appositeness

Example Sentences

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I could not at the moment recall Enoch’s appositeness; so I had to ask a simple question, though I felt that by so doing I was lowering myself in the eyes of the lunatic:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Still he saw no appositeness in the comparison, "as there was no C�sar in Paris."

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn

Through some accidental appositeness to some contemporaneous situation, these may become generally current.

From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin

The old saying, “Out of sight, out of mind” was proving its appositeness in her case.

From The Locusts' Years by Fee, Mary Helen

Johnny was not exactly interested; vistas were opened for which he had no eyes and which possessed no appositeness to his own aims.

From On the Stairs by Fuller, Henry Blake