privateness

Example Sentences

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An “awkward, but beautiful addition to my work”, he called it: a collaborative antidote to “the privateness and loneliness of painting”.

From The Guardian • Nov. 25, 2016

The chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.

From The Illustrated London Reading Book by Various

Their chief use for pastimes is in privateness and retiring; for ornaments, in discourse; and for ability, in judgment....

From The World's Best Books : A Key to the Treasures of Literature by Parsons, Frank

Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgement and disposition of business.

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest

Their chief use for delight is in privateness; for ornament, in discourse; and for ability in the judgment and disposition of business.

From Reading Made Easy for Foreigners - Third Reader by Hülshof, John L.