Dictionary Stories

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Dictionary Stories, by Jez Burrows, is a collection of stories built using sample sentences for words from the New Oxford American Dictionary.{{cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2015/08/26/a_tumblr_dedicated_to_creating_short_stories_out_of_dictionary_example_sentences.html|title=A Tumblr dedicated to creating short stories out of dictionary example sentences|last=Krule|first=Miriam|date=26 August 2015|work=Slate|accessdate=28 July 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bustle.com/articles/109006-the-dictionary-stories-tumblr-spins-tales-out-of-sentences-in-the-dictionary-and-the-results-are|title=The Dictionary Stories Tumblr Spins Tales Out Of Sentences In The Dictionary, And The Results Are Cleverly Poetic|last=Warner|first=Claire|date=7 September 2015|work=Bustle|accessdate=28 July 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://laughingsquid.com/dictionary-stories-a-collection-of-short-stories-created-from-defining-example-sentences-used-in-the-dictionary/|title=‘Dictionary Stories’, A Collection of Short Stories Created From Defining Example Sentences Used in the Dictionary|last=Dorn|first=Lori|date=4 September 2015|publisher=Laughing Squid|accessdate=28 July 2016}} Originally shared on Tumblr, Dictionary Stories was [https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062652614/dictionary-stories/ released as a book] by Harper Perennial in 2018.