Sentence examples for parenthetical commentary from inspiring English sources

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Tall, thin and diffident around the edges, he speaks at twice normal speed, often inserting parenthetical commentary on his thoughts as he gallops ahead.

In his parenthetical commentary, Lipsky emphasizes Wallace's mercurial sense of humor, and one particular joke that strikes him as ingenious is turned by Segel into a laugh-out-loud spit-take.

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Poet, critic and director of the graduate program in literature and creative writing at the University of Southern California, Muske-Dukes wrines in a playful, discursive style, inserting numerous parenthetical statements as a running commentary on the text.

I misread the parenthetical of a dish labelled "bone broth (P'tcha)" as commentary (as in, "Pshaw, all broth is bone broth!"), but p'tcha is actually a traditional Ashkenazi aspic, typically made from calves' feet.

3) Avoid long, confusing parenthetical phrases.

The parenthetical about Houseman is vital.

"Vast wasteland" was a parenthetical term.

Yes, the parenthetical "normal" is part of the official language.

Don't be led astray by the parenthetical "they said".

The parenthetical phrase translates as "before paralysis" or "before stillness".

The key term there is the parenthetical "nondeflected".

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