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Example sentences for "well versed"

  • Well versed in all the questions of the day, as well as in the writings of the Fathers, he is able to furnish a high standard of pulpit labor.

  • Brother McFarlane is well versed in Theology and Biblical criticism.

  • Brother Hamilton was a good and true man, of a metaphysical turn of thought, well versed in theology, and an instructive Preacher.

  • So well versed was he in woodcraft that he could travel through pathless forests and over rugged mountains as unerringly as by well-beaten trails.

  • It is not uncommon to find an Icelander who is well versed in the ancient classics or one who can speak several languages.

  • These Indians have been acclimated to the desert for centuries and are well versed in all of its moods and mysteries.

  • He has carefully cultivated the powers and talents with which nature endowed him and thus has gained more than local recognition as a capable architect, well versed in the science of his profession.

  • Well versed in the letter of the law, he is capable, earnest and conscientious in the discharge of his duties and has been entrusted with much important litigation since beginning his career.

  • Mr. Mullin is at all times a strong and forceful practitioner, well versed in underlying legal principles and possessed of the insight, keenness of perception and powers of deduction necessary to make his knowledge effective.

  • That these cadets should be between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one, and previous to his appointment should be well versed in reading, writing, and arithmetic.

  • By this act the minimum of age is fixed at 14, and the literary qualifications of candidates on entering are to be well versed in reading, writing, and arithmetic.

  • He conversed with me a while, discussing some of the most important subjects in the Talmud, and found me well versed in all branches of Jewish learning.

  • Afterwards he entered into conversation with me on some subjects in philosophy, but found me so well versed in these, that for his own safety he was obliged to back out.

  • That is to say, you may be ever so well versed in all these six sedarim; yet the main point is the last, the fear of God.

  • One who is well versed in the Scriptures; a textman.

  • Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures.

  • Well versed in any branch of learning; qualified by study; learned; as, a man well studied in geometry.

  • An academical title, originally meaning a men so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it.

  • Like Bellarmine Suarez was a man of great personal piety, well versed in the writings of the Fathers and in the literature of the Reformers.

  • He was a man of great ability, well versed in mathematics and in the natural sciences, and well qualified to make an excellent impression on the educated classes.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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