Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The vexation which these impolitic scrupulosities occasioned in the superior mind of our decided hero, is difficult to be described.

From The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 by Harrison, James

Whereto he replied, that such scrupulosities, however praiseworthy in calmer tines, ought now to yield to the paramount consideration of saving a soul alive.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various

Whereto he replied, that such scrupulosities, however praiseworthy in calmer times, ought now to yield to the paramount consideration of saving a soul alive.

From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Willis, Herbert