Example sentences for: onomastic

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

  • In my view the chief obstacle to clearing up this unfortunate onomastic mess is the inflexibility and conservatism of those who dominate the official associations of these racquet sports.

  • Just a little effort on the part of people with names like this--put Cox with Willing , for example, and something has to happen--could take some of the strain off the neurotically prolific Martins, Bernards , and Petits and send a welcome ray of sunshine into the gloom-filled halls of the French Onomastic Society.

  • According to Bowman, Musical Names: The Titles of Symphonies is a beginning on an abundant onomastic field.

  • His book has not been written for people like me, and its real impact will have to be judged when it gets into the hands of those intended readers who are not already onomastic freaks.

  • In any event, this book is well known to all who are familiar with onomastic literature, as, indeed, are other works by George Stewart, American Place-Names and Names on the Globe (reviewed in VERBATIM by W.F.H.


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