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Example sentences for "demise"

Lexicographically close words:
demigod; demigods; demijohn; demijohns; demilitarized; demised; demission; demit; demitted; demiurgic
  1. That, in at least three cases, the demise of the publication was merely a question of months is a sequel not to be regretted.

  2. He happened to see Zephyretta in a chariot at a horse-race, danced with her at night, was confirmed in his first ardour, waited on her next morning, and declared himself her lover.

  3. The Constitution was shortly afterwards suspended, but on the demise of Ferdinand VII.

  4. On the demise of his chief he was unanimously elected leader of the buccaneering cruisers.

  5. After his death she married again and after the demise of her second husband wedded Mr. High at Detroit.

  6. After the demise of his squaw in 1868, Yellow Thunder lived but little in the log house which stood about three-fourths of a mile northeast of the pillar.

  7. FIRST, it is in general hereditary, or descendible to the next heir, on the death or demise of the last proprietor.

  8. Not long after the demise of Eros, Ginzburg started another magazine called Fact.

  9. However, anyone who laments the demise of the Smothers Brothers act should catch the show before the six-month contract runs out on March 4.

  10. The duration of parliament was only terminated by the demise of the crown.

  11. This man of wealth must not be confounded with the Mr. Neeld who came into possession of great wealth on the demise of his uncle, Philip Rundell, the wealthy goldsmith of Ludgate Hill.

  12. Upon the demise of the printseller, his widow pledged the plates for 1,000l.

  13. His conversation with Tiresias finished, Ulysses interviewed his mother--of whose demise he had not been aware--and conversed with the shades of sundry women noted for having borne sons to gods or to famous heroes.

  14. Today questions of our demise or our survival and advance are pressing and urgent.

  15. Rome's demise as a world power was followed by centuries of quietude--The Dark Ages.

  16. MARCH—(General Election on the demise of George III)—The Hon.

  17. It may have been only his fancy but the world seemed somehow brighter for the demise of mine host of the Dragon and Knight, whose body still lay hunched up on the foot of his bed.

  18. This first Convention brought about the battle of Navarino and the second campaign of the Russians, which ended with, in fact, the demise of the poor old Porte, the Treaty of Adrianople.

  19. The Ministry was saved from shipwreck by the demise of the Crown and by the accession of the Princess Victoria, who, on attaining her legal majority a month earlier, had received marked signs of enthusiastic popular favour.

  20. Footnote 57: At that time rendered necessary by the demise of the Crown.

  21. But this tragedy became curiously enough linked with a new memory in Christopher's mind, of more lasting importance than the demise of "Sir Joshua Reynolds" of the brown spots.

  22. Thus Northern urban Ch'an followed the general demise of North Chinese political strength.

  23. Shortly before his demise he went to Paris, having fallen under the ban because of a declaration that papal bulls, far from being sacredly inspired, were human works, and that acts of charity were dearer to God than hecatombs, etc.

  24. After the demise of Boerhaave, the school of Leyden rapidly declined, while those of Edinburgh and Vienna became rivals for the first place.

  25. By deliberately laying aside the sceptre he had brought about a demise of the crown.

  26. And so Denys and Gerard carried her off, Gerard dancing round her for joy, Denys keeping up her heart by assuring her of the demise of a troublesome personage, and she weeping inauspiciously.

  27. It had come to him that Rodaine might have helped in the demise of Harry!

  28. In wandering about, did you ever see anything, twenty-three or four years ago or so, that would lead you to believe you know something about the death of this man whose demise we are inquiring?


  29. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "demise" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    alienate; alienation; amortization; annihilation; assign; assignation; assignment; bane; barter; bequeath; cede; cession; confer; consign; consignment; convey; conveyance; curtains; death; decease; deed; deliver; deliverance; delivery; demise; depart; departure; die; disposal; disposition; dissolution; doom; drop; dying; end; ending; exchange; exit; expiration; expire; extinction; give; giving; going; grave; hand; knell; leave; loss; negotiate; parting; pass; passing; perish; quietus; release; rest; reward; sale; sell; settle; settlement; silence; sleep; succumb; surrender; trade; trading; transfer; transference; transmission; transmit; transmittal