Sentence examples for literary lines from inspiring English sources

His polished, if self-consciously literary, lines delineate an emotional terrain best summed up in a phrase borrowed from Mr. Sondheim: "sorry-grateful," wistful reflections on what is most precious in life.

Indian verses about intimacy, a quiet moment of grief and 'the bard of the toxic relationship': experts from around the world pick their favourite literary lines evoking lust, ardour – and obsession.

Set in tiny alcoves in the walls' literary lining are miniature dioramas of traditional Japanese life.

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Casting around for an equivalent literary line of succession, however, proves more problematic.

I grew up with a curious mix of awareness and ignorance about this literary line.

Too often these days, we get Cliffs Notes operas that effortfully string together one famous literary line after another.

Until recently she had a deal with Riverhead Books, a literary line that is a division of Penguin, for a Civil War novel, "The Chinese Soldier's Daughter".

You might even carbon-date this literary line to the Golem of Prague, a 16th-century Jewish legend about a clay automaton that ultimately destroyed those it was designed to protect.

It will be a similarly female-led literary line-up, with Jeanette Winterson, author of Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, delivering the annual new writing lecture, entitled Boldness in the Face of a Blank Page, and Jackie Kay and Carol Ann Duffy also making appearances.

She comes from a long literary line that includes three generations of women authors.