appositeness

Example Sentences

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I could not at the moment recall Enoch’s appositeness; so I had to ask a simple question, though I felt that by so doing I was lowering myself in the eyes of the lunatic:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

There the matter lies, and its appositeness to the story of Llantrisant is this: that the dream of Olwen Phillips was, in fact, the Vision of the Holy Graal.

From The Great Return by Machen, Arthur

Still he saw no appositeness in the comparison, "as there was no C�sar in Paris."

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn

The appositeness of this illustration will be evident when it is applied to the subject under consideration.

From Free Ships: The Restoration of the American Carrying Trade by Codman, John

Grief grinned to himself at the appositeness of it as "Lead, Kindly Light," floated out over the dark water.

From A Son Of The Sun by London, Jack