Sentence examples for in a dictionary from inspiring English sources

Like a word in a dictionary.

Or look it up in a dictionary.

I excused myself to look up "sanctity" in a dictionary.

Then look up the definition in a dictionary.

The colleague took offense instead of looking in a dictionary.

"Elite" and "elitist" do not, in a dictionary sense, mean the same thing.

"There's more to a language than is written in a dictionary," she tells her son.

I mean, I cannot give you the exact definition as in a dictionary.

Look it up in a dictionary and you will find the traditional definition firmly in place.

(Look it up in a dictionary of Oz-speak, if you don't know).

Used for looking up information in a dictionary-like structure represented as a list.