apostrophize
Example Sentences
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Or that the prolix Gaev — a man as likely to apostrophize a piece of furniture as the stars above — keeps promising he’ll be quiet.
From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2011
No bright and overwhelming genius appeared in 1947 to light the way and apostrophize the age.
From Time Magazine Archive
He hired four obscure artists to paint the illustrations exactly as he wanted them, and then got some second-rate poets to apostrophize the plants in sticky verse.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus did Adolf Hitler apostrophize his beloved season, spring.
From Time Magazine Archive
The modern Latin poets of Italy frequently apostrophize their favourite villas, in imitation of the address to Sirmio.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
