OBSERVANCE in a Sentence
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312 example sentences for OBSERVANCE, such as:
1. They observed him entering the bank.
2. He was observed to follow her closely.
3. The police observed a man enter the bank.
4. They carefully observed the behavior of deer.
5. The police observed the man entering/enter the bank.
2. He was observed to follow her closely.
3. The police observed a man enter the bank.
4. They carefully observed the behavior of deer.
5. The police observed the man entering/enter the bank.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of OBSERVANCE
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observance
n. the act of noticing or paying attention
n. conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 If, as I am willing to suppose, you wish to shew me any observance, you will not give way to these emotions, but endeavour to reason yourself into a stronger frame of mind.
2 In that house Elizabeth must be first; and she was in the habit of such general observance as "Miss Elliot," that any particularity of attention seemed almost impossible.
3 To my surprise it was nothing of any importance at all, but simply a copy of the questions and answers in the singular old observance called the Musgrave Ritual.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
4 Holmes had shaken off his temporary ill-humour, and his characteristic talk, with its keen observance of detail and subtle power of inference held me amused and enthralled.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
Context Highlight In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
5 The observance of these precautions will give an army great confidence, and such confidence leads to victory.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXIII.
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXIII.
6 Therefore a wise lord cannot, nor ought he to, keep faith when such observance may be turned against him, and when the reasons that caused him to pledge it exist no longer.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In CHAPTER XVIII(*) — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SH...
Context Highlight In CHAPTER XVIII(*) — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SH...
7 In the school we made a special effort to teach our students the meaning of Christmas, and to give them lessons in its proper observance.
8 The observance of Sunday at Bellomont was chiefly marked by the punctual appearance of the smart omnibus destined to convey the household to the little church at the gates.
9 These were the only traces of luxury, of that clinging to the minute observance of personal seemliness, which showed what her other renunciations must have cost.
10 This fashion of sacrifice keep thou, thyself and thy comrades, and let thy children abide in this pure observance.
11 The Albans taught it their children; on from them mighty Rome received it and kept the ancestral observance; and now it is called Troy, and the boys the Trojan troop.
12 Of course I felt my good faith involved in the observance of his request.
13 Lily had hinted to Mr. Gryce that this neglect of religious observances was repugnant to her early traditions, and that during her visits to Bellomont she regularly accompanied Muriel and Hilda to church.
14 Nine o'clock was an early hour for a visit, but Selden had passed beyond all such conventional observances.
15 All their other ceremonies and observances depended upon these; because men naturally believed that the God who could forecast their future weal or woe, could also bring them to pass.
Example Sentence: (102 in 7 pages)
1 The worker was praised for his observance of the rules.
2 Brianna Kahane, the 8-year-old violin prodigy, played at the memorial observance there.
3 The Syrian government “affirmed that it will provide the necessary cooperation, including the observance of the cessation of hostilities at the locations related to the incident.”
4 Religious observances such as fasting can be hard to follow.
5 Predators have been observed to avoid attacking brightly coloured species.
6 The police observed a man enter the bank.
7 They observed him entering the bank.
8 Troop movements can be observed from space by a satellite.
9 They carefully observed the behavior of deer.
10 Cases of child cruelty occur more often than they are observed.
11 Scientists have observed a drop in ozone levels over the Antarctic.
12 He documented the destruction he observed during the Cosovo War.
13 The police observed the man entering/enter the bank.
14 He was observed to follow her closely.
15 She observed the gentle movement of his chest as he breathed.