novelistic
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Origin of novelistic
Example Sentences
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Mr. Century, a veteran investigative journalist, has drawn on those writings, as well as many other firsthand accounts, to give his narrative a rich, novelistic sheen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
It’s a long work, nearly three hours, written in the Chekhovian realistic tradition and crammed with novelistic details that can’t be fully assimilated in one sitting.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024
Spend enough time there and I guarantee you’ll find yourself gaining almost novelistic insight into what your high school English teacher called “the human condition.”
From Slate • Apr. 26, 2024
If the story I have told you so far feels a bit novelistic, well, it feels that way to me too.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2023
Shepherd was an acquired taste: He told tales in novelistic form about his childhood in the Midwest, his life in the army, and his adult misadventures in New York City.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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