ampleness

Example Sentences

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She did not know how I looked upon it, nor how I would have her take it; was she to laugh or to be solemn, to ridicule or to pretend with handsome ampleness?

From The King's Mirror by Hope, Anthony

The parterre, extending before the main building, is of an ampleness scarcely conceivable until once viewed.

From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche

There was much of the ampleness of Mirabeau, but no heaviness; there was so much soul that this carried that lightly.

From Balzac by Lawton, Frederick

There are, moreover, double aisles to both nave and choir which give an ampleness to the interior which even its abundance of furnishings does not overcrowd.

From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

Upon Penrod they visibly surpassed mere ampleness; but they were long, and it required only a rather loose imagination to assume that they were tights.

From Penrod by Tarkington, Booth