Example Sentences

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The destinies here seen segmentary will appear full circle beyond the grave.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

Narrow lanes opened off the main street affording access to wharves and warehouses, and presenting at their termini segmentary views of ships’ hulls, bowsprits, and booms, with a background of muddy water and smoke.

From The Lifeboat by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

In the same way, the segmentary structure of society is more and more overlaid by the other, but without ever disappearing completely.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra