be apposite

Example Sentences

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They included every phase of every question that then seemed to be apposite to the great inquiry he was making.

From Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Reeves, Henry

I may adduce some circumstances from most ancient history and tradition which have not been applied to this question hitherto, but should have been, for they seem to be apposite and remarkable.

From The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer by Leach, Henry

The moral phraseology has ceased to be apposite, and an external standard of responsibility has been reached.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

It may be apposite here to point out that it was later and in the finest period of Latin literature that they ceased to exist.

From Initiation into Literature by Gordon, Home, Sir, Bart.

"It should be 'fairy land,'" suggested all of them, "so as to be apposite!"

From Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft