Example sentences for: barnhart

How can you use “barnhart” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Beale can scarcely be held accountable for Barnhart's scholarship, but I can say that I personally know the term to have been used in the early 1950s, and I did not then get the impression that it had been coined for my benefit.

  • This Third Barnhart Dictionary of New English [TBDNE] follows on two others of similar purpose and style that appeared in 1973 and 1980, respectively, published by Harper & Row.

  • The tradition began with the influential work of Clarence L. Barnhart, dean of American lexicography, who at the age of 89 is still active in the profession.

  • I must confess to being displeased at Stein's having removed my name from the title page of a book only slightly changed from its first edition so that he could insert his own as editor in chief; but that was nothing new for him, as he had deleted from later editions of the ACD the name of its editor in chief, Clarence L. Barnhart, to insert his own.

  • In addition to their work in the Dictionary Companion , well regarded by lexicographers and other serious word people, the family Barnhart and their colleagues have directed much effort over the years to tracking and recording new English, and this latest publication is another in that line.


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