I was once described on Twitter as a “litfic writer” who was “Quite Put Out” by a genre writer's mindless repetition of the above tropes[…]

I found Omai seated on the Great Chair, and my Brother next to him, and talking Otaheite as fast as possible.

They waltzed for twenty-one hours and seventeen minutes straight, setting a record.

More pity that the eagle should be mew’d, While kites and buzzards prey at liberty.