Sample sentences for PAUL REVERE

(click/touch triangles for details)

Definition

American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)

Paul Revere set up a gun powder manufacturing facility to support the American Revolution.

He turns up in Toronto to give a lecture, at a conference, notifying me in advance with a postcard of a statue of Paul Revere, from Boston: Arrive Sun.
Margaret Atwood -- Cat's Eye
During the War, the Red Coats and Paul Revere was throwing balls over stone walls.
Richard Lederer -- A Brief History of the World
If you read my first book, The Tipping Point, you'll remember that the discussion of Paul Revere was drawn from Fischer's Paul Revere's Ride.
Malcolm Gladwell -- Outliers
Mr. Schiller, they saw, was religiously impressed, like Patrick Henry, George Washington, and Paul Revere, with the beauties of Liberty.
Thomas Wolfe -- Look Homeward, Angel
"So here comes our local Paul Revere," he greeted Randy.
Pat Frank -- Alas, Babylon
Regular Paul Revere, eh?
Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind
Paul Revere's ride is perhaps the most famous historical example of a word-of-mouth epidemic.
Malcolm Gladwell -- The Tipping Point
"If Paul Revere had written a limerick, you'd think it was wonderful, poetic, inspirational.
Jill McCorkle -- Ferris Beach
But he was running along the docks, like Paul Revere, bringing the news, and didn't have time to explain.
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston -- Farewell to Manzanar
A handsome young physician and leading patriot allied with Samuel Adams and Paul Revere, Warren had been one of the worthiest men of the province.
David McCullough -- John Adams
And because of Walker's recent participation in Operation Midnight Ride, a Paul Revere–like barnstorming tour to warn Americans about the scourge of communism.
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy
There is a white steepled Congregational church, a stone courthouse with an adjoining jail, a cupolaed public library, a wooden well from which Paul Revere is rumored to have drunk.
Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake
Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
All discussion of Paul Revere comes from the remarkable book by David Hackctt Fischer, Paul Revere's Ride (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994).
Malcolm Gladwell -- The Tipping Point
All discussion of Paul Revere comes from the remarkable book by David Hackctt Fischer, Paul Revere's Ride (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994).
Malcolm Gladwell -- The Tipping Point
But telling Paul Revere ultimately meant the difference between defeat and victory.
Malcolm Gladwell -- The Tipping Point
The experiences of Paul Revere and Sesame Street and crime in New York City and Gore Associates each illustrate one of the rules of Tipping Points.
Malcolm Gladwell -- The Tipping Point
He was a super Paul Revere.
Malcolm Gladwell -- The Tipping Point
If you read my first book, The Tipping Point, you'll remember that the discussion of Paul Revere was drawn from Fischer's Paul Revere's Ride.
Malcolm Gladwell -- Outliers

Dictionary / pronunciation — Google^®Dictionary list — Onelook.com^®Wikipedia Article Longfellow Poem

Search for other examples by interest

Interest — Source

Paul Revere