in transitu
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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June 6th.—We have hard work at the War Department, and some confusion owing to the loss of a box of papers in transitu from Montgomery.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp
Their spirits were taking wing, and it was only by extraordinary skill that I effected what lawyer Snoodles said was a complete 'stoppage in transitu.'
From The Portland Sketch Book by Various
In grave burial, the gases percolate gradually; and a considerable portion may be reasonably supposed to be neutralized, in transitu.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
The place of rendezvous was the White Horse Cellar, in Piccadilly—a spot almost as celebrated for those who are in transitu, as was the Isthmus of Suez of old.
From Recollections of Europe by Cooper, James Fenimore
In fact, I think, much more so than in transitu.
From The Minstrel A Collection of Poems by Amott, Lennox
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