Example Sentences

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To maintain combustion," commenced Ardan syllogistically and sententiously, "air is necessary.

From All Around the Moon by Roth, Edward

He reasons syllogistically about power, pleasure, and pain, without attaching any definite notion to any one of those words.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Find, without reference to the mnemonic verses, in what different ways it is possible to prove syllogistically the conclusion No S is P; and show the equivalence between these different ways.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth

In some it may be more lively, strong and active, like the centurion's faith, that could argue syllogistically, Matt. viii.

From Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life by Brown, John (of Wamphray)

And Frank Wenlock, looking from one to the other, edged in, and performed that somewhat syllogistically described feat with a will.

From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Mitford, Bertram