Example sentences for: xxi

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

  • I find Mary Imber's comments on rhyming slang, O. Abootty's short essay on Kerala Billingsgate, and Charles Lewis' neat exposition of English permutations [XXI, 4] particularly entertaining and informative.

  • David Galef in his article Sound and Sense [XXI, 2], says that the childish exclamation Peeyoo ! probably stems from a distorted rendering of Phew !

  • E.A. Livingston's communication [XXI, 3] certainly struck a responsive chord in me.

  • As a Rhode Islander, I naturally paid particular attention to Mr. Champlin's article, Language at Bay [XXI,3].

  • In David Galef's “Sound and Sense” [XXI, 1], please note that the reference in “The Miller's Tale” should have been to Alison, the wife of John the carpenter, not to the reeve's wife; also, for “sussurus” read susurrus .


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