commination

Example Sentences

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His method is to ask at once more than human nature can be expected to give, and then pour out a whole commination service of anathemas when his demands are not complied with.

From Great Britain's Sea Policy A Reply to an American Critic reprinted from 'The Atlantic Monthly' by Murray, Gilbert

Then follows a commination at the end, which is not unusual in such cases.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

Had he chosen another interpretation and delayed, and been mistaken, then, too, commination would have fallen.

From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary

For some moments he kept silence—as if in unspeakable commination.

From Secret Places of the Heart by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Lest, however, this commination should not prove terrible enough, the examples of Belshazzar and others were judiciously subjoined.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 by Baird, Henry Martyn