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Example sentences for "more elaborate"

  • The lower castes practise a more elaborate ritual.

  • A more elaborate ritual is that performed by the Mangars of Bengal.

  • The system of the Oraons is more elaborate still, for no sub-tribe can eat the plant or animal after which it is named.

  • A more scientific, a more elaborate, a more comprehensive social organisation is indispensable to our country if we are to surmount the trials and stresses which the future years will bring.

  • In one we simply see a bull brought up to a temple by the king; but in another, which is more elaborate, we seem to have the whole of a sacrificial scene fairly, if not exactly, brought before us.

  • A carving of a more elaborate type, and one presenting even greater delicacy of workmanship, has been given in an earlier portion of this chapter as an example of a patterned pavement slab.

  • Occasionally it was of a less solid but at the same time of a more elaborate character.

  • An extraordinary event, such as an eclipse, is made the subject of a more elaborate report.

  • A more elaborate hymn to Sin will further illustrate the conceptions current about this deity:[434] O lord, chief of the gods, who on earth and in heaven alone is exalted.

  • More elaborate suits or gowns in fine smooth cloth or velvet are worn at afternoon functions, for calling and receptions.

  • Of course this can be less or more elaborate, according to the conditions and circumstances of the parents, etc.

  • The refreshments at such an entertainment may be as simple as one likes, unless the invitations are for a luncheon; in that case they should be more elaborate.

  • In this matter, too, Ibn Daud anticipated Maimonides, though the latter is more elaborate in his exposition as well as criticism of the extreme philosophic view.

  • It is the more surprising therefore to find that in the treatment of the unity of God Bahya is more elaborate, and offers a greater variety of arguments for unity as such.

  • Should the trouble persist, a more elaborate ceremony, probably Dawak, will follow.

  • A more elaborate plaything is an imitation snake made of short bamboo strips fastened together with cords at top, center, and bottom.

  • Of course if there are only a few, the luncheon should be an informal one, but if larger, the decorations and menu must be more elaborate.

  • If these are of two or more shades of pink, the effect will be more elaborate than if they are all of the same shade.

  • With a more elaborate menu, decorations of artificial camellias or peach blossoms, and if it is desired to have it really oriental, Japanese costumes for both hostess and guests, it might be easily carried out very attractively.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "more elaborate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    begotten thee; divine truth; more able; more adequate; more and; more closely; more complex; more detail; more distinct; more exactly; more important; more like; more natural; more nearly; more often; more particular; more parts; more power; more profitable; more prudent; more recent; more shall; more species; more trouble; more value; more years