Sontag

[ son-tag ]

/ ˈsɒn tæg /

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noun

Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.

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How to use Sontag in a sentence

Sontag, a physician who works for Mid-Ohio Emergency Services, said his hospital has been receiving patients from other hospitals that have run out of room.
Health-care workers will be vaccinated first. For now, they’re handling a surge in hospitalizations.|Ariana Eunjung Cha, Lenny Bernstein, Lena H. Sun, Jose Del Real|December 2, 2020|Washington Post
The question must be asked whether, if not for the early essays, we would even be discussing Susan Sontag today?
Still Desperately Seeking Susan Sontag|Allen Barra|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Of course, even Susan Sontag could not always be Susan Sontag.
Still Desperately Seeking Susan Sontag|Allen Barra|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Susan Sontag, William T. Vollmann, Salman Rushdie, and Milan Kundera are all vocal fans of Kis.
Danilo Kis, the Stylish Historian of Infamy|Anthony Paletta|June 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST

After steeping in this environment for a year, Sontag became the high priestess of French avant-garde culture.
Must Reads: Kennedy, Sontag and Paris, ‘A Partial History of Lost Causes,’ ‘City of Bohane,’ ‘Flatscreen’|Lauren Elkin, Mythili Rao, Drew Toal, Nicholas Mancusi|April 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
By the time Sontag made it to Paris in 1957, the intellectual energy in Paris was already legendary.
Must Reads: Kennedy, Sontag and Paris, ‘A Partial History of Lost Causes,’ ‘City of Bohane,’ ‘Flatscreen’|Lauren Elkin, Mythili Rao, Drew Toal, Nicholas Mancusi|April 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Henrietta Sontag, one of first lyric artists of the day, died at Mexico, aged about 50.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
In Mexico, the celebrated operatic singer Henriette Sontag died of cholera.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson
One day Sontag visited him and asked, When are you going to give your concert?
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer
Sontag was now for the first time assailed by the voice of calumny.
Great Singers, First Series|George T. Ferris
Hickey volunteered to remain, while Sontag, Ohlsen, and Petersen should go to the brig for help.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 of 8|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Sontag

Sontag

/ (ˈsɒntæɡ) /

noun

Susan. 1933–2004, US intellectual and essayist, noted esp for her writings on modern culture. Her works include `Notes on Camp' (1964), `Against Interpretation' (1968), On Photography (1977), Illness as Metaphor (1978), and the novel The Volcano Lover (1992)

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