A surname.
dillard
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dillard.
Editorial note
And if that's the case, then as Annie Dillard says, why not just write something long to begin with?
Quick take
A surname.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of dillard gathered in one view.
A census-designated place in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for dillard.
noun
A surname.
noun
A census-designated place in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.
Example sentences
And if that's the case, then as Annie Dillard says, why not just write something long to begin with?
Virgil Dillard gets simpler tunes and the occasional weird grammar/lyrics.
It's why Annie Dillard wrote The Writing Life.
[2] The video by Annie Dillard called the Story of Stuff [3] is still a fantastic summary of this (as are her other videos).
I would also add, in no particular order: - wisdom of the desert (merton's translation of the sayings of the desert fathers) - pilgrim at tinker creek; annie dillard - goatwalking, jim corbett - Impostors of God: Inquiries into our favorite Idols, william stringfellow - the new testament, trans.
Some worthy books on this: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, by Stephen King (really!) The Practice of Writing, by David Lodge The Writing Life, by Annie Dillard Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, by Anne Lamott Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction, by Tracy Kidder and Richard Todd To Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction, by Phillip Lopate 3.
Quote examples
Back when it was Broadway or Robinson-May, the store was in the "higher half" of the market, closer to Dillard's than Penney's, but now the gap is smaller.
Annie Dillard said it best: "I had seen a partial eclipse in 1970.
Pulitzer prize winning author Annie Dillard phrased it even more simply: "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."
A quote I've always liked, from "The Writing Life" by Annie Dillard: "How we spend our days, of course, is how we spend our lives."
Proper noun examples
If you read something like Annie Dillard's An American Childhood, you realize that teachers didn't.
There's a writer (I want to say Annie Dillard, but I'm not finding it) who said -- don't store up all your best ideas for a rainy day, because invariably when you do open that box, you'll find it empty.
Declining businesses like that are usually mispriced by the market who give them a control discount (and tbh, everyone just wants growth...look at Dillard's, they bought back effectively all their stock and the share price went up 600% in a month, people want to buy potential profit tomorrow rather than actual profit today), so taking the business private is usually very profitable.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use dillard in a sentence?
And if that's the case, then as Annie Dillard says, why not just write something long to begin with?
What does dillard mean?
A surname.
What part of speech is dillard?
dillard is commonly used as noun.