Example sentences for: purdy

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

  • Jedediah Purdy pens "Log Cabin Lovin'," a gazonga extravaganza in praise of the things every 46DDD babe has in common.

  • Harper's calls Purdy a "cornpone prophet" and blasts his "unctuous sentimentality" (Roger D. Hodge).

  • "The Jedediah Purdy for President committee was heckling Gary Bauer on the 17 th green of the Ryder Cup."

  • A few stick up for the embattled author, arguing that though "the ideas expressed aren't complicated," Purdy "grapples with them with a seriousness that puts more seasoned--and ironic--commentators to shame" ( Publishers Weekly ). Walter Kirn, writing in Time , seems a bit gleeful at the fact that "the brainy nature boy has stormed the capital, panicking the languid sophisticates with an unfashionably passionate attack on the dangers of passionlessness," only to later concede that the book is "an arduous read that would test the syntactical skills of a tenured professor."

  • (Jed Purdy be damned.)


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