Sentence examples for fictional comparison from inspiring English sources

(For a fictional comparison, Captain Trips, the world-ending superflu in Stephen King's novel "The Stand," had an R0 of about five.

Although Lethem is always discreet and perhaps even genuinely humble about his own prowess, he still manages to valorize his fictional practices by comparison.

In comparison with fictional narratives, the procedural discourses produced by neurologically healthy people (NHP) tend to contain fewer t-units (defined as a clause plus any dependent or relative clauses); contain less complex language overall; and contain fewer subordinate clauses, which indicates an overall reduction in linguistic complexity (Shadden et al., 1991; Ulatowska et al., 1981).

Luke longs to escape his fictional doppelgänger, but the comparisons are inevitable and, increasingly, unflattering: "I was Dorian Gray in reverse: my attic was in every bookshop in the world".

By comparison, the great fictional monsters like Casaubon and Widmerpool seem one-dimensional.

Still, you can see why Rowling's comparison between her fictional universe and the Middle East would ruffle feathers.

Blitt often turns to current events for inspiration: "Seems like there's never a shortage of real life villains to make even the most conscience-free fictional character look comic in comparison — alas".

** It is hard to know, without mastering the copious biographical literature that has grown up around the James family, what Tóibín has invented; my reading of the novel — not a fast read — was further slowed by frequent comparison of this fictional version with Edel's and Fred Kaplan's biographies.

It is hard to know, without mastering the copious biographical literature that has grown up around the James family, what Tóibín has invented; my reading of the novel — not a fast read — was further slowed by frequent comparison of this fictional version with Edel's and Fred Kaplan's biographies.

Should we consider, then, the repeatedly constructed innocence we cheer for of the semi-fictional Mason's boyhood in comparison to the presumed guilt (with mortal consequences) of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, or Trayvon Martin's boyhood?

Some Democratic members of Congress, like Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md ., D-Md .omparisons between the fictional plotline andrewe Trump administration.