Cheever

[ chee-ver ]

/ ˈtʃi vər /

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

Example sentences from the Web for cheever

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

An Author at Home in Lonely Landscapes |Letitia Trent |July 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Letters of John Cheever Edited by Benjamin Cheever Nobody put things quite like Cheever.

Book Bag: The Best Letter Collections |R. Blakeslee Gilpin |December 18, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
This is Cheever on Xanax, or maybe lithium, but the voice is still there; sardonic, hilarious, and very much of our time.

Must Reads: Kennedy, Sontag and Paris, ‘A Partial History of Lost Causes,’ ‘City of Bohane,’ ‘Flatscreen’ |Lauren Elkin, Mythili Rao, Drew Toal, Nicholas Mancusi |April 6, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The acclaimed author of Endless Love, who is often compared to Cheever and Updike, returns with his tenth novel.

This Week's Hot Reads |The Daily Beast |September 23, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

You are a Cheever, my father would tell his children with a buoyancy in his voice which suggested both seriousness and mockery.

Cheever on Cheever |Susan Cheever |March 3, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
But he paused honorably to say, "Cheever, I'm looking for you."

We Can't Have Everything |Rupert Hughes
She seemed to feel that some of the rouge from Zada's lips had been left there by Cheever's lips.

We Can't Have Everything |Rupert Hughes
His imagination is so vast as to dwarf all the higher faculties, and his sympathy as narrow as Dr. Cheever's or Brownson's.

Notes of a Son and Brother |Henry James
She also saw Charity and Jim and Cheever's sudden flush of rage.

We Can't Have Everything |Rupert Hughes
He could not keep Cheever off far enough to use his longer reach.

We Can't Have Everything |Rupert Hughes

Cheever

/ (ˈtʃiːvə) /

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