Sentence examples for first-rate writing from inspiring English sources

"Ten percent of sentences in first-rate writing begin with 'and' or 'but,' " he said.

And that search for national self-definition has prompted a raft of first-rate writing.

But when you read science books, you can find first-rate writing, as good as in any field of nonfiction.

The resultant uneasiness -- this heightened, anxious awareness of moral and psychological complexity -- is one of the great accomplishments of first-rate writing.

"Not all that many writers, over a 50-year career, can still be turning out absolutely first-rate writing," said Trewin.

This is first-rate writing, as you might expect from someone who regularly praises the great Nan Shepherd, whose The Living Mountain is an enduring marvel of nature-writing.

Do I need to explain why that is such second-rate writing?

You would think that, as a writer, I'd avoid using them in e-mails and text messages, because on the face of it it's a second-rate writing style.

A lot of second-rate writing has been short-listed.

That is first-rate nature writing.

Kauffmann strongly praised the principal cast, calling Newman "first-rate" and writing that Scott's was "his most credible performance to date".