MISCELLANEOUS in a Sentence

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The tiled floor was thick with dust, and a remarkable array of miscellaneous objects was shrouded in the same grey covering.

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 Meanings and Examples of MISCELLANEOUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
miscellaneous
 a.  mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous
Classic Sentence:
1  Not long after this, Jurgis, wearying of the risks and vicissitudes of miscellaneous crime, was moved to give up the career for that of a politician.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
2  And now ensued a miscellaneous scene of confusion.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  In the barroom he found assembled quite a miscellaneous company, whom stress of weather had driven to harbor, and the place presented the usual scenery of such reunions.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  Her experience and miscellaneous reading were of service now, for they gave her some idea of dramatic effect, and supplied plot, language, and costumes.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
5  He was a sort of town traveller for a number of miscellaneous houses, now; but made little or nothing of it, I am afraid.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11. I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON'T LIK...
6  The tiled floor was thick with dust, and a remarkable array of miscellaneous objects was shrouded in the same grey covering.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In VIII
7  A thing altogether incredible were it not that attracted by such prey as a dead whale, the otherwise miscellaneously carnivorous shark will seldom touch a man.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 72. The Monkey-Rope.
8  Haley ran up and down, and cursed and swore and stamped miscellaneously.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
Example Sentence:
1  A small boy's pockets are likely to contain a miscellaneous collection of objects.
2  It took weeks to assort the agglomeration of miscellaneous items she had collected on her trip.