Musil
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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I wish writers could just sit around and be dreamy instead of having, to borrow the words of Robert Musil, to “eat steak and keep moving.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023
“Langmuir was absolutely indifferent to the uses that might be made of the truths he dug out of the rock,” Vonnegut told Musil.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 10, 2022
Romford heavyweight Johnny Fisher extended his unbeaten record to 7-0 thanks to a first-round demolition of Czech fighter Dominik Musil, who was knocked down twice before the fight was stopped.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2022
Musil sculpted the face of the sorrel into the herd, resulting in a piece so intricate in detail that the entire work looks carved in 3D.
From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2022
Yet Musil went on to write “The Man Without Qualities,” an achievement that ranked him with Proust and Joyce.
From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2019
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