Literary notes about Assortment (AI summary)
In literary contexts, "assortment" is employed to evoke a sense of variety and eclecticism, often highlighting both the diversity and randomness of items or characters. The term may refer to a collection of tangible goods—from magical illusions ([1]) and scientific instruments ([2]) to produce in a modest shop ([3])—or even abstract groupings, like a gathering of different personalities or promises ([4]). Authors also favor it for its ability to capture an array of elements in one evocative term, whether describing a striking display of garments ([5]) or the curious mix of individuals at a social gathering ([6]). This versatility lends the word "assortment" a richly descriptive quality that enhances the texture of literary narratives.
- HOW TO BECOME A MAGICIAN.—Containing the grandest assortment of magical illusions ever placed before the public.
— from Frank Reade Jr. and His Engine of the Clouds Or, Chased Around the World in the Sky by Luis Senarens - Both spacecraft carry an assortment of optical, radiometric, and fields and particles sensing instruments.
— from Voyager 1 Encounters Saturn by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Near the entrance is a hole-in-the-wall sort of a shop wherein I espy a man presiding over a tempting assortment of cantaloupes, grapes, and pears.
— from Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume I From San Francisco to Teheran by Thomas Stevens - Moreover, here is an assortment of many thousand broken promises and other broken ware, all very light and packed into little space.
— from Twice-told tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne - It contained an odd assortment of garments, and amongst other things several grey wigs and a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles.
— from The Devil Doctor by Sax Rohmer - “And what will you do, Janet, while I am bargaining for so many tons of flesh and such an assortment of black eyes?”
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë
