Auster
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Auster
1325–75; Middle English < Latin
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Paul Auster was praised for his sharp dialogue, and his books have been translated into more than 40 languages.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024
Writers who died this year include the novelists Edna O'Brien and Paul Auster, and the short-story writer Alice Munro.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024
His breakthrough 1985 novel, “City of Glass,” combined hard-boiled detective fiction with existential inquiry and featured a character called Paul Auster.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2024
Auster was so much the old-fashioned author that he worked on a typewriter and disdained email and other forms of electronic communication.
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2024
Auster leaned forward, close enough so that Jason could smell rain-soaked fields and hot sandy beaches.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
