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

Dick felt rather proud of this, its fluency and general appositeness.

From Old Crow by Brown, Alice

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

“He’s a driver and a master,” piped up Grizzly Whiskers, with the appositeness of a Greek chorus.

From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman

We have often thought, that if the various similes employed in the Scriptures were thoroughly understood, that their appositeness and beauty would be themes of increased admiration.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord