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Hemingway

Hemingway

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An American writer known for short, direct sentences
  • proper noun
  • /ˈhɛmɪŋweɪ/
: Hemingway
  • In a freshman English class, I had read, for instance, Hemingway's short story "Hills Like White Elephants."
  • Ernest Hemingway
  • Hemingway wrote
  • Hemingway's short story

This is from The Killers by Ernest Hemingway.

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Examples

  • Ernest Hemingway once wrote: "The world is a fine place, and worth fighting for".

  • Have you read the Hemingway novel, The Old Man and the Sea?

  • You remember the Hemingway story, The Old Man and the Sea?

  • You know, Hemingway wrote, "The world breaks everyone, "and afterwards, "many are strong at the broken places.

  • As Ernest Hemingway noted, the world breaks everyone, and afterward many are stronger in the broken places.

  • The quote from Hemingway, "The world breaks everyone, and afterwards, many are strong at the broken places," reflects his perspective on resilience.

  • In my last literature class, we analyzed Hemingway's writing style in his short story, Hills Like White Elephants.

Synonyms

Ernest Hemingway
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An American writer famous for novels and short stories who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954

emphasizes plain direct writing style rather than awards or dates

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Hemingway is the family name of Ernest Hemingway, a famous American writer known for simple, direct language. Because of him, the name often makes people think of clear, short sentences and strong images.