Example sentences for: duane

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

  • Book -- Duane's Depressed , by Larry McMurtry;

  • Good, not great, reviews for the final novel in the trilogy that began with The Last Picture Show and continued with Texasville . Critics say that although this is not on a par with McMurtry's finest work, "every page is as welcome as a letter from home" (Kyle Smith, People ). Others think the extended musing on the depression of 62-year-old oilman Duane Moore focuses so much on his malaise as to become boring, but most agree with Malcolm Jones of Newsweek : "both heartbreaking and hilarious, sometimes on the same page."

  • On the positive side: It's a compelling document "of a life marked by high seriousness, good conscience and an utter refusal to submit to evil and oppression" (Jonathan Groner, the Washington Post Book World ), and upon reading it you "become persuaded that something about his combination of seeming innocence and moral honesty has the power to move if not mountains then those who have the most power" (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, the New York Times ). But complaints against the book are uniform: 1) This volume "feels anti-climactic" (Duane Davis, Denver Rocky Mountain News ) when compared with his first because it lacks the kind of compelling events that shaped his early life.

  • Downey, H. Kirk, and Duane R. Ireland. "

  • Congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles (CFEOM) and Duane syndrome (DS) are complex strabismus disorders that present with congenital restrictive ophthalmoplegia with or without ptosis.


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