be apposite

Example Sentences

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The moral phraseology has ceased to be apposite, and an external standard of responsibility has been reached.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

They included every phase of every question that then seemed to be apposite to the great inquiry he was making.

From Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Reeves, Henry

I may adduce some circumstances from most ancient history and tradition which have not been applied to this question hitherto, but should have been, for they seem to be apposite and remarkable.

From The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer by Leach, Henry

That book was The New Republic, with regard to which in this place a few words may be apposite.

From Memoirs of Life and Literature by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)

"It should be 'fairy land,'" suggested all of them, "so as to be apposite!"

From Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft