Barzun
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Barack Obama turned to businessman Matthew Barzun and lawyer Louis Susman during his time in office.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
As French American cultural essayist Jacques Barzun observed, “Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2021
Under decadence, Barzun wrote, “The forms of art as of life seem exhausted, the stages of development have been run through. Institutions function painfully. Repetition and frustration are the intolerable result.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2020
His arrival in London has been much anticipated – not least because it comes after an eight-month lapse in official representation; Obama appointee Matthew Barzun departed in January.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 26, 2017
Over the years, wordsmiths from Noah Webster to Jacques Barzun have suggested that maybe we should ditch Choose one: The girl that married dear old Dad or The girl who married dear old Dad.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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