Example sentences for: oeuvre

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

  • (As Hoffmann notes, disciples would later spend much energy trying to expunge tentatively pro-Hitler remarks from the George oeuvre .) Stauffenberg, following the lead of the Master, showed vague enthusiasm toward Nazism early on.

  • Those who've had experiences with amphetamines can recognize some characteristics of Kubrick's oeuvre : the brilliance and exactitude of individual sequences in what was often a sour, fuzzy whole.

  • Her fiancé, François, a petit bourgeois in behavior, though considering himself the crème de la créme, is aide-de-camp to a general and has the rank of lieutenant, fancies himself as a raconteur and littérateur (having published a pastiche of vers libres and a catalogue raisonné of the works of Oliver North, which was hailed as a chef d'oeuvre), though his ambition is to be a Grand Prix driver.

  • Critics rank Spike Lee's Oedipal basketball drama--starring Denzel Washington as a convict and the NBA's Ray Allen as his estranged son--at the top of his oeuvre . After paying Lee's recent films scant attention, they declare him "underrated" and "overlooked" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). They're pleased to find that Allen can act, that Washington has a mean streak, and that Lee critiques capitalism more than he does racism.

  • "Joyce Carol Oates' oeuvre ; Whatsername's stuff."


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