How to Use tome in a Sentence

tome

noun
  • Each tome looks at what’s yet to come.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
  • The result is both a tome and treasure.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The book, a slim 152-page tome, hasn’t been in print for years.
    — Julia Shumway, oregonlive, 7 Oct. 2022
  • One such night, a colorful tome called to me from a bargain bin.
    — Julia Tausch, Bon Appetit, 13 June 2018
  • Wrap this tome for under the tree, bookmarked with an item on order.
    — Rebecca Malinsky, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2021
  • And all the recipes in this hefty tome are accessible to the home cook.
    — Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
  • One was a legal tome that spelled out terms of Britain’s divorce from the bloc.
    — Laurence Norman, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2018
  • This hefty tome provides a life-size guide to 600 species of snake from around the world.
    — Claire Cock-Starkey, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2018
  • Most of the tomes featured aim to immerse you in the world of timekeeping.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2023
  • There have been tomes written in honor of the quest to embrace all things Parisian.
    — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Dec. 2014
  • This doesn’t seem to be the year for advice books, scholarly tomes or rigor of any sort.
    — Judy Knotts, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The tomes sit on bookshelves that go from floor to ceiling, some scattered on tables and chairs.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The tome has sold more than 6 million copies in the United States.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Even in the internet age, Japan still prints phone-book sized tomes of train timetables.
    — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2017
  • But that was a long tome ago in 1980, when he was known as John Cougar.
    — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 7 July 2017
  • Celebrities have long leveraged the power of being seen holding just the right tome.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2026
  • More details are also likely to emerge in the days to come, as reporters and the public parse the tome.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2020
  • The book about Apple, not the Isaacson book but sort of the main tome before it.
    — Recode Staff, Recode, 13 June 2018
  • The Three Bibles wasn’t the place to purchase pricey scholarly tomes.
    — James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
  • This is a tome for all of us who’ve become Fat + Flour disciples over the years.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The perfect spot for a languid afternoon with your favorite tome.
    — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 22 May 2026
  • Fantasy max with a good romantasy or the first tome in an epic series.
    — Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The other 19% constitute freaks at the far end, who read 10 or more tomes.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Put down the tome – there are easier ways to meet that 2025 reading goal.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The magical tome that Wanda is reading in the post-credits scene is kind of a big deal.
    — Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The bookbinding of the tome consists of a wooden board clad in leather with metal guards and fittings.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Below, a few of the fun facts Sheen reveals in the delightfully juicy tome.
    — Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • So much so that this slim tome from Anna Stockwell is even shaped like a stick of golden glory.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Part of the tome of information left behind for the buyer explained how to mow the lawn — the neighbor’s lawn, that is.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 19 May 2024
  • The result is a 688-page tome that promises to be the most complete profile of Musk yet.
    — Shannon Carlin, Time, 23 Aug. 2023

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