DESULTORY in a Sentence
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12 example sentences for DESULTORY, such as:
1. She made a desultory attempt at conversation.
2. In the lulls, Robert and his mother exchanged bits of desultory conversation.
3. In these desultory ramblings she passed the cottage of Susan Nunsuch, a little lower down than her grandfather's.
4. Suddenly her expression changed from desultory enjoyment to active conjecture, and she turned to Selden with a question.
2. In the lulls, Robert and his mother exchanged bits of desultory conversation.
3. In these desultory ramblings she passed the cottage of Susan Nunsuch, a little lower down than her grandfather's.
4. Suddenly her expression changed from desultory enjoyment to active conjecture, and she turned to Selden with a question.
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Meanings and Examples of DESULTORY
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desultory
a. aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with subject
Classic Sentence:
1 Suddenly her expression changed from desultory enjoyment to active conjecture, and she turned to Selden with a question.
2 Hitherto he had found, in her presence and her talk, the aesthetic amusement which a reflective man is apt to seek in desultory intercourse with pretty women.
3 It was mid-April, and one felt that the revelry had reached its climax and that the desultory groups in the square and gardens would soon dissolve and re-form in other scenes.
4 In the lulls, Robert and his mother exchanged bits of desultory conversation.
5 The talk was much more desultory than when only the cronies were there, and everybody was a bit bored, for the weather was bad, and there was only billiards, and the pianola to dance to.
6 She did not speak many words; and as for him, something had been just done and some words had been just said on the hill which prevented him from beginning a desultory chat.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
7 In these desultory ramblings she passed the cottage of Susan Nunsuch, a little lower down than her grandfather's.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 7 The Night of the Sixth of November
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 7 The Night of the Sixth of November
8 Our client appeared to have taken fresh heart at the little glimpse of hope which had been presented to him, and he even broke into a desultory chat with me over his business affairs.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
9 She entreated that there might be no more searching; but it was still sought for, in a desultory way, until she was quite well, and the company took their departure.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
10 To mend the matter, Hamlet's aunt had the family failing of indulging in soliloquy, and held forth in a desultory manner, by herself, on every topic that was introduced.
Example Sentence:
1 In prison Malcolm X set himself the task of reading straight through the dictionary; to him, reading was purposeful, not desultory.
2 She made a desultory attempt at conversation.