PROPINQUITY in a Sentence

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Their relationship could not be explained as being based on mere propinquity; they were more than relatives, they were true friends.

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 Meanings and Examples of PROPINQUITY
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propinquity
 n.  property of being close together; kinship; nearness; similarity in nature
Classic Sentence:
1  Trenor, a little heated by his unusual flow of words, and perhaps by prolonged propinquity with the decanters, was bending over the latter to decipher their silver labels.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 13
2  Uninvited, unexpected, droppers-in, lured off the high road by the very same instinct that caused the sheep and the cows to desire propinquity, they had come.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 3
Example Sentence:
1  Their relationship could not be explained as being based on mere propinquity; they were more than relatives, they were true friends.