Besides, the First Consul considered it indispensable that such circumstantial details should be given in a way to leave no doubt of their correctness.
He might have added to his circumstantial details relative to Josephine the conversation he is reported go have had with Bonaparte to Egypt; but he never breathed a word on the subject, for his character was always noble and generous.
Have you ever heard of the thing called circumstantial evidence, Moira?
Now on top of that Albert Cumshaw must come with this circumstantial story of his and upset all my deductions.
In another, he displays his acumen in unravelling or in constructing a tangled chain of circumstantial evidence.
Circumstantial evidence, we know, points to him; but we have also an alibi which is incontestable.
A woman would a good deal rather believe circumstantial evidence than not.
The fact that they did not expect a resurrection and gave evidence of that by their conduct and their speech at and just after the Lord's death is strong circumstantial evidence that their testimony subsequently given is true.
In addition to this circumstantial evidence, all the facts show that the birth of Jesus was in October, and that December 25, nine months previous, was probably the date of the annunciation.
Cara says you are writing; and, though I desire not to ask prying questions, I should feel much joy in your being able to tell me that you are at work on something which gives you a life apart from circumstantial things.
Shocked, stunned, outraged as she felt at the mere fact that such a story had gained an instant's credence in garrison circles, she was overwhelmed by the weight of circumstantial evidence that had been arrayed against her.
How could he look on this picture and then--on that,--the one portrayed in the chain of circumstantial evidence which the colonel had laid before him?
Those who seemed to have clearer notions than the rest were obliged to give him circumstantial descriptions of what they had seen.
The particulars of his success since have been too much before our eyes to render a circumstantial detail of them expedient.
We may read in the Guardian a circumstantial account of a man who was utterly ruined by gaining a capital prize:--we may recollect what Dr.
Maurice had assisted Madeleine with her circumstantial shopping; and, at dusk on Christmas Eve, he helped her to carry her parcels to the house of some German friends.
A lingering lover of the Mediaeval genius can perceive nothing more in a circumstantial legend than "a little exaggeration.
The occasion which levelled this artful and elaborate scandalous chronicle at Leicester, and at Leicester alone, remains as unknown as this circumstantialnarrative descends to us unauthenticated and unrefuted.
But the critical sagacity of Warton did not wholly desert him through all the circumstantial narrative, for suddenly his pen pauses, and he exclaims on these travels of Surrey, that "they have the air of a romance!
In the circumstantial analysis of Warton, the reader may pursue his "course of man's life" through the windings of the labyrinth.
Circumstantial evidence can seldom fail if the real circumstances are brought out.
This was the last case of any importance which I tried on circuit, and if any trial could show the value of circumstantial evidence, it was this one.
How is it possible, then, to bring home the charge to the culprit unless you rely on circumstantial evidence?
Circumstantial evidence is the evidence of circumstances--facts that speak for themselves and that cannot be contradicted.
In all the examples previously cited, the evidence as to the effect of chlorination on typhoid mortality rates is circumstantial but, taken as a whole, it is fairly conclusive.
In some cases this evidence is necessarily of a circumstantial nature; in others it is definite and conclusive.
This description[1] is quite circumstantial and is of especial interest because it formed the basis of nearly all the accounts written up to the time when that country came into our possession.
Bartlett's account held place for nearly thirty years as the main reliance of compilers, and it forms today one of the most circumstantial and comprehensive descriptions extant.
A circumstantial story has already been invented in the village to this effect.
In his book Nordmaendene i Amerika Langeland gives a circumstantial account of his coming to Spring Prairie.
As to Sim, the circumstantialevidence looked grave.
Glancing hastily at the document, the lawyer rose with a smile of secure triumph and said that, circumstantial as the evidence on all essential points had hitherto been, he was now in a position to render it conclusive.
Once and again they had been before the judges, and though none doubted their guilt, they had been sent back to await more conclusive or more circumstantial evidence.
This step had been in contemplation since the direful tragedy which had recently been perpetrated in their midst, and of which the facts remained still unexplained, though circumstantial evidence pointed to a solution of the mystery.
She had then a very long and circumstantial conversation with Mr Monckton, who explained whatever had appeared dark in the writings left by Mr Harrel, and who came to her before he saw them, with full knowledge of what they contained.
Motive, opportunity, circumstantial evidence, all went to prove his guilt.
It would take almost a miracle to clear that man from the network of circumstantial evidence that trips us up at every step.
And this poor devil, overwhelmed no doubt by the circumstantial evidence which told so strongly against him, acted too hastily.
The man was identified as Reginald Davis, who was wanted on a charge of murder, thecircumstantial evidence against him being very strong; the verdict returned was one of suicide.
My Lord and gentlemen of the jury--yesterday you heard the case for the prosecution, and the long chain of circumstantial evidence that all went to show the guilt of the prisoner at the bar.
Circumstantial evidence there is in abundance, but nothing--absolutely nothing--that can justify you in finding this man guilty.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "circumstantial" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
