Example sentences for: benedict

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

  • The Benedict Arnold of the term limits movement is George Nethercutt of Washington state.

  • In reference to Benedict Kimmelman's article, I should like to submit a polite euphemism in frequent use.

  • British playwright David Hare, criticized in the past for his "preachy politics," is said to have finally found "his way beyond polemic" (John Lahr, The New Yorker ). Hare's new play about a self-centered film critic, his wife, and his mother-in-law is hailed as a "coup de théâtre " (Matt Wolf, Variety ), both for its social critique (of the amorality of the news media) and for its sensitivity "about such personal matters as loss, grief and stoical survival" (Benedict Nightingale, the London Times ). Hare's enthusiasts declare it time for canonization.

  • I am writing primarily to correct and update Benedict Kimmelman's article on the eff-word [XVI,2].

  • (Benedict Nightingale, the London Times ). However, some critics dismiss the project as a corny, nostalgia-heavy tourist trap, "an Elizabethan theme park" (Roy Hattersley, the Guardian ). (Click here for the Globe's site.)


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