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

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

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose

Again the appulse, again the backward strain— Till ocean must have rest.

From Ride to the Lady And Other Poems by Cone, Helen Gray

In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah