regalement

Example Sentences

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When he does, he’s usually met with regalement about what Marv means to a generation of people — this writer included.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2024

Coroner Bullfast was so struck with the clear and explicit nature of the medical evidence, that he had it reduced to writing for his private regalement.

From Round the Block by Bouton, John Bell

Two of the less wilted pumpkins being reserved for the cabin table, the residue were minced up on the spot for the general regalement.

From The Piazza Tales by Melville, Herman

Matilda's charming company and conversation was his regalement.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various

After a successful hunt—with the pit or poisoned arrows—they remove the entrails of the slain animal and wear them like coronals for present ornament and future regalement.

From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Jefferies, Richard