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Five years' sojourn between these four walls and of disappearance had necessarily destroyed or dispersed the elements of fear.

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 Meanings and Examples of SOJOURN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sojourn
 n.  temporary stay; brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
Classic Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  He had calculated that his earnings, during his sojourn in the galleys, ought to amount to a hundred and seventy-one francs.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IX—NEW TROUBLES
2  , inured by his past life to culpable deeds, and but little reformed by his sojourn in the galleys, as was proved by the crime committed against Little Gervais, etc.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FO...
3  She had besides, more than formerly, in her face that indescribably terrified and lamentable something which sojourn in a prison adds to wretchedness.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—AN APPARITION TO MARIUS
4  Five years' sojourn between these four walls and of disappearance had necessarily destroyed or dispersed the elements of fear.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE HOUSE WITH A SECRET
5  But there was no getting at the place of sojourn of the future abbe; the defiles of the chamber of Aramis were as well guarded as the gardens of Armida.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 26 ARAMIS AND HIS THESIS
6  Felton, in his rapid walk, reviewed in his mind all the accusations against the favorite of James I and Charles I, furnished by two years of premature meditation and a long sojourn among the Puritans.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 59 WHAT TOOK PLACE AT PORTSMOUTH AUGUST 23, 1628
7  Robert related incidents of his sojourn in Mexico, and Edna talked of events likely to interest him, which had occurred during his absence.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXIV
8  You may think that I read the papers with some attention during my sojourn in France, on the look-out for any chance of laying him by the heels.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
9  He then, of his own accord, spoke of going home, a subject he has never mentioned to my knowledge during his sojourn here.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
10  The indentures shall be completed to-day, but you must continue your sojourn in our midst.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VII
11  And lord Anchises: "War dost thou carry, land of our sojourn; horses are armed in war, and menace of war is in this herd."
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK THIRD
12  Some hundred paces from it lies the manor-house Ny Soe, where Thorwaldsen, the famed sculptor, generally sojourned during his stay in Denmark, and where he called many of his immortal works into existence.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE DREAM OF LITTLE TUK
13  He brought in the maiden that had sojourned with the Delawares; and, leaving her in the cave, has put himself, like a raging wolf, at the head of his savages.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
14  Feathered species sojourned here in hiding which would have created wonder if found elsewhere.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
15  The original iron entered nigh the tail, and, like a restless needle sojourning in the body of a man, travelled full forty feet, and at last was found imbedded in the hump.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.
Example Sentence:
1  After his sojourn in Florida, he began to long for the colder climate of his native New England home.