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Recent Examples of purple passage
Writers inevitably fall in love with their more purple passages.
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Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purple passage
Noun
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Ravn’s prose is striking too, richly marbled with quotation and detail pulled from primary source letters and court documents.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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These filings include collections of what each asserts to be undisputed facts, including quotations from conversations, text messages and depositions from Fox News hosts and executives.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Indeed, prominent influencers were quick to provide theories, or at the very least context, depending on their political lens.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
20 Sep. 2025
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For context, Ecovacs tells me most stick vacs are in the 100-150 AW range.—
Loz Blain
September 20,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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According to an arrest citation, officers with the Meade County Sheriff’s Office and Muldraugh Police Department responded to a report of an unresponsive child in a hotel room.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
19 Sep. 2025
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The citations and altercations came to a head on June 2, Daniels said, when Del Toro called Lee’s Summit police to break up a last-day-of-school barbecue that Daniels was hosting for some other families.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But Sandberg played alongside some all-time talkers such as Mark Grace and Sammy Sosa, and he was considered a quiet Cub who didn’t give great sound bites for TV or controversial quotes for the print media.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
29 July 2025
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No longer are the great and the good moving through a gauntlet of photographers at a speed of their choosing, tossing off a sound bite here or there before high-tailing.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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“Purple passage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purple%20passage. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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