UNISON in a Sentence

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For UNISON, below is one of 10 sentences:
She was in unison with Father Gillenormand; while he erected joy into aphorisms and maxims, she exhaled goodness like a perfume.

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 Meanings and Examples of UNISON
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
unison
 n.  corresponding exactly
 n.  two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch
Classic Sentence:
1  Whole brigades grinned in unison, and regiments laughed.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
2  They seemed to be grinding their teeth in unison.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
3  And then, after a few preliminary tries, the whole farm burst out into 'Beasts of England' in tremendous unison.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
4  Little by little, living together, two people fall into a sort of unison, they vibrate so intricately to one another.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
5  Franz felt a shudder run through his veins at observing that the feeling of the duke and the countess was so much in unison with his own personal disquietude.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
6  For such particulars, stated on such authority, Elinor could not withhold her credit; nor was she disposed to it, for the circumstance was in perfect unison with what she had heard and seen herself.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
7  She was in unison with Father Gillenormand; while he erected joy into aphorisms and maxims, she exhaled goodness like a perfume.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING
8  The Tyrrhene ranks gather round him, and all at once in unison shower their darts down on the hated foe.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK TENTH
Example Sentence:
1  I am pleased to report that the various committees are now working in unison to thoroughly investigate this matter.
2  Try to sing in unison if you can.