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Example sentences for "pretermitted"

Lexicographically close words:
preterhuman; preterit; preterite; preterites; pretermit; preternatural; preternaturally; preterperfect; pretext; pretexts
  1. This was a pretermitted subject in the general negotiations which led to the Ashburton treaty: it was now taken up as a question for separate settlement.

  2. She seemed absolutely unsuspicious of what he sought, neither, having so long pretermitted what claim he might once have established to cousinly relations with her, could he now initiate any intimacy on that ground.

  3. The usual afternoon trade-winds had pretermitted their rapid, panting breath, and the whole coast lay, as it were, in the hush of death.

  4. Howbeit, after Mr. Hamlin's entrance he pretermitted the hymn of California praise and became reticent and absorbed in his morning paper.

  5. Meantime, under the influence of some anodyne which Pete had found in his medicine chest, Mr. Hamlin became quiet and pretermitted his vocal obligato.


  6. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pretermitted" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.