You don't get the sense he's trying to be a pedagogic motormouth who can rattle off textbook descriptions of post-ups and downscreens.

Kirk was certain that giving Iola the textbook description of the Federation would do none of them any good.

I mentally read back the textbook description to myself, idly smoothing out the tangles of my hair with my fingers.

This basic map of T Cell formation, in sequence, is simplified and is akin to textbook descriptions, and may not reflect latest research.

In not finding a priori knowledge trivial, Locke does not fit our modern textbook descriptions of 'an empiricist'.

Another problem with a textbook description of research methods is that the textbook gives the impression that this is what really goes on.

Napoleon is angered by the condescending textbook description of Corsica.

Although pain has not been traditionally part of the "textbook" description, many patients report severe muscle pain, especially in the thighs.

The textbook description ran through my mind: Numbness.