Dos Passos
[ dohs pas-ohs ]
/ doʊs ˈpæs oʊs /
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noun
John (Rod·er·i·go) [ro-dree-goh], /rɒˈdri goʊ/, 1896–1970, U.S. novelist.
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How to use Dos Passos in a sentence
Dos Passos interweaved the stories of his more proletarian subjects with biographies of some well-known Americans.
The bitter reproaches of Wilfred Owen, Erich Maria Remarque, or John Dos Passos do not make their appearance in Time Regained.
Those who disliked the book did not speak of Mr. Dos Passos as either a realist or a romanticist.
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Dos Passos
/ (ˈdɒs ˈpæsɒs) /
noun
John (Roderigo). 1896–1970, US novelist of the Lost Generation; author of Three Soldiers (1921), Manhattan Transfer (1925), and the trilogy USA. (1930–36)
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