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Cheever

[ chee-ver ]

noun

  1. John, 1912–82, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.


Cheever

/ ˈtʃiːvə /

noun

  1. CheeverJohn19121982MUSWRITING: novelistWRITING: short-story writer John. 1912–82, US novelist and short-story writer. His novels include The Wapshot Chronicle (1957) and Bullet Park (1969)


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Example Sentences

The dry oven heat can cause hot and cold spots in jars that could weaken them and “lead to thermal shock,” or breakage, Cheever wrote.

Then I think of the great writers of suburban misery (and drinking, and adultery), Updike and Cheever.

Susan Cheever: Your book has the delicate and precise mechanics of a Swiss watch.

As for the day-to-day life of the horses, pro-ban veterinarians such as Holly Cheever describe it as “survivable, but not humane.”

The Letters of John Cheever Edited by Benjamin Cheever Nobody put things quite like Cheever.

This is Cheever on Xanax, or maybe lithium, but the voice is still there; sardonic, hilarious, and very much of our time.

Notice especially the famous teacher Ezra Cheever, who compiled a Latin book and taught in many places for seventy years.

Mr. Cheever, in rising, met the glance of his wife, and the look of questioning and wonder that passed did not escape the hostess.

Going to school there on Trigger, I have whupped out as many as three Cheever young uns at a time; but five!

As we went slowly down Trigger, we saw a crowd gathered at Israel Cheever's home, too.

Almost all the great men of that period, and for many years back, had been whipped into eminence by Master Cheever.

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