Updike

[ uhp-dahyk ]

noun

1. John, 1932–2009, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

Updike

/ ˈʌpˌdaɪk /

noun

1. UpdikeJohn (Hoyer)19322009MUSWRITING: writer John ( Hoyer ). 1932–2009, US writer. His novels include Rabbit, Run (1960), Couples (1968), The Coup (1979), Brazil (1993), Seek My Face (2003), and Rabbit is Rich (1982) and Rabbit at Rest (1990), both of which won Pulitzer prizes

Example Sentences

Not anything like a tough-guy novelist who works the street the way Updike works the suburbs.

From The Daily Beast

Then I think of the great writers of suburban misery (and drinking, and adultery), Updike and Cheever.

From The Daily Beast

Recently in the Times, Dwight Garner remarked that five years after his death, “Updike seems like a Very Dead White Male indeed.”

From The Daily Beast

Pope, Wharton, Nabokov, and Updike, to name only a handful, fail to register at all.

From The Daily Beast

He picks his favorite books of criticism, from Updike to Edwidge Danticat.

From The Daily Beast

Eve, Brother Updike preached his farewell sermon to the church.

From Project Gutenberg

I feel like what Updike calls a "myrmidon of unhesitating amplitude."

From Project Gutenberg

Eve, Brother Updike's case was adjusted by the Committee, the elders, and himself.

From Project Gutenberg

Updike tried his invariable first maneuver—touching her nervous wrist.

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