Example sentences for: purveyor

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

  • He had emigrated to the United States from Poland some 20 years before, and though his translated work was already acquiring a following, he was a long way from becoming the puckish purveyor of Old World culture who charmed the American public and won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1978.

  • Based on a 1950s sci-fi novel, this film about an apocalyptic war between human beings and giant bugs renews the debate: Is director Peter Verhoeven ( Robocop ) a postmodern genius or a purveyor of schlock?

  • More troublesome is the CIA's unprecedented role as purveyor of the official government line.

  • His successor as a transatlantic purveyor of popular classical music was André Previn, whose French first name is also occasionally used for girls, without a qualifying extra e .

  • Among its renowned shops are Rongbaozhai (art and art supplies), the China Bookstore (old books), Jijuge (a teahouse featuring clay figures from tombs), and Wenshenzhai (former purveyor of fans and paper lanterns to the Qing Dynasty).


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