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write of someone or something

to write about the general topic of someone or something. He wrote of the beauty of nature and the way we are destroying it. She wrote of Henry, her ancient house cat.

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I'd write of people and places like I knew, and I'd make my characters talk everyday English; and I'd let the sun rise and set in the usual quiet way without much fuss over the fact. Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context It is strange to look back at this latest entry in my journal, and to find that I am writing of the marriage and the parting with Laura, as people write of a settled thing. The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context In the Sketches from Memory Hawthorne gives an intimation of the tale which he might write and did afterward write of The Great Carbuncle. The Great Carbuncle by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context			wriggle in wriggle out wring wring from wring hands wring out wring out of wringer wrinkle wrinkle up wrist writ writ large write write about write against write away write away for write back to write down write down as write down to write for write in write into write of write off write on write on and on write out write to write up writer writer's block writhe writhe under writhe with writing written written in the stars wrong wrong number wrote wrote the book on wrought up X marks the spot yack yack head off yack up yammer about yank			Write Flash Signal write for Write from the Beginning Write Handling Control Register write head Write Here in Plain Sight Write Here Right Now Write Image Write Improved SOWs Easily write in write in write in write in write in Write in candidate write in code Write in Peace Write in Poll Option write inhibit ring write into write into write into write into write into Write Many Read Always Write Many Visit Many Write Me Back Write Me Back Soon Write Me Real Soon write notes for write of write off write off write off write off write off Write Offs Write Offs Write Offs Write Offs write on write on write on write on and on write on the back of a postage stamp Write on the Record Write once Write once Write once CD Write once CD Write Once Memory Write Once Read Memory Write once read never Write once run anywhere Write once run everywhere Write Once, Deploy Anywhere Write Once, Read Never Write Once, Read Occasionally Write once, run anywhere Write once, run anywhere write once-read many

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