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Example sentences for "quincunxes"

Lexicographically close words:
quilz; quinary; quince; quinces; quincunx; quindecim; quindi; quinia; quinientos; quinin
  1. The quincunxes and flower-beds sent balm and dazzlement into the light, and the branches, wild in the brilliancy of midday, seemed trying to embrace one another.

  2. The son, regretting the swans, turned his head toward the basin, until a bend in the quincunxes concealed it from him.

  3. The quincunxes and flower-beds shed forth balm and dazzling beauty into the sunlight.

  4. The son, regretting the swans, turned his head back toward the basin until a corner of the quincunxes concealed it from him.

  5. On the booths set up under the quincunxes the refreshment-sellers were nailing up bands of calico bearing the legends: Véritable bière Jeanne d’Arc.

  6. And what a misfortune that an arrogance, excusable perhaps in such lofty talent, should lead him even to the lengths of speaking publicly under the quincunxes about the Cardinal-Archbishop in terms which I dare not repeat!


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