ampleness
Example Sentences
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The square flanking chapels of the choir serve to give an ampleness to the ambulatory which is unusual, and in the exterior present again a most interesting arrangement and effect.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
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
This has always been a daring procedure, but in this case it has been carried out with success, and gives the desired effect,—that of ampleness and height.
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
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
