Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: appellations
IPA transcription: [,æpəl'eɪʃənz]
Pronunciations of appellations
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Usage examples
  • The "sleeve dog" and the "chin dog" are common and appropriate appellations in the East.
  • The explication of one will easily lead us into a just conception of the others; and it is of greater consequence to attend to things than to verbal appellations.
  • These men who grouped themselves under different appellations, but who may all be designated by the generic title of socialists, endeavored to pierce that rock and to cause it to spout forth the living waters of human felicity.
  • After vainly waiting for an answer, much beyond the accustomed time when children are baptized, Mrs. Douglas could no longer refuse to accede to the desires of the venerable inmates of Glenfern; and about a month before her favoured sister received her more elegant appellations, the neglected twin was baptized by the name of Mary.
  • When it is remembered that the Dutch (who first settled New York), the English, and the French, all gave appellations to the tribes that dwelt within the country which is the scene of this story, and that the Indians not only gave different names to their enemies, but frequently to themselves, the cause of the confusion will be understood.
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