Example Sentences

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Clara had lately discovered the meaning of the word "plebeian"; more, she believed she comprehended its applicableness.

From Different Girls by Various

Although the old phrase about "the schoolmaster being abroad" has never before had anything like the amount of applicableness which it now possesses, there is perhaps still a certain prejudice against schoolmasters.

From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by Saintsbury, George