AUTHOR in a Sentence

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For AUTHOR, below is one of 420 sentences:
The author, by a lucky accident, finds means to leave Blefuscu; and, after some difficulties, returns safe to his native country.

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 Meanings and Examples of AUTHOR
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author
 n.  beginner, former, or first mover of anything; creator; originator; one who composes or writes book or composer
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Heathcliff arrived underneath just at the critical moment; by a natural impulse he arrested his descent, and setting him on his feet, looked up to discover the author of the accident.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  The author gives some account of himself and family.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER I.
3  The emperor of Lilliput, attended by several of the nobility, comes to see the author in his confinement.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II.
4  Learned men appointed to teach the author their language.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II.
5  The author diverts the emperor, and his nobility of both sexes, in a very uncommon manner.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III.
6  The author has his liberty granted him upon certain conditions.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III.
7  A conversation between the author and a principal secretary, concerning the affairs of that empire.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV.
8  The author, by an extraordinary stratagem, prevents an invasion.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V.
9  The author, being informed of a design to accuse him of high-treason, makes his escape to Blefuscu.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VII.
10  The author, by a lucky accident, finds means to leave Blefuscu; and, after some difficulties, returns safe to his native country.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VIII.
11  A great storm described; the long boat sent to fetch water; the author goes with it to discover the country.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I.
12  The author carried to a market-town, and then to the metropolis.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER II.
13  An apartment at court provided for the author.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III.
14  Several adventurers that happened to the author.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER V.
15  The author shows his skill in navigation.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER V.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  The volume had been personally inscribed by the author.
17  The author uses disease as a metaphor for the corruption in society.
18  The book has a preface written by the author.
19  The author picks the same theme up again on page ten.
20  In his preface, the author says that he took eight years to write the book.
21  The author prefers to hide behind a cloak of anonymity.
22  This British author has chosen to live in relative anonymity on a Pacific island.
23  The author mentioned it in the previous paragraph.
24  Mark Twain is my favorite author.
25  The author appeared on television to publicize her latest book.
26  Primarily a children's author, she has written books for adults.
27  We should group together all the books by the same author.
28  The TV series 'An Angel at my Table' was based on the autobiographies of the New Zealand author Janet Frame.
29  The reviewer padded out his review with a lengthy biography of the author.
30  The statements and views expressed herein are those of the author and are not necessarily those of the Wilson Centre.