Example Sentences

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The delivery of all the speeches of the broken, humiliated, haunted minister was deeply touching, not alone in music of voice but in denotement of knowledge of human nature and human suffering and endurance.

From Shadows of the Stage by Winter, William

The expression of admiration on her face, although quiet and delicate, was quite satisfactory—for a moment only; and then the denotement of delight passed out of her visage, as though expelled by some physical pang.

From Eleven Possible Cases by Fyles, Franklin

Some pronouns are so general, and hence so vague, in their denotement that they show the speaker's complete ignorance of the objects they denote.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd

This extremely modern denotement was a marked feature of his genius, often overlooked.

From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Burton, Richard

When postfixed to the noun-state of the verb, the compound word thus formed expresses a continued state of the verbal denotement.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold