Sentence examples for sharp prose from inspiring English sources

That sentence is a public service announcement, miles away from Alexie's normally passionate and sharp prose.

The story's rich imagery and sharp prose recall Cole's acclaimed 2012 novel, "Open City".

But news is read in a hurry, and we should strive for clear, sharp prose that aids rapid comprehension.

And in embracing it, I was able to surrender to the book, letting its short, sharp prose jab at me and feeling a sort of numbness take hold.

At times, Lessing's spare, sharp prose lets you see things as Ben sees them, as you have not seen things before.

This is narrative photo-realism, the work of a gifted writer who in lean, sharp prose conjures a powerful sense of place and action.

In "Almost Famous," Mr. Crowe's autobiographical film about being a Rolling Stone reporter in the 1970s, the music critic Lester Bangs (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman), a mentor of sorts to the young protagonist, is rendered, accurately, as a writer of animated, penetrating and incisive prose — a sharp contrast to Mr. Crowe's soft features and star-struck interviews.

He produces dark, diamond-sharp prose that hooks in your ear like a slogan or jingle.

He ranges over his interests with voracious keenness, laser-sharp prose, an open heart and a clear eye.

Among Lane's antecedents is the pin-sharp prose of Patricia Highsmith and the Ripley author is also an inspiration for Phil Hogan, the Observer's TV critic, whose A Pleasure and a Calling, out in March, told in the voice of that most unreliable of narrators, the small-town estate agent, is a wonderfully sinister fable of property and obsession.

Pete is the novel's wicked scene-stealer, a complex and mesmerizing character and the occasion for some of Huneven's sharpest prose.