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One is aware in him of an anacoluthic quality, as if his mind suddenly stopped leaping in one direction to begin jumping in a quite contrary direction.

From The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster by Begbie, Harold

He never becomes anacoluthic; his talent is too refined and sure for that; but he does repeat himself and is unnecessarily circumstantial.

From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan

Aspirates troubled him, so that for the most part he cast them away, and the syntax of his periods was often anacoluthic; but these matters were of no moment.

From Demos by Gissing, George