Sterne

[ sturn ]

/ stɜrn /

noun

Laurence,1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.

Example sentences from the Web for sterne

Look at Sterne; and Byron, who outraged his wife in fact, and satirized her in fiction.

The Doctor's Wife |M. E. Braddon
Had I been an infant Sterne, here was a grand chance for sentimental output!

The Golden Age |Kenneth Grahame
Among the effigied tombs of the Fauconbergs which line the chancel we find that of Sterne's friend who gave him this living.

A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors |Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen) Wolfe
Laurence Sterne, sa personne et ses ouvrages tude prcde dun fragment indit de Sterne.

Laurence Sterne in Germany |Harvey Waterman Thayer

And yet in Hamburg Sterne waited full two years for a scanty recognition even of his English fame.

Laurence Sterne in Germany |Harvey Waterman Thayer

British Dictionary definitions for sterne

Sterne

/ (stɜːn) /

noun

Laurence. 1713–68, English novelist, born in Ireland, author of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759–67) and A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy (1768)

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