Tennysonian
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Tennysonian
Example Sentences
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The Tennysonian notion that it is not a soldier's business to reason why is so much spinach to the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the fancies and profundities of his mighty lines are about as subtle and original as Kipling gone Tennysonian with an occasional dash of brine from John Masefield and a few zephyrs from Swinburne.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not as an epic drama in the Tennysonian manner, but like the medieval minstrel in fitful lyrics Masefield catches a climax here, a sad mood there.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once Gill included the Tennysonian phrase "nature, red in tooth and claw" in a "Talk of the Town" item.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just preceding these, indeed, is a line which seems Tennysonian because it is in a poem by Tennyson: "Last night I climbed into the gate-house, Brett, And scared the gray old porter and his wife."
From Views and Reviews by James, Henry
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