dickensian in a sentence

Examples

1. John Hillis Miller wrote in 1958 that Pip is the archetype of all Dickensian heroes.
2. Her childhood has been described as Dickensian.
3. The early life of William Thornhill is one of Dickensian poverty, depredation and criminality.
4. The surrounding area has many Dickensian associations.
5. With John Mortimer, there is a Dickensian breadth to the man and to the work.
6. It is a Dickensian picture, and Charles Dickens knew the mentality that produced such horrors.
7. Dickensian, exotic, all that.
8. "There's a Dickensian quality to public television, " he says.
9. Bilbao, with its Dickensian waterfront, is clearly a fine place for the new Guggenheim.
10. VIOLENCE Lustig grabs Finn roughly in the famous Dickensian scene at the start of the story.