circum

Example Sentences

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Whats interesting is that we had plenty of evidence in these same circum stances as to what would work and what would not.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2015

In its romantic purity, this is a love that is outside time and circum stance, beyond good and evil.

From Time Magazine Archive

Parson Greiner however taught Jack: circa circum, round and about, not in the bread but close at hand.

From Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Hausrath, Adolf

And without waiting to consult the inclinations of his comrades, Peter broke into the following wild strain with all the fervor of a half-crazed improvisatore: THE CORPSE-CANDLE Lambere flamma ταφος et circum funera pasci.

From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison

As circum means round about, so circumspect means, of course, cautious, careful.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max