catena

Example Sentences

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From her husband's voice she had been led to fear something more tangibly unpleasant than a vague catena of prophecies.

From The House of Souls by Machen, Arthur

It would be easy to compile a catena of bellicose maxims from our literature, reaching down to the end of the 19th century.

From Outspoken Essays by Inge, William Ralph

The Greek original of most of the first sentence is preserved in a catena on Deuteronomy, Cod.

From St. Dionysius of Alexandria Letters and Treatises by Alexandria, Bishop of

He says his evidence is cumulative; not a catena, the strength of which is in its weakest part, but distinct and independent lines, each of which corroborates the other.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

She writhes nervously, and, as if she were calling for help, cries, "La catena! la catena!"

From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille