Example Sentences

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I have told you everything, se�or caballero," said Fray Juan; "and I will only add that you are not to suppose that I am violating the confidences of God.

From The Spanish Jade by Hyde, William Henry

I am violating no confidence, though, in saying I’m hungry.

From Whispering Smith by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

I do not feel that in showing it to you I am violating any trust reposed in me by the Misses Quinlan.

From The Mayor's Wife by Green, Anna Katharine

But I am violating the laws of precedence in noticing yeomen before gentlemen.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

It is the utmost that I will do, and already I am violating what I conceive to be my duty.

From Scaramouche by Sabatini, Rafael