Example sentences for: bodenheim

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

  • Indeed, Bodenheim appends to his book a short glossary of Harlem words used in the course of the novel.

  • Back in 1931, however, when Bodenheim was coming into his own as a literary maverick, New York publisher Horace Liveright issued his novel— Naked on Roller Skates . The title is a grabber, but the book itself would be anathema to feminists since it features a heroine who wishes to be beaten and degraded:

  • Bodenheim adds a note: “Most of the above-listed terms are peculiar to Harlem, but some of them are also used by whites in other sections.”

  • Today, Bodenheim's novel might be of interest to students of the English language because of its use of slang.

  • Bodenheim's glossary indicates the term was popular long before 1946.


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