appulse

Example Sentences

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There had been a total solar eclipse, new comets, unusual sunspots and the only perfect lunar appulse in four centuries.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was an appulse of the moon, visible in most of North America and parts of Europe.

From Time Magazine Archive

In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

This interesting planet makes a very near appulse to Jupiter on the 16th at 1 h. morning.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 276, October 6, 1827 by Various

I felt the faint appulse of his, And leapt into the light!

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose