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
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.
Yet at times, rising upon the flood of feeling, he shot out a solemn adjuration or asserted an opinion with a fiery emphasis that electrified the audience into applause.
From From the Easy Chair, series 3 by Curtis, George William
"I would have answered you truly without any adjuration," answered the clergyman.
From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
"Not too many of you," was his final adjuration, as, giving me a look, he slipped out into the hall.
From The Amethyst Box by Green, Anna Katherine
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
