Example sentences for: apposition

How can you use “apposition” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Colanders The Vermont Housewares Outlet uses the definite article in the apposition to suggest both uniqueness and some official status.

  • Figure 3Aillustrates the normal ultrastructural appearance of an Ocl from a control femur; note the normal ruffled border and snug apposition of the Ocl to the bone surface.

  • The apposition is to be distinguished from the adjectival modifier such as Barney's Good food in a Country Atmosphere , which serves to describe more precisely the type of establishment the motorist is approaching.

  • In contrast to the close apposition of Ocl to the bone surface seen in control specimens, in estradiol-treated animals Ocl extended away from the bone surface with little bone contact (Figure 2D).

  • The device is not without its pitfalls however, as witness the following: Henry David's a Restaurant . The combination of the possessive and the apposition creates a solecism unless we assume that a word was omitted--perhaps Pub or Saloon . I have passed the sign several times in the past few years and recently noted that it had been cleaned and repainted, but the apostrophe remains.


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