appulse
Example Sentences
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It was an appulse of the moon, visible in most of North America and parts of Europe.
From Time Magazine Archive
There had been a total solar eclipse, new comets, unusual sunspots and the only perfect lunar appulse in four centuries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Genius has placed the more exalted spiritual natures in cometary worlds, and this last fiery revolution may be produced by the appulse of a comet.
From Consolations in Travel or, the Last Days of a Philosopher by Henry Morley
This arises from the possible appulse of the comet to the planet Pallas, whose mass, being so small, would more sensibly be disturbed by such an appulse than the earth.
From Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence by Thomas Bassnett
I felt the faint appulse of his, And leapt into the light!
From The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
