Used in a Sentence

bayard

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for bayard.

Editorial note

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read (2009) by Pierre Bayard Unfortunately, tsundokuists won't read it.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A bay horse

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bayard gathered in one view.

noun

A bay horse

noun

A surname from Old French.

noun

A male given name.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bayard.

noun

A bay horse

noun

A surname from Old French.

noun

A male given name.

noun

An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware.

Example sentences

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How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read (2009) by Pierre Bayard Unfortunately, tsundokuists won't read it.

2

An American journalist named Bayard Taylor was in Shanghai in 1853 when Perry stopped there on his way to Japan.

3

The key difference here was that Hunziker proposed regular use in minute quantities, and then Bayard tested the hypothesis with careful measurements and convincing evidence.

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Arguably Bayard Rustin had a similar trajectory.

5

Charles Bayard Miliken, Methodist Episcopal, Chicago.

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Pierre Bayard has renewed this system in Comment parler des lieux où l'on n'a pas été, a work in the second degree again, in which he reviews the authors who have spoken of places they have not visited.

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My name is Bayard Randel; situated in Dunedin New Zealand, but looking for remote work using JavaScript (Backbone/Node), Java and/or Ruby (or anything really - I like learning new things!).

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Sanders fell apart among black voters in the south for a very good reason — he talked down to them as if he was the first person to think that talking to them about Socialism was a good idea, as if Paul Robeson or Bayard Rustin never existed.

Quote examples

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There is a book called “How to talk about books you haven’t read” by Pierre Bayard.

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As Pierre Bayard put very nicely in "How to talk about books you haven't read", when we don't have domain knowledge we open ourselves to questions that we wouldn't make otherwise.

3

I found “How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read” by Pierre Bayard to be a fascinating look at how we remember and fail to remember what we do and do not read.

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A read I found both insightful and interesting: "How to talk about books you haven't read" by Pierre Bayard Not only as a result of this book, but during the time of its reading (in my first year of college) I progressed to a 'style of schooling' in which I no longer read assigned texts for classes.

Proper noun examples

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See also Who Killed Roger Ackroyd by Pierre Bayard, in which the author argues for a different outcome to the case.

2

The comments here remind me a little of Pierre Bayard's delightful(ly) postmodern monograph, _How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read_ [0].

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I thought for sure this essay would reference Pierre Bayard's really fun How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bayard in a sentence?

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read (2009) by Pierre Bayard Unfortunately, tsundokuists won't read it.

What does bayard mean?

A bay horse

What part of speech is bayard?

bayard is commonly used as noun.