This, of course, leads to that particular form of "journalese" in which a cricket-ball becomes a "leathern missile" and so forth. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography] Reference
"journalese;" and as the picturesque reporter is a greater power in. From Wordnik.com. [America To-day, Observations and Reflections] Reference
This is the journalese way of getting into the insults. From Wordnik.com. [Two Steps Ahead of the Thought Police] Reference
(The racing writer thought in journalese, much as he wrote.). From Wordnik.com. [The Elvis Latte] Reference
"Is sufficiently — er — journalese?" he interrupted suavely. From Wordnik.com. [Local Color] Reference
In journalese, many, like some, is a first-person singular pronoun. From Wordnik.com. [A Loan in the Crowd] Reference
'There are innuendoes in the journalese, "he said," that I don't like. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Rapunzel]
She knew I disliked the journalese term, and I knew she liked to use it. From Wordnik.com. [Bonecrack]
He is referred to in journalese as communications theorist Marshall McLuhan. From Wordnik.com. [Two Steps Ahead of the Thought Police] Reference
When everybody with a keyboard relies on tired journalese instead of bright writing. From Wordnik.com. [A Time-line Of Obama's Statements On FISA] Reference
The thing to remember here is that in journalese, many is a first-person singular pronoun. From Wordnik.com. [Bellwether No Mo.] Reference
Military imagery has long been a staple of political rhetoric--and of political journalese. From Wordnik.com. [Gunsights or Surveyor Symbols?] Reference
There's a kind of writing that might be called journalese, and it's the death of freshness in anybody's style. From Wordnik.com. [11.03] Reference
It is clearly and convincingly written in plain English, rather than journalese or the jargon of social science. From Wordnik.com. [The Wasps] Reference
The strong light at the back of the house -- a wobbly one -- was rapidly becoming a glow in the heavens, as they say in journalese. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 16, 1917] Reference
Lebanon is a land reborn, no longer third-world and war-torn (if you believe the lazy journalese spewed out by international publications). From Wordnik.com. [Patrick Galey: Note to MDWs: Don't Come to Lebanon] Reference
"Ah! it is journalese," said Oliver, at last, leaning back. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the World] Reference
'It's a clumsy ending and vile journalese, but it's quite true. From Wordnik.com. [The Light That Failed] Reference
Bill is mentioned in these few graphs; that's journalese for paragraphs. From Wordnik.com. [Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State] Reference
The term "conservative" in such contexts can be very misleading journalese. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
The writing of good, plain English, rather than "smart" journalese should be the aim. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife] Reference
The 'Arab Movement' up to the present has consisted in little more than talk and journalese. From Wordnik.com. [The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey] Reference
Comparisons and generalisations, couched in the best journalese, came thronging into my head. From Wordnik.com. [Try Anything Twice] Reference
Sixty years of hard work were compressed into two and a half columns of palpitating journalese. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire Within] Reference
"- 30 -" is journalese to signify the end of a piece of copy. From Wordnik.com. [Cultural Snow] Reference
To create articles with "legs" in journalese, it would be well to sit down and think: "Hmm!. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Diary: The New Front Page and "Hot Pages" on OpedNews] Reference
(Apologies, hasty journalese). From Wordnik.com. [Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk] Reference
To shame ungentle smiths of journalese. From Wordnik.com. [The Eye of Zeitoon] Reference
Man, the journalese fairly soaks into the system. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton] Reference
Carrot and stick, in journalese. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
A dictionary of tabloid journalese. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
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