REFORMATORY in a Sentence

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Miss Ophelia, after passing on her reformatory tour through all the other parts of the establishment, now entered the kitchen.

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 Meanings and Examples of REFORMATORY
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reformatory
 a.  serving or designed to reform
Classic Sentence:
1  Miss Ophelia, after passing on her reformatory tour through all the other parts of the establishment, now entered the kitchen.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
2  Such misdemeanors needed discriminating treatment, firm but reformatory, with no hint of injustice, and full proof of guilt.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  The struggle for reformatories, which has gone on in Virginia, Georgia, and other States, is the one encouraging sign of the awakening of some communities to the suicidal results of this policy.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In IX
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