Get to know Nabokov better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like writer or author.
Nabokov in a sentence
Nabokov meaning
A transliteration of the Russian surname Набоков (Nabokov).
Using Nabokov
- The main meaning on this page is: A transliteration of the Russian surname Набоков (Nabokov).
- Useful related words include: vladimir nabokov, vladimir vladimirovich nabokov, writer, author.
- In the example corpus, nabokov often appears in combinations such as: nabokov was, vladimir nabokov, nabokov in.
Context around Nabokov
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nabokov
- In this selection, "nabokov" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, vladimir, pen, work, award, admitted and solzhenitsyn stand out and add context to how "nabokov" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2018 pen nabokov award for and but allows nabokov to skewer. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nabokov" sits close to words such as abacus, abner and acorns, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nabokov
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He also wrote about Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Nabokov, Solzhenitsyn, and Vysotsky. (10 words)
Nabokov: p. 205 Shostakovich never forgave Nabokov for this public humiliation. (11 words)
Find What the Sailor Has Hidden: Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire. (11 words)
But Nabokov does this thing that is still, ultimately, inexplicable to me: he grows all that ravishing love-prose out of poison, and makes it so we never mention it, unless it’s with distaste, and with gloves on. (39 words)
Siegel recalls Pynchon saying he did attend some of Vladimir Nabokov 's lectures at Cornell but that he could hardly make out what Nabokov was saying because of his thick Russian accent. (32 words)
Her work has been lauded in many ways, including with a MacArthur Genius award, the Texas Medal of Arts, the National Medal of Arts, and the PEN/Nabokov Award for international literature. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Work Nabokov in the 1960s Nabokov in 1973 Nabokov's first writings were in Russian, but he achieved his greatest fame with the novels he wrote in the English language.
Nabokov: p. 205 Shostakovich never forgave Nabokov for this public humiliation.
On his religious views, Nabokov was an agnostic. citation Views on women writers Nabokov admitted to having a "prejudice" against women writers.
Rather than assuming that either side of Nabokov's work caused or stimulated the other, Gould proposes that both stemmed from Nabokov's love of detail, contemplation, and symmetry.
Siegel recalls Pynchon saying he did attend some of Vladimir Nabokov 's lectures at Cornell but that he could hardly make out what Nabokov was saying because of his thick Russian accent.
Nikolai Khabibulin, Evgeni Nabokov, the off-the-wall Ilya Bryzgalov come to mind in the NHL.
He also wrote about Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Nabokov, Solzhenitsyn, and Vysotsky.
Nabokov isn’t a big goalie, but he’s not that small, either.
But Nabokov does this thing that is still, ultimately, inexplicable to me: he grows all that ravishing love-prose out of poison, and makes it so we never mention it, unless it’s with distaste, and with gloves on.
Her work has been lauded in many ways, including with a MacArthur Genius award, the Texas Medal of Arts, the National Medal of Arts, and the PEN/Nabokov Award for international literature.
Cloaking his abuse in the allusive language of idealised love does not lessen Humbert’s crimes, but allows Nabokov to skewer him where he hides.
Nabokov writes from the perspective of Humbert, who believed himself a victim despite falling in love with and ultimately impregnating 12 year old Dolly.
East Clare author Edna O’Brien has won the 2018 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature.
As a bilingual master, he has been compared to Joseph Conrad ; Nabokov, however, disliked both the comparison and Conrad's work.
At the time, Nabokov was attending Tenishev school in Saint Petersburg, where his literature teacher Vladimir Vasilievich Gippius had been critical toward his literary accomplishments.
At the time of Nabokov's birth, the offset between the calendars was 12 days.
Auerbach goes on to say: error Vladimir Nabokov was dismissive of Stendhal, in Strong Opinions calling him "that pet of all those who like their French plain".
Contains a chronology of Pale Fire and many essays about it, along with other writing on Nabokov's works.
Find What the Sailor Has Hidden: Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire.
Furthermore, Updike was seen as the "best prose writer in the world", like Nabokov before him.
Common combinations with nabokov
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: