Example Sentences

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More surprising still, instead of sulking over the curtailment of the dear privilege of self-dissection, Joel was plainly interested.

From Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale by Smith, Harriet L.

Perhaps, after all her self-dissection, there were still secret chambers.

From The Hillman by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

Great, also, is the knowledge the preacher may win from self-dissection.

From The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching by Jackson, J. Dodd (James Dodd)

But she lingered purposely over the meal and even for some time after she had finished, preoccupied with self-dissection.

From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph

The doctor realized that for the present there was no more self-dissection to be got from Sir Richmond.

From Secret Places of the Heart by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)