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Recent Examples of purple passage
Writers inevitably fall in love with their more purple passages.
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Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purple passage
Noun
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Exploring the genre of inaugural addresses through quotations and objects from the past can help listeners better understand the opening speech of a new administration, the first act in a job that began with the taking of the oath.—
Claire Jerry,
The Conversation,
14 Jan. 2025
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Despite the patchwork libretto, Handel ingeniously parlayed Jennens’ quotations and paraphrases from the Old and New testaments into unexpected evocations of wonder and awe.—
Bob Blaisdell,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The judge suggested a possible solution is to slow down the video or provide additional context and encouraged the parties to find a compromise.—
Dan Heching,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
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If someone does end up getting one of these other tests, the results might be unreliable, or they might be taken out of context when the patient tries to interpret them, experts said.—
Kristen Fischer,
Health,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Goode then allegedly instructed the officer to write a citation for marked lanes only.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
12 Mar. 2025
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The courts have received more than 1,000 notices from people who tried to contest their citations, but so far no drivers have been given a chance to make their case in front of a judge.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Not to say that this isn’t the right thing for other docs, but this wasn’t about sound bites.—
Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2025
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The best thing that our members can do is communicate directly, frequently, consistently, with their constituents, and there are other avenues to do it than just going in to try to give the other side sound bites.—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Purple passage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purple%20passage. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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