Example sentences for: origins

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

  • For me, the treatment has the redeeming feature of describing conflicting arguments about origins: too often compilers of such books feel obliged to take a position on one side or the other in pursuit of “the truth,” seldom attainable in matters of language.

  • There are several theories about the origins of the name burrito, and there may be some truth to all of them.

  • The origins of the conference are described in McDavid's opening remarks.

  • For more on the origins of the Encyclopedia, see Intelligence report, interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, June 24, 2003.

  • Deadly nightshade and woody nightshade , the narcotic plants commonly known as belladonna and bittersweet, have their origins in Old English nihtscada, niht night and scada shade.


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