Example sentences for: slew

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

  • Much as feminists champion The Awakening and lesbian-studies scholars vaunt The Well of Loneliness , disability-studies scholars promise to uncover a slew of founding texts written by the differently abled.

  • The Aspen Institute's conference presages an inquiry by the FEC, which could come as soon as Oct. 28, to examine a whole slew of issues.

  • A few critics like this old-fashioned heist flick starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones despite its unoriginality: "It works because it is made stylishly, because Connery and Zeta-Jones are enormously attractive actors, and because of the romantic tension between them" (Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times ). A slew of critics finds the whole thing a bit off: Connery has 40 years on Zeta-Jones, and the highlight of the film is Zeta-Jones' spandex-clad "demi-soft-core tai chi" (Joe Morgenstern, the Wall Street Journal ) as she attempts to evade an optical security system in the process of ripping off a priceless gold mask.

  • A Tribeca store, Totem, showcases a slew of young designers who will individualize pieces according to your home and character.

  • The screenwriters, Adam Scheinman and Robert Kuhn, have boned up on their Feydeau and Fawlty Towers --not to mention the slew of mobster movies to which they cheerfully make reference (and from which the filmmakers have hired most of the supporting cast).


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