MISSIVE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for MISSIVE, such as:
1. The ambassador received a missive from the secretary of state.
2. There were five missives, five histories, five signatures, and a single signer.
2. There were five missives, five histories, five signatures, and a single signer.
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Meanings and Examples of MISSIVE
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missive
n. letter; written message; messenger
Classic Sentence:
1 The Houyhnhnms indeed appear not to be so well prepared for war, a science to which they are perfect strangers, and especially against missive weapons.
2 Having dispatched which missive, Mr. Copperfield fell into a condition of strong nervous agitation; and so remained until the day arrived.
3 D'Artagnan had more than once related to his friends his adventure with the stranger, as well as the apparition of the beautiful foreigner, to whom this man had confided some important missive.
4 At the same moment, Napoleon at Saint Helena was treating in the same fashion the missives of Sir Hudson Lowe addressed to General Bonaparte.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—ONE OF THE RED SPECTRES OF THAT EPOCH
5 There were five missives, five histories, five signatures, and a single signer.
6 Albert glanced carelessly at the different missives, selected two written in a small and delicate hand, and enclosed in scented envelopes, opened them and perused their contents with some attention.
Example Sentence:
1 The ambassador received a missive from the secretary of state.