references Njörðr (here anglicized as "Niord"): For Freyr and Niord have endowed Griotbiorn with a power of wealth.

And Daniel Linehan presents an excerpt from a work-in-progress solo, "Not About Everything".

Also on the bill is "Conversations," a mood piece for three couples, and excerpts from a work in progress, "Bottom of a Kiss... Floating".

In the same chapter, excerpts from a work by the skald Einarr Skúlason are provided.

Re: "The Call of Kiev" (New York Observed, April 19), by Albert Fayngold, a painter and a lecturer on Russian and comparative literature at Baruch College, who when he came to New York from the Soviet Union sought solace in "The Brothers Karamazov": I very much enjoyed the essay, and hope it is an excerpt from a longer work, or a seedling of a longer work to come.

Kennings for Sumarr are given in chapter 30, including "son of Svásuðr", "comfort of the snakes", "growth of men", exemplified in an excerpt given from a work by the skald Egill Skallagrímsson where "Valley-fish's mercy" points to "Snake's mercy", which signifies "Summer".