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Common collocations with prose in American Collocation

prose noun uncountable

US /proʊz/

clear

clear
lucid
readable

The book is thoroughly researched and written in the lucid prose we expect from the author.

well written

beautiful
elegant
poetic

Written with all his characteristically elegant prose, this short biography is still perhaps the best introduction to Newton and his work.

How do you convey the essential nature of music without resorting to highly technical jargon or purple prose?

describing something or telling a story

descriptive
narrative

To support the descriptive prose there are numerous excellent photographs.