PERTINENT in a Sentence

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For PERTINENT, below is one of 8 sentences:
Did the company fall to discussing well-bred dogs, at once he had remarks of the most pertinent kind possible to offer.

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 Meanings and Examples of PERTINENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
pertinent
 a.  having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
Classic Sentence:
1  Nor did the scout fail to throw in a pertinent inquiry, whenever a fitting occasion presented.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
2  Mrs. Charpentier blushed at my pertinent question.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
3  Did the company fall to discussing well-bred dogs, at once he had remarks of the most pertinent kind possible to offer.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER I
4  The pertinence of the question checked Selden's fugitive impulse before the train had started.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 1
Example Sentence:
1  Please keep your comments pertinent to the topic under discussion.
2  The last point is particularly pertinent to today's discussion.
3  Mrs Southern listened keenly, occasionally breaking in with pertinent questions.
4  That policy, in pertinent part, said as follows: "A person living at other countries should not be counted as a vote."