Example sentences for: dyer

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

  • The few who find the production enchanting claim, "It is hard to think of another American opera composed with a comparable degree of musical sophistication and sheer virtuoso compositional chops" (Richard Dyer, the Boston Globe ). Even the negative reviews give grudging respect to the opera, with the New York Times ' Bernard Holland admitting that it "may also be the victim of the inflated expectations surrounding it."

  • The painstakingly recreated buildings contain exhibits of the trades and crafts of the day, including a dyer’s workshop, a merchant’s office, and samurai homes.

  • In Amritsar, the troops of General Reginald Dyer fired on a prohibited mass meeting, leaving 379 dead and over 1,200 wounded.

  • Some wonder if this is a result of having a living subject--"Kaplan doesn't push, doesn't ask discomfiting questions" (Richard Dyer, the Boston Globe )--and note that Vidal "seems to have been able to exert his considerable charm, guile, and authority over his biographer" (Martin Rubin, the Washington Times ). Several also mention that Kaplan has been beaten to the punch by Vidal himself, who released his own memoir, Palimpsest , just three years ago.

  • The names were Block (barber); Bones (butcher); Bun (baker); Bung (brewer); Chip (carpenter); Dip (dyer); Dose (doctor); Grits (grocer); Potts (painter); Tape (tailor); Soot (sweep).


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