EPISTLE in a Sentence

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For EPISTLE, below is one of 10 sentences:
No wonder that letters addressed to people here had never received an answer: as well despatch epistles to a vault in a church aisle.

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 Meanings and Examples of EPISTLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
epistle
 n.  a writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; letter
Classic Sentence:
1  The fact is, that the contents of the epistle had slipped Marius' mind.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITEN...
2  No; so I yesterday addressed another epistle to her, still more pressing than the first.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 25 PORTHOS
3  The other was a large square epistle, resplendent with the terrible arms of his Eminence the cardinal duke.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 39 A VISION
4  He therefore seized the little epistle, and opened it eagerly.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 39 A VISION
5  Yes; it was not a very polite epistle from the manager of a theatre, in which both pieces were flatly refused.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
6  The next morning he saw Albert pass and repass, holding an enormous bouquet, which he doubtless meant to make the bearer of his amorous epistle.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.
7  "I have a letter for you, Ivan Grigorievitch," went on Chichikov aloud as he produced from his pocket Plushkin's epistle.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VII
8  Yet, in spite of its tenor, the epistle reassured its recipient.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
9  No wonder that letters addressed to people here had never received an answer: as well despatch epistles to a vault in a church aisle.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
Example Sentence:
1  Her mother sends her a long epistle every week.