Bulwer
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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They were like unto—if not worse than—The Last Days of Pompeii, as described by Bulwer Lytton.
From Slate • Oct. 23, 2019
Here’s a man who – agreeing with the 17th-century rhetorician John Bulwer that gesture is “the palm and crown of eloquence” – really speaks with his hands.
From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2016
"Only for the prosperous," says Hardman in Sir Bulwer Lytton's comedy: but why prosperous, unless because deserving?
From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2013
But it was based on a real-life case, that of millionaire novelist and MP Bulwer Lytton who had his wife Rosina carted off to an asylum when she began to criticise him in public.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2010
His huge white direwolf prowled around the shafts, sniffing, then lifted his leg and pissed on the spear that held the head of Black Jack Bulwer.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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