Literary notes about Report (AI summary)
The term “report” is employed in literature to capture both the physical and metaphorical transmission of information. It can denote a sharp, resonant sound marking a dramatic event—as when a gun fires or an object bursts, producing an unmistakable report [1], [2]—while also serving as a formal record or account of occurrences, whether in military dispatches or official communications [3], [4]. Additionally, literary works use “report” to evoke an aura of immediacy and credibility, suggesting both the act of hearing a significant message and the subsequent relay of that information, whether through personal observation or institutional documentation [5], [6], [7], [8].
- I have no doubt that what she heard was the report of the gun, and that this was the real instant of the murder.
— from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle - Amidst the fire lay an egg, red hot, which presently burst with a loud report, and out flew a young bird.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. Andersen - All this she told with the precision of a staff officer making a report, and it was true to the letter.
— from The King James Version of the Bible - General Sherman will immediately report to these headquarters what regiments and companies, at Benton Barracks, are ready for the field.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman - Of this report Miss Sullivan wrote in a letter dated October 30, 1887: "Have you seen the paper I wrote for the 'report'?
— from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller - If these discover us and report their discovery, a great danger will overtake us.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - As she must pass the Dardanelles we are sure to have some report.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker - If his report is true, the number of Chinese in the Islands must have increased very rapidly between 1590 and 1603.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows
