Tom Sawyer
(The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)a novel (1876) by Mark Twain.
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How to use Tom Sawyer in a sentence
Coates had never read Tom Sawyer before his eldest brought it home last winter.
A Charter School's Racial Controversy Reveals the Battle for America's Classrooms | Molly Ball/Malden, Mass. | November 22, 2021 | TimeThere are three rustic treehouses in the middle of the 48-acre Edisto River Refuge, which allow for an overnight paddle worthy of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.
At this point, he became Tom Sawyer, letting his musical compatriots—and the folk tradition—help paint his musical fence.
The controversy over Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn is in many ways emblematic of the crisis in which publishing finds itself.
Dale Peck Criticizes Publishing Industry: Says Writers Must Stand Up | Dale Peck | May 19, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTMeanwhile, Obama, once considered to be the smartest guy in the room, just keeps on painting Tom Sawyer's fence.
But the same is true of characters who have, as a result of their fame, become icons: Hamlet, Tom Sawyer, Lolita.
Then I slipped down to the ground and crawled in among the trees, and, sure enough, there was Tom Sawyer waiting for me.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)I asked her if she reckoned Tom Sawyer would go there, and she said not by a considerable sight.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)I did wish Tom Sawyer was there; I knowed he would take an interest in this kind of business, and throw in the fancy touches.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)A good deal of whitewash has flowed past the fence, but Tom Sawyer's trick still holds good.
Seeing Things at Night | Heywood BrounTom Sawyer also, but not from an individual—he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine
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