Sublime Porte

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noun

the full name of the Porte

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Words nearby Sublime Porte

sublicensee, sublieutenant, sublimate, sublimation, sublime, Sublime Porte, subliminal, subliminal advertising, subliminal perception, sublimity, sublingual

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Example sentences from the Web for Sublime Porte

From this louche improbable source pours music of sublime beauty without one false note.
Why Can’t Movies Capture Genius?|Clive Irving|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I have thought that no incident in the life of Jackson was more truly sublime than this,” wrote Hill.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor|S. C. Gwynne|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The decision brings the Military more in line with its veterans who have seen combat and found nothing sublime in war.
There Are Only Atheists in Fox Holes|Michael Carson|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It seems like volunteers for ISIS are surfing for the sublime,” Atran wrote to me on Sunday.
ISIS, Hip-Hop Jihadists and the Man Who Killed James Foley|Christopher Dickey|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

We did it by knowing that the writing is really sublime and just opening yourself to it.
Inside Orange Is the New Black’s Terrifying Showdown Between Red and Vee|Kevin Fallon|June 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On such occasions his unfaltering impudence reached heights truly sublime.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
His family lived in commodious apartments over the store, having an entrance on the side within the porte cochere.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Byron wrote dashingly about 'sublime Tobacco,' but I do not think he carried the practice to excess.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
To fall from the sublime to the ridiculous is especially awkward, and results in becoming very particularly ridiculous yourself.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
The fat, heavy man looked at them for a second, laughed again, and sped through the porte-cochère.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke

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