purple passage

Recent Examples of Synonyms for purple passage
Noun
  • Volume 1, 1929-1936 A great deal of solid history is packed into this important book, replete with quotations, statistics, references and appendices.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Sometime late last week, spray-paint-wielding intruders turned the pink walls of this seven-bedroom mansion into a helter-skelter canvas of pop art, obscure quotations and political insinuations — the third hillside home in Los Angeles to be defaced in recent days.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Newspapers with dedicated style sections, like The New York Times, offer context.
    Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Following is an attempt to place my account into context after hearing from my parents and my wife.
    Yukio Mishima, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The decision brought into question the fate of ticket citations distributed to protestors who violated the curfew.
    Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2024
  • No warnings or citations will be issued during the testing, Schroeder added.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Loading your audio article The 2007 murder of an Oakland journalist has become a sound bite in the presidential election, featured in a national ad blitz by Donald Trump and supporters that seeks to paint Kamala Harris as soft on crime.
    Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
  • There was also a group of hunting influencers who were capturing video clips, snapshots, and sound bites.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024

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“Purple passage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purple%20passage. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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