Example sentences for: thon

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

  • The second chapter of the Handbook is devoted in its entirety to The Pronoun Problem, mercifully concluding with the expression of some doubt that an artificial generic pronoun, like hir, thon, per , and other abominations, is likely to take hold.

  • It is the first citation in the OED Supplement , Volume 4 (1986), which defines the word as a “TV program lasting several hours, especially to solicit contributions,” coined by analogy from marathon . What had apparently happened was that a false analysis had divided the Olympic event into two specious morphemes, as if mar(a) meant `running' and -(a)thon meant `long' as a suffix.


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