Ionesco
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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In characteristic Ionesco fashion, the work proceeds through intensification, a steady ratcheting up of the situation, rather than through traditional narrative development.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
In the 1970s, the Landaus started the American Film Theater, which invited viewers to subscribe to regular screenings of movie versions of works by Eugène Ionesco, Bertolt Brecht, Edward Albee and others.
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2023
Theatre of the Absurd pioneer Ionesco had called it an anti-Nazi play.
From Reuters • Nov. 24, 2021
This is a Super Bowl party as reimagined by Ionesco.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2020
The Incorrigible children sat near Madame Ionesco, and Admiral Faucet took the seat next to Penelope.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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