Example sentences for: laurence

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

  • Laurence Urdang

  • The recently published Oxford Thesaurus , by Laurence Urdang, contains thousands of example sentences to illustrate usage, including a sprinkling of quirky specimens, all from the American Edition; these were excised from the British Edition on the grounds that they were distracting

  • Other books, which I still believe to be good ( Word for Word , by Edward C. Pinkerton), amusing ( Wordsmanship , by Claurène duGran, a thinly disguised anagram of Laurence Urdang), and useful ( Verbatim Volumes I-VI and the Index thereto, altogether four books), have not fared so well: indeed, a substantial portion of the stock at our warehouse in Pennsylvania consists of Word for Word and the Verbatim volumes.

  • (It hardly behooves me to complain, as there is an entry not only for VERBATIM but for URDANG, Laurence; besides, I must accept responsibility as contributor of a number of the entries, though, of course, I did not see the complete work till it was published.)


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