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commixture

[kuh-miks-cher] / kəˈmɪks tʃər /


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The volume of rain produced in the Condor’s water cycle is enormous, says Luna, thanks to a unique commixture of altitudes, endemic soils, and solar and wind patterns.

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2013

What is the real effect of all this commixture?

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various

What a sudden burst of sound was emitted—what harmonious discord—what a commixture of all the tones in the vocal gamut, from the shrill treble to the deep underhum! 

From The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith by Charles Martin Hardie

The repaired crenellations, the inserted patches of the walls of the outer circle, sufficiently express this commixture.

From A Little Tour of France by Joseph Pennell

Her voice, in its very high tones, was something of the quality of a flute or flageolet, or resembled a commixture of the finest sounds of the flute and violin, if such could be imagined.

From Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag by George T. (George Titus) Ferris




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