Sentence example with the word 'abridge'

abridge

abbreviate, cancel, curtail, deduct, divest, expunge, minify, pollard, rub out, step down, take in

Definition v. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

Last update: September 5, 2015


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His agent told him that he needed to abridge some of the content of his novel so that it would be under 400 pages.   [verb]

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Editors of some classic literature seem to take a lot of liberties when they abridge the content so that people with lower reading levels can understand what they’re reading.   [verb]

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Juries were constantly intimidated, and their privileges were abridged.   [Please select]

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The book was abridged for children.   [verb]

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From the last of these the following selection is abridged.   [Please select]

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In the mean time, his character has deteriorated while his enjoyment has been abridged.   [Please select]

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I shall, therefore, greatly abridge the chronicle of my subsequent years.   [Please select]

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Blanford, and from his full description I have abridged the above short notice.   [Please select]

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Let us abridge the tale.   [verb]

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Jean Valjean's visits were not abridged.   [verb]

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It was merely a trifle abridged.   [verb]

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