DISCOURSE in a Sentence
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99 example sentences for DISCOURSE, such as:
1. And thus ended their discourse.
2. Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.
3. No amount of discourse is sadness for the prelude.
4. I listened to this discourse with the extremest agony.
5. The scholar discoursed on the poetic style of John Keats.
2. Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.
3. No amount of discourse is sadness for the prelude.
4. I listened to this discourse with the extremest agony.
5. The scholar discoursed on the poetic style of John Keats.
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Meanings and Examples of DISCOURSE
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discourse
n. formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
Classic Sentence: (85 in 6 pages)
1 I listened to this discourse with the extremest agony.
2 If she entered a church, trusting to share the Sabbath smile of the Universal Father, it was often her mishap to find herself the text of the discourse.
3 The next day, however, being the Sabbath, he preached a discourse which was held to be the richest and most powerful, and the most replete with heavenly influences, that had ever proceeded from his lips.
4 Next in order to the magistrates came the young and eminently distinguished divine, from whose lips the religious discourse of the anniversary was expected.
5 By this time the preliminary prayer had been offered in the meeting-house, and the accents of the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale were heard commencing his discourse.
6 On every formal visit a child ought to be of the party, by way of provision for discourse.
7 Elinor took no notice of this; and directing her attention to their visitor, endeavoured to support something like discourse with him, by talking of their present residence, its conveniences, &c.
8 And then to turn the discourse, she began admiring the house and the furniture.
9 Such a thought would never enter either Sir John or Lady Middleton's head; and therefore very little leisure was ever given for a general chat, and none at all for particular discourse.
10 After very little farther discourse, it was finally settled that the invitation should be fully accepted.
11 And thus ended their discourse.
12 Some doubts always lingered in her mind when they parted, which could only be removed by another half hour's discourse with himself.
13 He immediately began to talk to Drummle: not at all deterred by his replying in his heavy reticent way, but apparently led on by it to screw discourse out of him.
14 I thanked him for his friendship and caution, and our discourse proceeded in a low tone, while I toasted the Aged's sausage and he buttered the crumb of the Aged's roll.
15 Having availed herself of it, she resumed her toast and her discourse together.
Example Sentence:
1 No amount of discourse is sadness for the prelude.
2 Reading makes a full amn, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.
3 He was hoping for some lively political discourse at the meeting.
4 Each participant also behaves as if there exists only one presupposition pool shared by all participants in the discourse.
5 Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.
6 Gates responds with a lengthy discourse on deployment strategy.
7 The young Plato was drawn to the Agora to hear the philosophical discourse of Socrates and his followers.
8 Most rational people don't enjoy that kind of opinionated discourse since it achieves nothing but elevated blood pressure.
9 Meantime, while I thought only of my master and his future bride -- saw only them, heard only their discourse, and considered only their movements of importance -- the rest of the party were occupied with their own separate interests and pleasures.
10 The point here is that institutions define the discourses and narratives through which aesthetic experience is received.
11 The speaker discoursed knowledgeably on a variety of subjects.
12 My girl friend discoursed on a topic she had grown greatly interested in.
13 The professor discoursed at length on how students from different language backgrounds make the same kinds of mistakes in the use of articles.
14 The scholar discoursed on the poetic style of John Keats.