Example sentences for: bryson

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

  • I have a hunch that he means Bill Bryson, and the reference is probably to his book, The Mother Tongue .

  • One wonders whether the author is the Bill Bryson who wrote The Lost Continent--Travels in Small Town America . If so, the mistake is doubly surprising, as that BB was born (?) and raised in Iowa, then moved to England.

  • How Bryson may feel about being conflated with Lord Bryce is anybody's guess.

  • I am willing to take Bryson's word for many of the bits of information with which this book abounds, to wit, “Among the Xoxa tribe of South Africa the most provocative remark is hlebeshako -- `your mother's ears,' ” the wisdom that “Some cultures don't swear at all,” and the revelation that in Finland, “When you stub your toe getting up to answer the wrong number at 2.00 a.m.,” you mutter (shout?)

  • Under its, it's , Bryson gives, among others the following examples from the Washington Post , “Its the worst its been in the last five years,” “Its come full circle,” then goes on to say “ It's , which was intended in each of the examples above, is the contraction of it is.


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