Example Sentences

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As I continued my scrutiny of the landscape, I was addressed by a voice whose accents were not objurgatory.

From The Siege of the Seven Suitors by Nicholson, Meredith

For two hours the colonel, with the occasional objurgatory assistance of his partner, talked, begged argued, threatened, and even wept.

From Average Jones by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

These were mixed, or alternated, with, occasional harsh objurgatory notes, coming from another person, apparently a man, and supposed, by Carey, to be Cubby Grandison himself.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander

A series of the most objurgatory resolutions had been prepared for the occasion, yet the writer saw that it would be better to keep them in his pocket.

From Sevenoaks by Holland, J. G. (Josiah Gilbert)

Never before had I the faintest conception of the breadth and depth and height of a naval officer's objurgatory powers.

From King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Henry Rider