NUNNERY in a Sentence
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Example sentences for NUNNERY, such as:
1. He pointed with a smile to a turreted nunnery, and his eyes narrowed and gleamed.
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Meanings and Examples of NUNNERY
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nunnery
n. the convent of a community of nuns
Classic Sentence:
1 He pointed with a smile to a turreted nunnery, and his eyes narrowed and gleamed.
2 And fairer still were the faraway blue mountains beyond the river, the nunnery, the mysterious gorges, and the pine forests veiled in the mist of their summits.
3 From Prince Shcherbatov's house the prisoners were led straight down the Virgin's Field, to the left of the nunnery, as far as a kitchen garden in which a post had been set up.
Example Sentence:
1 I shall take up my abode in a religious house near Lisle -- a nunnery you would call it; there I shall be quiet and unmolested.