Example sentences for: portnoy

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

  • In the Portnoy household nobody played sports--bodies existed only to generate suffering--and there was only one thing that really went well.

  • That he is, indeed, a literary critic and folklorist is demonstrated not only in the generally intelligent and informative Introduction, but in two short appendices, one of which, subtitled “The Jew as American,’ analyzes rather well Philip Roth's novel, Portnoy's Complaint , while the other, titled “The Revival of KLEZmer Music,’ discusses lucidly a contemporary aspect of Yiddish folk music.

  • Alexander Portnoy, after he outgrows his autoerotic obsession, works for the liberal John Lindsay administration in New York City and does his best to demonstrate his concern for the poor and the oppressed.

  • We want them to have what Alex Portnoy longed for: a deeper sort of American comfort and success than SAT scores and music lessons can provide.

  • For Alex Portnoy, athleticism was something alien.


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