Kipling

[ kip-ling ]

noun

1. (Joseph) Rud·yard [ruhd, -yerd], 1865–1936, English author: Nobel Prize 1907.

Kipling

/ ˈkɪplɪŋ /

noun

1. Kipling(Joseph) Rudyard18651936MEnglishWRITING: poetWRITING: short-story writerWRITING: novelist ( Joseph ) Rudyard (ˈrʌdjəd). 1865–1936, English poet, short-story writer, and novelist, born in India. His works include Barrack-Room Ballads (1892), the two Jungle Books (1894, 1895), Stalky and Co (1899), Kim (1901), and the Just So Stories (1902): Nobel prize for literature 1907

Example Sentences

The arbiter of all things British, the BBC dropped the poem from planned Victory Day celebrations, and a mural of another poem of Kipling’s at Manchester University was painted over and replaced with one by Maya Angelou.

From Ozy

Kipling was a wonderful writer but he made up his animal stories.

From Nautilus

Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the world 100 years ago.

From Nautilus

But his conclusion is that Cicero and Kipling got something right.

From The Daily Beast

He loved Kipling, especially If, but Gunga Din most of all.

From The Daily Beast

In the spring of 1877 Mrs. Kipling came to England to see her children, and was followed the next year by her husband.

From Project Gutenberg

The winter of 1897-98 was spent by Mr. Kipling and his family, accompanied by his father, in South Africa.

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In the quotations from Shakespeare and Kipling, the opening sentences are the germ of what follows.

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To show the use of adjectives and nouns in description, the following from Kipling is a good illustration.

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There is a reason, however, why Kipling wished that last sentence to stand alone.

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