Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

He is elaborating now the idea of a world planned out like an immense and nice hospital, with gardens and flowers, in which the strong are to devote themselves to the nursing of the weak.”

From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Conrad, Joseph

The Editor begs most pointedly to meet in limine the suspicion, that he is elaborating a trick, or vouching for another ghost of Mrs. Veal.

From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 2 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

In inspiration, in prophecy, in those flashes of the sacred fire which reveal the secret places where Time is elaborating the marvels of Nature, he stands alone.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret