adjuration

Example Sentences

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New York's volcanic little Mayor Fiorello Henry LaGuardia is paternally proud of his neat fleet of silver streamlined, street-cleaning trucks, which bear the adjuration: Our City�Yours and Mine�Keep It Clean.

From Time Magazine Archive

Barnes was moved to adjuration: "I'll take my Bible oath, your Grace, that the Duchess got into the carriage outside Cane and Wilson's."

From Amusement Only by Marsh, Richard

Playing backgammon with Pope Jules II., his form of adjuration was Chardieu bénit! when he lost, and Chardon bénit! when he won.

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian

The rough adjuration restored the young man's nerve, and he looked up, his cheeks wet with tears.

From Laid up in Lavender by Weyman, Stanley J.

"Chuck some of his own coals at 'im!" was the frantic adjuration of a foolish virgin who had already expended all her ammunition against the shutters of the gate-lodge.

From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian