Updike

[ uhp-dahyk ]

/ ˈʌpˌdaɪk /

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noun

John, 1932–2009, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

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How to use Updike in a sentence

Not anything like a tough-guy novelist who works the street the way Updike works the suburbs.
Elmore Leonard’s Rocky Road to Fame and Fortune|Mike Lupica|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then I think of the great writers of suburban misery (and drinking, and adultery), Updike and Cheever.
An Author at Home in Lonely Landscapes|Letitia Trent|July 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Recently in the Times, Dwight Garner remarked that five years after his death, “Updike seems like a Very Dead White Male indeed.”
Five Great Literary Homes, From Pemberley to Ruth’s||March 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pope, Wharton, Nabokov, and Updike, to name only a handful, fail to register at all.
John Sutherland‘s Enjoyable Little History of Literature|Malcolm Forbes|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST

He picks his favorite books of criticism, from Updike to Edwidge Danticat.
How to Read a Novel: The 5 Best Books of Criticism, Picked by John Freeman|John Freeman|October 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Eve, Brother Updike preached his farewell sermon to the church.
Birth of a Reformation|Andrew Byers
I feel like what Updike calls a "myrmidon of unhesitating amplitude."
Of All Things|Robert C. Benchley
Eve, Brother Updike's case was adjusted by the Committee, the elders, and himself.
Birth of a Reformation|Andrew Byers
Updike tried his invariable first maneuver—touching her nervous wrist.
Babbitt|Sinclair Lewis

British Dictionary definitions for Updike

Updike

/ (ˈʌpˌdaɪk) /

noun

John (Hoyer). 1932–2009, US writer. His novels include Rabbit, Run (1960), Couples (1968), The Coup (1979), Brazil (1993), Seek My Face (2003), and Rabbit is Rich (1982) and Rabbit at Rest (1990), both of which won Pulitzer prizes

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