page-turner
Use Page-turner in a sentence
nər noun
a book so exciting or gripping that one is compelled to read it very rapidly.
Origin:
1970–75
1970–75
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| page-turner | |
| —n | |
| an exciting novel, such as a thriller, with a fast-moving story | |
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Page-turner
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Example sentences
The history of cosmology turns out to be less of a page-turner, though it is a model of clarity.
Thanks to her, what could have been a somber literary journey becomes a witty, chattering page-turner.
It may be a page-turner, but it's a stomach-turner, too.
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