book end
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Some of the modest details in the book end up having larger consequences.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 15, 2020
Wray was confirmed this past year after the abrupt firing of Comey, and the report serves as an unflattering book end to Comey’s 3 ½-year tenure.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2018
Mr. Wray was confirmed last year after the abrupt firing of Mr. Comey, and the report serves as an unflattering book end to Mr. Comey’s three-and-a-half-year tenure.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2018
Some future historian will have to grapple with the reasonable temptation to have the book end in the fall of 2014.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 7, 2014
Who was to draw great and successful authors to the book end of the house?
From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore
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