Example Sentences

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He is merciless and omnipresent and has as little conscience and respect for proprieties as the verist hoodlum.

From Forbes • Jan. 10, 2012

"By the Mass," exclaimed his grace, nettled, "thou art the verist fool in all the council."

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

It is the creation of a verist, of a naturalist, founded on a clear and intimate perception of nature.

From Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of

He is, nevertheless, a realist—a verist, as he prefers to be called.

From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James