Example Sentences

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Abner accepted his environment; after all, he might force the conversation to soar far above the mere materialities.

From Under the Skylights by Fuller, Henry Blake

The arc of descent ends in materialities, and the arc of ascent ends in spiritualities.

From Some Answered Questions by `Abdu'l-Bahá

This very mental heaviness, holding him down to materialities, kept his contemplation of contingencies from becoming bewildering.

From Never-Fail Blake by Stringer, Arthur

There is something about an empty room, empty except of memories, but containing nothing besides, no materialities, no certainties as to the future, which is intimidating to one who stops and thinks.

From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Brett, Harold M.

Substance comprises all corporal materialities: instinctive needs, irrational movements, in a word, all actions where common sense is not a factor.

From Common Sense, How to Exercise It by Yoritomo-Tashi, Mme. Blanchard