Sample Sentences formalapropism (auto-selected)
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Alexandra could be relied upon to produce a malapropism on occasions, the most notable being her comment on the gulosity displayed by the youngest member of a Mobile Jewish family upon completing his thirteenth year: Alexandra declared that Aaron Stein was the greediest boy she had ever seen, that he ate fourteen ears of corn at his Menopause.† (source)
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His grandmother turned off the radio when Amos 'n'Andy came on, with its carousel of malapropisms and demeaning misadventures.† (source)
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He even corrected her malapropism with some wit.† (source)
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Her endless malapropisms alone would have sufficed.† (source)
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The unfortunate woman actually said "obscure"—disgracing her illness with her unspeakable malapropisms.† (source)
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