versant
Example Sentences
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A gadget lover, Alexander is known to roll up his sleeves to become versant with the latest security technologies.
From Reuters • May 26, 2013
Vous souvient-il? que plus tard, sous les armes Plusieurs donons, désignés par le sort, Loin des parents; versant d’amères larmes, Allaient trouver ou la gloire ou la mort.
From Olla Podrida by Marryat, Frederick
On the western versant of the Andes of Ecuador there are three river systems of considerable size—the Mira, the Esmeraldas and the Guayas.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
It appears that he was versant in the spasmodic diseases of women; and no more was wanting to induce the vulgar to regard him as a sorcerer, or performer of miracles.
From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry Baron d'
Horace says: "—— Carminibus qu� versant atque venenis Humanos animos."
