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Literary notes about broad (AI summary)

In literature, “broad” serves as a multifaceted descriptor that enhances both tangible and abstract imagery. It frequently denotes physical width or spaciousness, as seen in depictions of landscapes, architectural features, or objects like hearths and doorways ([1], [2], [3]). The term also conveys physical attributes of characters, from robust shoulders and expansive smiles to strong faces, thereby suggesting strength or geniality ([4], [5], [6]). Moreover, "broad" is employed metaphorically to imply inclusiveness or a wide-ranging perspective, deepening the narrative’s emotional or conceptual scale ([7], [8], [9]). Overall, its varied usage enriches literary texts by infusing descriptions with both physical presence and symbolic resonance.
  1. Alicia sat in a low chair beside the broad open hearth, on which the huge logs burned fiercely in the frosty atmosphere.
    — from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon
  2. We were soon free of the woods and bushes, and fairly upon the broad prairie.
    — from The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life by Francis Parkman
  3. The windows opened upon a great balcony which overlooked one of the broad avenues of Zodanga.
    — from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  4. Broad are thy shoulders and thick thy head; is not thy lass fair enough for thee to take cudgel in hand for her sake?
    — from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
  5. She gets up from her stool, and with a broad smile on her face and wide unbDlinking eyes, she walks up and down the room.
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  6. Cournet was a man of lofty stature; he had broad shoulders, a red face, a crushing fist, a bold heart, a loyal soul, a sincere and terrible eye.
    — from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
  7. Every sentence is doubly significant, and the sense of our author is as broad as the world.
    — from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  8. Osman had a humanity so broad and deep, that although his speech was so bold and free with the Koran
    — from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  9. A broad ray of light fell into the garret.
    — from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge

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