Examples of “prose” in a Sentence

noun Ordinary written or spoken language, as opposed to poetry.

• The novel is written in clear, simple prose.
• He switched from writing poetry to prose in his later career.
• Her essays are full of lively, plain prose that anyone can enjoy.

verb To write or speak in a dull, long-winded way.

• He prosed on about his holiday for nearly an hour.
• Please don't prose on about the budget during the whole meeting.
• The speaker prosed endlessly until half the audience had fallen asleep.