Swift, Jonathan

1. An eighteenth-century Irish author known for his skill at satire . Two of his best-known works are Gulliver's Travelsand “A Modest Proposal.”

Example Sentences

In 2018, two years after completing his review, Sir Jonathan Swift, formerly First Treasury Counsel - the top civil lawyer at Her Majesty's Treasury - was appointed to be a High Court judge.

From BBC

There’s also a Jonathan Swift streak of social caricature in its story of a noble giant among the little people.

From New York Times

On the map included in Volume II of his 1726 satire “Gulliver’s Travels,” Jonathan Swift depicts it as an enormous peninsula somewhere north of California.

From New York Times

His work is Douglas Adams meets Jonathan Swift, with feet firmly on Colombian soil but head high in the cosmos.

From New York Times

She viewed Jonathan Swift's own, annotated, copy of his book Gulliver's Travels, during her visit to the library.

From BBC