Example Sentences

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The Roman general did the same, induced by necessity, rather than by the favourableness of the occasion.

From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus

I was quite uneasy at getting no attack from the "Witness," thinking I must have overestimated the impression that I had made, and the favourableness of the reception of what I said.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 by Huxley, Thomas Henry