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Example sentences for "reminiscent"

Lexicographically close words:
reminders; reminding; reminds; reminiscence; reminiscences; reminiscently; remis; remise; remiss; remisse
  1. The doctor, listening, felt a strange little shiver, as of some reminiscent fear from the vague long-ago.

  2. But for the most part the poem is rather reminiscent of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage," and is chiefly interesting by reason of the promise it holds forth.

  3. With Job, Oscar Wilde might well have said, and his own lamentations are strangely reminiscent of the phrase, "My harp is turned to mourning and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

  4. In the utilitarian days of water companies and water rates the image that the word cistern evokes is painfully reminiscent of a metal tank in the lumber-room of a suburban residence.

  5. A faint flush of reminiscent excitement rose to his cheeks.

  6. The reminiscent scent of Turkish tobacco on her lips always drew her back towards him; and yet she was of her class, shy of love, of all that is illicit because unacknowledged.

  7. I'm not quite sure if it does," he said, in a manner suddenly and to her painfully reminiscent of Marmaduke.

  8. It was a fine old face, curiously reminiscent of someone she had seen somewhere, with its hint of ruddiness beneath the grey of the hair and its bold bright daring look.

  9. The tone, the foreign accent, were both reminiscent of many a friendly though halting conversation.

  10. He laid his hand on his heart in a gesture reminiscent of Tony.

  11. This in turn, it seems to me, may be reminiscent of Garcilaso de la Vega's Égloga Tercera.

  12. People become reminiscent and even sentimental in front of it.

  13. To him food eaten out of doors was reminiscent of people from the slums having tea on Bank Holiday on Hampstead Heath or Greenwich Park.

  14. Renaissance factors at length appeared to change the geometric designs, reminiscent of the Moslem past, to the more prevalent classic forms.

  15. Her reminiscent glory only serves to make her the more coveted as a conqueror’s prize.

  16. I said, with a surge of reminiscent affection.

  17. Then we both laughed, and there was a reminiscent pause.

  18. But I have my picture, its horizon line at a noticeable slant, reminiscent of my unsteady balance.

  19. You will receive letters and messages some day and the style of our friends is apt to be reminiscent of John Bunyan .

  20. He had been very solemn of late, and very reminiscent of old days now that he concluded his active life was over.

  21. A dressing table, with a triplicate mirror and a suitably shaded light, presented a spectacle reminiscent less of a model's dressing-room than of an actor's.

  22. Don't trouble," she said, with an easy dignity reminiscent of her father.

  23. Then he became reminiscent and related how he as a boy used to like to go about braying, and told how envious every one in his village was because of his great gift in that direction.

  24. Their dryness choked out none of her lively interest, their reminiscent flavour did not quiet her, not even when combined, as it presently was, with the sound of church bells floating across the roofs.

  25. Even the gaiters are horticultural, and the apron is pleasantly reminiscent of the innocence of our first parents.

  26. Men and women chased each other into the dimmer side corridors; children whooped and yelled around the great central burrow; the few old folks went to sleep with broad, reminiscent smiles upon their faces.

  27. After that terrible, alien white light, the gloom was friendly, reminiscent of the familiar burrows now so horribly far away.

  28. Here Romanesque Cathedrals arose in the midst of the vast ruins of Imperial antiquity, here they developed strange similarities to foreign styles, domes suggesting the East, Greek motives recalling Byzantium, and details reminiscent of Syria.

  29. The largest of them is directly above the high, slender portal that is somewhat reminiscent of the Italian influence, so elaborately marked further up the valley, at Embrun.

  30. Ross made no comment, and the other went on, in a tone of reminiscent sadness.

  31. Her dogs were forever getting quilled by reason of foolish attacks upon porcupines, or else they came home so reminiscent of skunks that they all but smothered the cook.

  32. He went on to talk of Wolsey and of his relations with him, and Ralph watched that heavy smooth face become reminiscent and almost sentimental.

  33. He's not like a man, sir," he said, and shook with reminiscent laughter.

  34. Human nature at any stage of its existence is an evolution from past human nature, and many prevalent beliefs are as reminiscent in their character as our rudimentary tails are reminiscent of a simian ancestry.

  35. The words might conceivably be taken to represent a very natural filial anxiety, but the voice was reminiscent of the consolation of Job.

  36. It was not till two hours later that Heriot Walkingshaw, smiling with reminiscent pleasure and perspiring freely, set out on foot for his hotel.

  37. We're out of Scotland now," he said, with a sigh of reminiscent ardor.

  38. The hall on the left, reminiscent of the Bargello, is devoted to a splendid collection of antique Roman, Grecian, and Italian art, shown by Signor Canessa.

  39. This interesting structure is reminiscent of Independence Hall, Philadelphia, though it is not a reproduction of the Cradle of Liberty.

  40. Strasburg and Metz are in a way reminiscent of much that is French, but in the main the cathedrals and churches of the Rhine are of a species distinct and complete in itself.

  41. Above this is a magnificent chandelier, reminiscent of another in the church at Hildesheim, the gift of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.

  42. In general the feature is French, and this is perhaps the only example outside France which is so reminiscent of that variety frequently to be met with in the cathedrals of the Isle of France.

  43. In short, it is reminiscent only of itself.

  44. In the main, however, the whole structure is reminiscent of much that, drawn from various sources, is the best of its kind.


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