adjuration

Example Sentences

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New York's volcanic little Mayor Fiorello Henry LaGuardia is paternally proud of his neat fleet of silver streamlined, street-cleaning trucks, which bear the adjuration: Our City�Yours and Mine�Keep It Clean.

From Time Magazine Archive

What an accusation could not effect, an adjuration shall.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

The adjuration spoke volumes, and for a few moments the old man stood there as if in a catalyptic state.

From The Haute Noblesse A Novel by Fenn, George Manville

Whether this impassioned adjuration had any special effect upon the patient is uncertain, but as he opened his eyes, he smiled faintly in acknowledgment of the sympathetic words.

From The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation by Boldrewood, Rolf

Muttering an angry adjuration at the ghostly oarsman, he threw himself upon the ground.

From The White Squaw by Reid, Mayne