Chesterton

[ ches-ter-tuhn ]

/ ˈtʃɛs tər tən /

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noun

G(ilbert) K(eith), 1874–1936, English essayist, critic, and novelist.

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How to use Chesterton in a sentence

It means Paine, Thoreau, Emerson, Chesterton, Mencken, Orwell.
The Incredibly Stupid War on the Common Core|Charles Upton Sahm|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A little gospel here, a little Chesterton there, a little waistcoat here.
Mumford and Sons: The Pinterest of Folk Music|Justin Green|October 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And now I wonder, can you really translate G.K. Chesterton into Kannada?
Why I’ve Learned Many Languages by Aravind Adiga|Aravind Adiga|February 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I found her, as Shaw found Chesterton, “to sometimes be at his best when you disagreed with him.”
The Only Critic That Mattered|Allen Barra|November 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, by G.K. Chesterton—A nightmare all right: lurid, screwball, and grotesque.
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Chesterton pounced upon the half-buried matchbox, and in a panic lest he might again lose it, thrust it inside his tunic.
A Charmed Life|Richard Harding Davis
Our writers, with a few notable exceptions, such as Mr. Gilbert Chesterton and Mr. Wells, have seldom risen above trite truisms.
German Problems and Personalities|Charles Sarolea
On the Huntingdon side is the village of Chesterton (English).
Opuscula|Robert Gordon Latham
Or had he been reading Chesterton and was he but striving to present in his own personality a futurists effect of upside-downness?
Nothing But the Truth|Frederic S. Isham
Though Mr. Chesterton turned the pages of notes as he spoke, he could not be said to have read his lecture.
Turns about Town|Robert Cortes Holliday

British Dictionary definitions for Chesterton

Chesterton

/ (ˈtʃɛstətən) /

noun

G (ilbert) K (eith). 1874–1936, English essayist, novelist, poet, and critic

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