contexture
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We are all framed of flaps and patches, and of so shapeless and diverse a contexture, that every piece and every moment playeth his part.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 8, 2017
That has been sadly shown, over and again, and if we had time one could easily point to the reasons in human nature, and its strange contexture, why it should be so.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren
This islet, of curious contexture, resembles as near as possible a cup turned upside down, from which a fuliginous vapor arises.
From Facing the Flag by Jules Verne
Let us then look with ever fresh wonder on this marvellous contexture of human life, and on Him that moulds it all to His own perfect purposes.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark by Alexander Maclaren
Such plays were of too thin contexture to satisfy the somewhat gross and lumpish taste of a Roman audience.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop
