Example sentences for: quotations

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

  • Although some of those whose quotations have been collected here are tediously longwinded, most have been brief in their dismissal of much-cherished and much-criticized institutions--LAW-YERS, NEIGHBORS, HOLLYWOOD, PSYCHOANALYSIS, THE YOUNG--scores of categories are covered.

  • 1555), quoted in Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, 3rd, ed.

  • I have now done a little more research, by rereading his review of Jeffrey Garten's The Big Ten , which was clearly cited as the source of my quotations ( New York Times Book Review , June 15, Page 30).

  • Books of quotations are curious things.

  • Clearly, that is not to say that most words appearing in quotations in the OED and in any other (original) source are being used for the first time: on the contrary, it is very likely—and this might well apply to terms of art of a specialized field and, particularly, the speech of sailors, who did not enjoy an entirely savory reputation—that the terms were in oral use for a long time before they were written down.


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