Literary notes about Combined (AI summary)
The word "combined" serves as a flexible linguistic tool in literature, frequently used to illustrate the merging of physical elements as well as abstract qualities. In some texts, it describes tangible unions—for instance, the merging of newspapers or businesses ([1], [2]) and even the physical blending of flavors ([3]). In other contexts, "combined" signifies a fusion of emotions, forces, or ideas that create a more complex, powerful effect, such as the mix of anger with a passionate desire to speak ([4]) or the unification of opposites within a character's nature ([5]). Moreover, authors extend its use metaphorically to encompass the coming together of various factors, whether in the realm of ideas, cultural influences, or the interplay of aesthetic elements ([6], [7]). This versatility not only enriches the descriptive language of literature but also deepens the reader's understanding of how distinct components interact to produce novel and compelling outcomes.
- [238] V. F. Lawson was also the owner of The Chicago Record before the Record and the Herald were combined about year 1898.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States by George T. Flom - His orders divided the combined force into the right wing, reserve, centre and left wing.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant - It is very good, with a peculiar spicy flavor, almost musky and smoky, from the jasmine combined with the tea flavor, which is strong.
— from Letters from China and Japan by Harriet Alice Chipman Dewey and John Dewey - A hungry longing to speak his mind out seemed to flash in the man’s eyes, combined with an intense anger.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - In him were combined many opposites.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore - In conclusion, we note that the early history of the idea of following nature combined two factors which had no inherent connection with one another.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey - And what determines the taste is some salt, which affects variously according to its nature, or its manner of being combined with other things.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke