Sentence Examples

1. To all this the captive made no reply but was content to preserve an attitude in which dignity was singularly blended with disdain.
2. Not a word escaped his lips, but his look was singularly set and stern.
3. And with it all he was singularly free from recognition of the finer points of the conduct of prisoners of war.
4. Catching sight of his face made it clear that the person was a man, though he bore a face so singularly ugly that it took me some work to reach that deduction.
5. It is true, the letter of the Cardinal Spada was singularly circumstantial, and Dantès repeated it to himself, from one end to the other, for he had not forgotten a word.
6. The impression they experienced on landing was a singularly pleasing one.
7. This news, false as it was following so singularly in the train of the two similar misfortunes which had so recently occurred, evidently astonished the auditors, and they retired without a word.
8. As to his voice, prayers, sobs, and imprecations had changed it so that at times it was of a singularly penetrating sweetness, and at others rough and almost hoarse.
9. The count was dressed in black and with his habitual simplicity his white waistcoat displayed his expansive noble chest and his black stock was singularly noticeable because of its contrast with the deadly paleness of his face.
10. He was, in fact, an honest, faithful, and painstaking translator, and he has left a version which, whatever its shortcomings may be, is singularly free from errors and mistranslations.