Chesterton

[ ches-ter-tuhn ]

noun
  1. G(ilbert) K(eith), 1874–1936, English essayist, critic, and novelist.

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How to use Chesterton in a sentence

  • Chesterton pounced upon the half-buried matchbox, and in a panic lest he might again lose it, thrust it inside his tunic.

    A Charmed Life | Richard Harding Davis
  • Our writers, with a few notable exceptions, such as Mr. Gilbert Chesterton and Mr. Wells, have seldom risen above trite truisms.

  • On the Huntingdon side is the village of Chesterton (English).

    Opuscula | Robert Gordon Latham
  • Or had he been reading Chesterton and was he but striving to present in his own personality a futurists effect of upside-downness?

    Nothing But the Truth | Frederic S. Isham
  • Though Mr. Chesterton turned the pages of notes as he spoke, he could not be said to have read his lecture.

    Turns about Town | Robert Cortes Holliday

British Dictionary definitions for Chesterton

Chesterton

/ (ˈtʃɛstətən) /


noun
  1. G (ilbert) K (eith). 1874–1936, English essayist, novelist, poet, and critic

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