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Example sentences for "similar reason"

  • If the frænum præputii be surrounded by ulceration and undermined, it must be incised for a similar reason.

  • Other or the same peoples sometimes drink the juices of the decaying bodies of their kinsfolk, doubtless for a similar reason.

  • For a similar reason in Uganda a priest used to drink beer out of the skull of a dead king in order that he might be possessed by the king's spirit.

  • The Potawatomi Indians highly venerated the rattlesnake for a similar reason, being grateful to it for the timely warning which it often gave of the approach of an enemy.

  • Among the Fans of West Africa men in the prime of life never eat tortoises for a similar reason; they imagine that if they did so, their vigour and fleetness of foot would be gone.

  • Confessors should urge restitution even of small amounts, when possible, in order to deter men from theft, and it may sometimes be useful to require children to seek a condonation from their parents for a similar reason.

  • According to the common opinion, it is lawful to intoxicate oneself for a grave reason (see 2477 b), and hence also it is lawful to intoxicate another for a similar reason.

  • For a similar reason, perhaps, when the Tiaha, an Arab tribe of Moab, have taken a prisoner whom they do not wish to put to death, they shave one corner of his head above his temples and let him go.

  • For a similar reason, probably, Shuswap girls during their seclusion at puberty are forbidden to eat anything that bleeds.

  • Again, in Mabuiag, another of these islands, women who have their courses on them may not eat turtle flesh nor turtle eggs, probably for a similar reason.

  • The Toaripi of New Guinea, doubtless for a similar reason, will not allow women at such times to cook.


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


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