Literary notes about Exhibit (AI summary)
In literature, the term "exhibit" is remarkably versatile, being employed to indicate both tangible display and the revelation of intangible qualities. Authors use it to denote the act of showing physical artifacts or objects—such as a spacecraft or a satellite on display ([1], [2], [3])—while equally applying it to illustrate behaviors or abstract characteristics, like demonstrating cruelty ([4]), showcasing hospitality ([5]), or revealing the essence of a personality ([6], [7]). Its usage spans from technical descriptions in scientific treatises to metaphorical applications in philosophical and narrative prose, even appearing in rhetorical passages urging moral conduct ([8]). Overall, "exhibit" enriches literary expression by linking the external presentation of objects or evidence with the internal unveiling of emotions and qualities.
- The spacecraft on exhibit is from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
— from Rockets, Missiles, and Spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution - The rocket on exhibit is from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
— from Rockets, Missiles, and Spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution - The rocket on exhibit is from the Aeronutronics Division, Ford Motor Company.
— from Rockets, Missiles, and Spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution - [59] But this was said rather to exhibit the cruelty of those who did these things, than the misery of those who suffered them.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine - To this trio everybody in the court possessed of sixpence has an insatiate desire to exhibit hospitality in a liquid form.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens - You want to exhibit it?" exclaimed Dorian Gray, a strange sense of terror creeping over him.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - I seem to myself to have as much as I need—to show my people, to exhibit their relations with each other; for that is all my measure.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James - But in all things let us exhibit ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulation, in necessities, in distresses, 6:5.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
