PROLOGUE in a Sentence

Learn PROLOGUE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

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1. This prologue pleased him, and Blachevelle fell in love.
2. The prologue to the novel is written in the form of a newspaper account.
3. In the prologue to Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare introduces the audience to the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets.

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prologue
 n.  introduction, usually to a poem or play
Classic Sentence:
1  "The prologue," they added, looking down at the programme.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
2  This prologue pleased him, and Blachevelle fell in love.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYES
Example Sentence:
1  In the prologue to Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare introduces the audience to the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets.
2  The prologue to the novel is written in the form of a newspaper account.