Example sentences for: theroux

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

  • Though born in America, Theroux is a passionate dissector of the British character, having spent 20 years living in London.

  • Instead of princes and beefeaters, Theroux gives us a circumscribed tale about the fleecing of a dysfunctional British family by an unscrupulous businessman from mainland China.

  • Then there's Paul Theroux, whose book on his former mentor V.S.

  • The interesting thing in the book is its words list, taken from a relatively small corpus of books including ones by Burgess, Vonnegut, and (especially) Alexander Theroux ( Darconville's Cat ), all of them writers who enjoy playing with the language.

  • What critics like most about novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux's new work of fiction--about a British family in Hong Kong as the Chinese government takes back control--comes less from the novelist than the travel writer.


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