Example sentences for: prefaces

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

  • For years I have engaged in the often useful habit of reading Forewords, Prefaces, Prolegomena, Introductions, and other bits that appear at the beginnings of books.

  • Charles Krauthammer prefaces his Inside Washington commentary with a sigh: "I had my usual experience.

  • Recognizing that the King James translation is “The noblest monument to English prose” [Oxford Annotated Bible, 1962], many translators, in prefaces to their “new,” “modern” versions have written apologetics explaining why they felt they had to retranslate and how they proposed doing it.

  • But I notice that in both the biography and your prefaces, you shy away from any feminist indignation on Powell's behalf.

  • When he realizes, for instance, that he has no choice but to bust someone's head, he prefaces the brutal act with a look of weariness, even sorrow, for the blood he's about to draw.


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