APPERTAIN in a Sentence

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Example sentences for APPERTAIN, such as:

1. It was the quality of the repose appertaining to the scene.
2. It has been said there is nothing appertaining to life upon the broad plain.
3. In this great stretch of country there is no sign of life, nor of anything appertaining to life.
4. She was a stranger to all such local gatherings, and had always held them as scarcely appertaining to her sphere.
5. He asked me several questions concerning my progress in the different branches of science appertaining to natural philosophy.

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 Meanings and Examples of APPERTAIN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
appertain
 v.  be a part or attribute of
Classic Sentence:
1  In this great stretch of country there is no sign of life, nor of anything appertaining to life.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
2  It has been said there is nothing appertaining to life upon the broad plain.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
3  It was the quality of the repose appertaining to the scene.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
4  She was a stranger to all such local gatherings, and had always held them as scarcely appertaining to her sphere.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
5  In this mood of mind I betook myself to the mathematics and the branches of study appertaining to that science as being built upon secure foundations, and so worthy of my consideration.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
6  He asked me several questions concerning my progress in the different branches of science appertaining to natural philosophy.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
7  He again applied his eye to the glass, and turning his ear to the partition, listened attentively: with a subtle and eager look upon his face, that might have appertained to some old goblin.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
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