well-known passage

Frequency: 6.16.0 per million words

a widely recognized extract from a book or speech

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Examples (10)

  • The speaker quoted a well-known passage from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
  • Many students can recite this well-known passage from memory.
  • The opening of the novel features a well-known passage about the nature of time.
  • He chose a well-known passage from the Bible to read at the wedding.
  • The author often refers to this well-known passage in her later works.
  • The textbook includes a well-known passage from Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech.
  • It is a well-known passage that illustrates the author's descriptive style.
  • During the lecture, the professor analyzed a well-known passage from the Federalist Papers.
  • The poet is often remembered for one particularly well-known passage.
  • Can you translate this well-known passage into French?