Sentences with 'premise'
Example sentences and phrases with the word premise and other words derived from it.
• « Modernism rejected the premise of melodrama, that is, clear moral messages in art and literature that were meant to edify and instruct. »
• « Ironically, some of the major intellectual movements of the post-war period focused not on the promise of a better future, but on the premise that life was and was likely to remain alienating and unjust. »
• « Southern whites often relied on the idea of paternalism - the premise that white slaveholders acted in the best interests of the slaves, taking responsibility for their care, feeding, discipline, and even their Christian morals - to justify the existence of slavery. »