Example Sentences

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Next to his suite is a Roman Catholic chapel, the Saturnia and her sistership Vulcania, being the only ships pontifically authorized to carry the sacrament.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The first quoting interview ever given by J. Stalin to a foreign journalist was obtained by Eugene Lyons," you pontifically announce.

From Time Magazine Archive

In these words, pontifically handed from his high office in Manhattan's Empire State Building, Alfred Emanuel Smith last week announced his fourth Presidential candidacy.

From Time Magazine Archive

"This case," pontifically agreed Senator Overton, "is sui generis."

From Time Magazine Archive

“I am a genius,” he said shortly after arriving back in Iceland, not pontifically but sincerely.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady