CONJUNCTION in a Sentence

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Pestsov maintained that art is one, and that it can attain its highest manifestations only by conjunction with all kinds of art.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONJUNCTION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
conjunction
 n.  state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
Classic Sentence:
1  It would have done so, pretty surely, in conjunction with the mental wear and tear I had suffered, but for the unnatural strain upon me that to-morrow was.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIII
2  And really the great friendship and consideration of personally associating Sophy with the joyful occasion, and inviting her to be a bridesmaid in conjunction with Miss Wickfield, demands my warmest thanks.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 43. ANOTHER RETROSPECT
3  But his simplicity, particularly in conjunction with his good looks, his amiable smile, and the grace of his movements, was very attractive.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 8
4  Pestsov maintained that art is one, and that it can attain its highest manifestations only by conjunction with all kinds of art.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 5
5  Indeed, this conjunction of exciting and provocative motives led to Chichikov devoting to his toilet an amount of time never witnessed since the creation of the world.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VIII
6  There was something naively festive in his air, which, in conjunction with his firm and virile features, gave him a rather comical expression.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III
7  And that these two bodies made up the most august assembly in Europe; to whom, in conjunction with the prince, the whole legislature is committed.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VI.
8  When taken in conjunction with your uncle's death I am not sure that of all the five hundred cases of capital importance which I have handled there is one which cuts so deep.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
9  These things, in conjunction with the wild work we have in hand, help to unnerve a man.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
10  And herein I think lies the chief, if not the only reason, why the male and female in mankind are tied to a longer conjunction than other creatures, viz.
Second Treatise of Government By John Locke
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
11  He considered those magnificent conjunctions of atoms, which communicate aspects to matter, reveal forces by verifying them, create individualities in unity, proportions in extent, the innumerable in the infinite, and, through light, produce beauty.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII—WHAT HE BELIEVED
12  These conjunctions are formed and dissolved incessantly; hence life and death.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII—WHAT HE BELIEVED
13  But, fair or not fair, there are unbecoming conjunctions, which reason will patronize in vain--which taste cannot tolerate--which ridicule will seize.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
Example Sentence:
1  The theory is that there was a rare conjunction of certain bright planets that created the image of the so-called 'Star of Bethlehem'.
2  The police are working in conjunction with tax officers on the investigation.
3  The system is designed to be used in conjunction with a word processing program.
4  It was a strange conjunction — the prim serious young Queen and the elderly, cynical Whig.
5  The conjunction of workmanship and artistry in making jewelry decides the value of the jewelry.