Example Sentences

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I am afraid music is a foreign language to Professor Gore also, with his talk of "osculatory orchestration" and similar tripe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next day, at school, she must listen to an aftermath of gossipy surmise anent the disappointing osculatory hero.

From Missy by Gatlin, Dana

She pulled the blue toboggan cap over her head, took a hasty osculatory leave of her father, seized books and lunch basket, and followed her mother to the door.

From The Dark Star by Stevens, William Dodge

The usual circular, hieroglyphic and osculatory invitation appears at the lower left-hand corner.

From Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. by Howe, William F.

But so far the osculatory experiment has proved a dire failure.

From Born Again by Lawson, Alfred