Example Sentences

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He said archaeologists had also found remnants of a brick wall that may have delineated the church property.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2021

Strzok did not elaborate on whether prosecutors made any effort to secure a search warrant, which could have delineated precisely what agents could and could not search.

From Fox News • Mar. 14, 2019

I have delineated only the rays issuing from two points of an object, and distinguished the two pencils in fig.

From Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained by Jones, Thomas P.

I have delineated the more favourable side already; but it has its shadows.

From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard

THEODORUS: And you will have three times as much reason to thank me when they have delineated the Statesman and Philosopher, as well as the Sophist.

From Statesman by Plato