Example Sentences

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We are beginning to have glamours and importances of our own.

From On the Stairs by Fuller, Henry Blake

Van Eyck’s finish is saved because up to the last he is essentially impressionist, that is, he keeps a just account of relative importances and keeps them in their true subordination one to another. 

From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Butler, Samuel

The difficulty lies in the nice appreciation of relative importances and in the giving each detail neither more nor less than its due. 

From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Butler, Samuel

She replied nothing at first, till he feared she might think it her duty to resent a question that made light of all her husband's importances.

From Madame De Mauves by James, Henry

I want my readers to be intelligent about understanding the relative importances of different hygienic treatment and useful supporting practices.

From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve