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Example sentences for "formalities"

Lexicographically close words:
formalin; formalism; formalist; formalistic; formalists; formality; formalized; formall; formally; formam
  1. It is, indeed, a vast zoological garden, where such formalities as hunting licenses are still unknown.

  2. In buying sheep we practise the formalities which the law requires, following them more or less strictly in particular cases.

  3. And after he had told all the wonders of his adventures, Bahusalin went through the usual formalities of hospitality, taking him to his own home.

  4. And as days went on, that infant prince grew like the new moon, and his father bestowed on him with appropriate formalities the name of Naravahanadatta, which had been previously assigned him by the heavenly voice.

  5. Before the performance commences, we have displayed the insipid formalities of the prelusive scene.

  6. Before the performance commences, we see displayed the insipid formalities of the prelusive scene.

  7. He desired, he said, to make a new will, but dreaded the necessary formalities to such a degree that he knew not how to resolve to go through them.

  8. An address of thanks was delivered on behalf of the city by Oberbuergermeister Doetsch, and the singing of a third chorale, with the placing of more wreaths, brought the formalities to a close.

  9. The presiding general went through the usual legal formalities that sometimes cause a case to hang on the calendar of a South American military court as long as ten minutes.

  10. The formalities concluded, the little man would go back to his table, heaped with law books and papers, while the procession would proceed.

  11. At a time like this we must not let a few formalities stand in the way.

  12. General Dupree hurried at once to Marshal Foch and the two engaged in conversation when the formalities of greeting had been exchanged.

  13. Two weeks after that, the wedding formalities begin, and the following week is the wedding itself.

  14. I am to inform you he has completed all formalities for admission of your personal chest and has approved it with his chapp.

  15. After the formalities of an introduction, which he secures in one way or another, he leads up to the subject by telling that he is a theatrical man and is looking for new recruits.

  16. The ragged man appeared before the formalities were concluded, and, to my now painful bewilderment, was treated with marked respect by the police, whom he addressed with calm authority.

  17. Excuse my asking," I said, "but do you have to observe strict formalities in your own house?

  18. Adelle was occupied with the trust company and all the formalities she had to go through with before she could actually lay her hands upon her fortune.

  19. When the formalities had been completed, the young Irishman called in from the outer office one of the hangers-on who happened to be a seedy minister of the gospel and who looked as if he were in Paris by mistake.

  20. There were far more formalities and delays before the travellers could cross the Tournay bridge across the Scheldt.

  21. These formalities they observed; and on the ninth of December presented officially to the Minister of Foreign Relations, the one a copy of his letters of recall, the other a copy of his letters of credence.

  22. In the mean time Bonaparte, who was ignorant of the formalities of law, found them much more tedious than he had expected.

  23. For the rest, he was not going to trouble himself with formalities when so beautiful a prize might still be within his reach.

  24. The business of the evening, so far as the brief formalities were concerned, was speedily got over, and five of the members of the small assembly immediately left.

  25. The franchise to every Uitlander after five years of residence, unencumbered by any formalities that might restrict the privilege.

  26. At last all formalities have been carried out.

  27. Within the next week the necessary legal formalities were concluded; and Carry was restored to her stepmother.

  28. When some polite formalities had been exchanged, and some easy vituperation of a backward season offered by each of the parties, Tom Wingate approached the subject.

  29. A few pages ago, after stating that a Contract consisted of a Pact or Convention to which an Obligation had been superadded, I spoke of certain acts or formalities by which the law permitted the Obligation to be attracted to the Pact.

  30. The slave with certain fixed formalities was handed over to the vendee--the copper was weighed by the libripens and passed to the vendor.

  31. We begin with Nexum, in which a Contract and a Conveyance are blended, and in which the formalities which accompany the agreement are even more important than the agreement itself.

  32. Each class of contracts was in fact named from certain formalities which were required over and above the mere agreement of the contracting parties.

  33. The Literal Contract comes next, and here all formalities are waived, if proof of the agreement can be supplied from the rigid observances of a Roman household.

  34. The essential point is however established that, in the case of this Contract, all formalities were dispensed with on a condition being complied with.

  35. To men in Bettesworth's position it is always an embarrassment to comply with the formalities of official business.

  36. The cumbersomeness of all these formalities is sickening.

  37. After exchanging the usual formalities on meeting, the visitor suddenly said: "You are now of an age to marry.

  38. When the formalities of greeting were exchanged, Shunko could no longer keep silence regarding the subject nearest his heart, and begged the nurse to tell him, in confidence, all she could concerning O Hana San.

  39. I introduced them, then busied myself outside while the necessary formalities were gone through, for I did not wish to be in any way connected with Jake's settlements.

  40. Moreover, in all her grandeur she was doomed to the most exhaustive formalities and duties; for the King exacted her constant services, which wearied and disgusted her.

  41. This great woman attempted to make her husband a religious man, and succeeded so far as a rigid regard to formalities and technical observances can make a man religious.

  42. Without informing any one, he had been to Langres and consulted an officer of his acquaintance on the subject of the formalities required previous to enrolment.

  43. But the tiresome formalities were not yet over: he had to invite the three officials to breakfast.

  44. No; for there is no workman in a condition to spend four or five hundred francs for the onerous formalities of such a judgment.


  45. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "formalities" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    amenities; ceremony; civility; convention; courtliness; decencies; decorum; elegance; etiquette; formalities; grace; manner; manners; mores; politeness; proprieties; protocol; rite; ritual