FOLIO in a Sentence

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For FOLIO, below is one of 4 sentences:
Of the grand order of folio leviathans, the Sperm Whale and the Right Whale are by far the most noteworthy.

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 Meanings and Examples of FOLIO
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folio
 n.  a sheet of any written or printed material; the system of numbering pages
Classic Sentence:
1  Of the grand order of folio leviathans, the Sperm Whale and the Right Whale are by far the most noteworthy.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 74. The Sperm Whale's Head—Contrasted View.
2  By good rights he should only be treated of in imperial folio.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale.
3  Dante in folio nous servait de table.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER VI—WAITING
4  I could make of that subject two volumes the size of this, continued the Jesuit; and in his enthusiasm he struck a St. Chrysostom in folio, which made the table bend beneath its weight.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 26 ARAMIS AND HIS THESIS
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