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Example sentences for "conclave"

Lexicographically close words:
concilio; concise; concisely; conciseness; concision; conclaves; conclud; conclude; concluded; concludes
  1. That is a fine acquisition for one who may profit by it, but surely to be distinguished from compulsion.

  2. And further on, Swithin's greys were turning their noses towards the noses of James' bays, as though in conclave over the family, while their coachmen were in conclave above.

  3. The conclave rose with extreme politeness, and Jack as spokesman welcomed us to their bosoms (so to speak), and asked if we would not "sit up and take a hand.

  4. There had been a conclave in the bishop's room before dinner, in which the interview of the morning was discussed.

  5. In a conclave held over the matter, Cuthbert seemed only surprised and shocked, but evidently knew nothing of the matter.

  6. There enter'd on that conclave high A solitary Man!

  7. I know not what his name; But, since the Pope and Conclave have been here, Doubtless a famous Saint!

  8. To-night, you see, a conclave of political wranglers met below, in this house.

  9. What a look of pity the wretch might bestow upon the board of directors, sitting in pompous conclave in Leadenhall street!

  10. Palm, who until then had seemed viewing the whole conclave with measured contempt.

  11. What a conclave would that have been, in which, armed with all his weapons, he had extorted his election from a college whose numbers he had judiciously reduced by poison--and this at a time when there was no French army at hand!

  12. Instead of this followed the conclave in which Pius III was elected, and, after his speedy death, that which chose Julius II --both elections the fruits of a general reaction.

  13. Wandering and hidden in Italy, he was summoned to attend a conclave for the purpose of electing a new Pope.

  14. He arrived in Rome, without display, in his own coach, and was received in the conclave with the same honours as all the other cardinals, and performed all the duties of his position.

  15. That was the summer of the Templars' Conclave at San 'Frisco.

  16. He and the engineer were talking about the last Conclave train, wondering where they were going to meet it, when the brakeman spied the moon coming up around Kennel Butte curve.

  17. This was to the effect that if any two of the Princes of Wales quarrelled, all three were to meet in conclave in the wild pass of Bwlch-y-Pawl, through which the present rough road from Bala to Lake Vyrnwy painfully toils.

  18. Three of his immediate councillors were in Northumberland in secret conclave with its crafty and ill-advised Earl.

  19. Back went the Avenger to his conclave an altered man.

  20. Yes; cast thine eyes into the hall where the tyrant and his conclave hearkened to the roar without!

  21. Such was the pith of Tessouat's discourse, and at each clause the conclave responded in unison with an approving grunt.

  22. On going with them to their camp, he found chiefs and warriors in solemn conclave around the glimmering firelight.

  23. The conclave gave his under- lip time to steady itself while it debated the choice of the necessary word.

  24. The conclave locked itself once more into the library.

  25. But the retreat of the French from Piedmont had a still greater influence over the resolutions of the conclave at Rome, then sitting for the election of a new pope in the room of Alexander VIII.

  26. This meeting, therefore, bore a resemblance to a "Conclave of Cardinals with closed doors.

  27. As both were skilful politicians, experienced courtiers, and moreover of real and almost equal merit, neither of them could obtain a majority, and the Conclave was prolonged almost indefinitely, to the great fatigue of the cardinals.

  28. To give full effect to these representations, the noble conclave determined to bring upon the judges the dazzling rays of the whole assembled aristocracy.

  29. Guicciardini, in particular, has related them with a circumstantiality which could scarcely have been exceeded by one of the conclave itself.

  30. She sat silent and oppressed through all the acrid, bitter discussions which carried the conclave far past the midnight hour.

  31. And as Wolfe passed the house in which the magisterial conclave sat, Mordaunt came out and accosted him.

  32. Scarcely was this arrangement agreed upon, before Lord Ulswater, who had hitherto been absent, entered the room in which the magisterial conclave was assembled.


  33. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "conclave" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    assembly; assignation; audience; ball; bargaining; brawl; caucus; colloquium; commission; committee; conclave; concourse; confab; conference; confrontation; consultation; convention; convocation; council; dance; date; diet; discussion; festivity; fete; forum; gathering; housewarming; huddle; interview; levee; meet; meeting; negotiation; palaver; panel; parley; party; plenum; powwow; presbytery; quorum; rally; reception; rendezvous; seance; session; sitting; soiree; summit; symposium; synod; turnout; vestry