augustin a sentencegrouped by contextual meaning
august as in: august stature
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I am humbled to be chosen as a steward of this august institution.august = greatly admired
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I am proud to have my picture hung in this august hall of this university.
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In view of his august new neighbors, Joe's friends anticipated that life at his new home might perforce be a bit more modulated than it had been at 16 East Jones Street. (source)
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In the very first degree, Masons celebrated "the most august gift ever offered to God …. the submission of Abraham to the volitions of the supreme being by proffering Isaac, his firstborn …." (source)
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… May I know what this august organization is called? (source)
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Of course, I had heard these same sentiments expressed by his lordship on many occasions before, but such was the depth of conviction with which he spoke in this august setting that I could not help but be moved afresh. (source)august = admired or majestic
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On the other hand, our expedition, running appalling risks, performing prodigies of superhuman endurance, achieving immortal renown, commemorated in august cathedral sermons and by public statues, yet reaching the Pole only to find our terrible journey superfluous, and leaving our best men dead on the ice. (source)august = majestic
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Her Augustness Izanami, last of all, came out herself.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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Drawing the ten-grasp saber that was augustly girded on him, he fled, brandishing this behind him.† (source)
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AUGUST 29, 1776 (source)AUGUST = the month between July and September
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Izanami said: "My lovely elder brother, Thine Augustness!† (source)
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Americans were then a novelty in South Africa, and I was curious to meet a representative of so august a legal organization. (source)august = greatly admired
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Izanagi answered: "My lovely younger sister, Thine Augustness!† (source)
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Looking at him, sitting with two of his students, young doctors in white coats, I imagined a nineteenth-century daguerreotype—the austere, august professor of medicine in a stiff high collar and a waistcoat. (source)
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She met him at the door to the lower world, and he said to her: "Thine Augustness, my lovely younger sister!† (source)
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Federalist Senator Theodore Sedgwick of Massachusetts called it "the most august and sublime" occasion he ever attended. (source)august = majestic
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"August, you've been wanting to learn to play the drums," Mom said, trying to get me to look at her. (source)August = a name
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In Montana, you know, the first snow usually comes in August. (source)August = the month that falls between July and September
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"Ours been goin' since the end of August." (source)
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At the end of August and summer, they found one pfennig on the ground. (source)August = the month that falls between July and September
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From August 13 through 18, his journal records nothing beyond a tally of the days. (source)
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Every year in August, I saw the grapes laid down on the ground to make raisins the same way they've been made for generations. (source)
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On the second day of the month of August, after the supper dishes were washed up, and the Hail Marys had been done, August said, No more moping tonight, we're going to watch Ed Sullivan. (source)
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For the first time, I believed we were going to make it to Lewiston by the next day, the twentieth of August, my mother's birthday. (source)
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The morning burned so August-hot, the marsh's moist breath hung the oaks and pines with fog. (source)August = the month between July and September
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I AWOKE ONE MORNING in August to find Tyler packing his clothes, books and CDs into boxes. (source)August = the month that falls between July and September
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WE ARRIVED HOME about seven months ago, on a warm day in August 2001. (source)
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In August, Dad called to go over my course selection for the fall semester. (source)
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So British India was divided in August 1947, and an independent Muslim state was born. (source)
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