Example Sentences

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There were now three bullets in that one hole—three bullets embedded processionally in the body of the stump back of the target.

From Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences by Twain, Mark

A minion from the messenger's office walked processionally before us bearing a key, and presently we were in Mr. Harbottle's sanctuary.

From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)

Many people uncovered as they thus went by processionally, carrying on high their banners of the Virgin, she who is invoked by the Catholic soldier as "Auzilium Christianorum."

From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

The monks brought their dead hither," says Viollet le Duc, "processionally; the body was placed in the porch; the brethren remained outside.

From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

The performers of the ball went up to this part of the saloon, in couples, processionally, to avoid confusion.

From A Treatise on the Art of Dancing by Gallini, Giovanni-Andrea