Adjective : several unnecessary parenthetic remarks. From Dictionary.com.
In it the second Rhyming Doublet is divided by a kind of parenthetic Rhythmic Solitaire. From Wordnik.com. [Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study] Reference
Subsequent parenthetic citations refer to this book. From Wordnik.com. ['Victims of Memory': An Exchange] Reference
In case it's unclear, the parenthetic is Kurtz speaking. From Wordnik.com. [~ Angry Bear] Reference
Now, onto your thoughts, (parenthetic asides are my own). From Wordnik.com. [Jennifer Bogut: Here's My Take #4: Here's What I think About Campaign Spending And Negative Advertising...] Reference
The parenthetic clause is probably the work of a transcriber. From Wordnik.com. [ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus] Reference
If I may, as a parenthetic thought, you know this chamber is not big. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 27, 2002] Reference
You know, while we believe that -- as a parenthetic thought, we believe -- we are hopeful. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2002] Reference
And then parenthetic to that, next month on the 17th begins Ramadan, the holiest month of the Muslim calendar. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 19, 2001] Reference
The style is somewhat too pompous, being more that of the orator than of the historian, and containing long and parenthetic periods. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction] Reference
Both of them are frankly parenthetic; both parentheses are superfluous; neither has any incidental beauty to redeem it; and, above all, we may be sure that. From Wordnik.com. [Browning's Heroines] Reference
Nor must it be supposed that 'we know' is parenthetic. From Wordnik.com. [Case of the relative.] Reference
The parenthetic 'or should' is much in Walton's manner. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Compleat Angler] Reference
"Hark at that child!" cried Mrs Durbeyfield, with parenthetic admiration. From Wordnik.com. [Tess of the d'Urbervilles] Reference
'Hark at that child! 'cried Mrs. Durbeyfield, with parenthetic admiration. From Wordnik.com. [Tess of the d'Urbervilles] Reference
Bounce paused, in the midst of his mental energy, to take a parenthetic whiff. From Wordnik.com. [The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains] Reference
And then, feeling that he had rather overshot the mark, he added in a parenthetic murmur. From Wordnik.com. [Principal Cairns] Reference
This is not insincerity; it is the metaphysical, analytical, and parenthetic mind in action. From Wordnik.com. [Poems of Coleridge] Reference
This present chapter, it may seem, promises something of the same episodical or parenthetic character. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiographical Sketches] Reference
This reference is a parenthetic statement of the historian, and did not form part of the proclamation. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
A dash is used alone or with a comma to inclose a phrase or clause which is parenthetic or explanatory. From Wordnik.com. [English: Composition and Literature] Reference
Deronda took in these details by parenthetic glances while he met Jacob's pressing solicitude about the knife. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Deronda] Reference
Paul's style, namely, his going off at a word into a parenthetic reflection: here it is on the word "Epistle.". From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
How was he to resist this pretty woman, with her captivating manners, her well-timed tears, her parenthetic sighs?. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
None of these can be dispensed with, since there are no less than three parenthetic qualifications to the sentence. From Wordnik.com. [General.] Reference
Just a couple of parenthetic or just anecdotal stories is that one of our locations just doing basic labor analysis. From Wordnik.com. Reference
If a parenthetic expression is preceded by a conjunction, place the first comma before the conjunction, not after it. From Wordnik.com. [Rules of Usage] Reference
The Presidente's shrug was so ruthlessly significant, that Fraisier was compelled to make short work of his parenthetic discourse. From Wordnik.com. [Cousin Pons] Reference
Clemens appreciated his own tendencies is shown by the parenthetic line with which he opens his letter on the subject to Mr. Rogers. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900)] Reference
(with the parenthetic considerations unexpressed) as to what is the. From Wordnik.com. [Logic Deductive and Inductive] Reference
She's a young woman still -- what many people would call young, "Mrs. Memorall interjected with a parenthetic glance at the mirror. From Wordnik.com. [The Muse's Tragedy] Reference
She's a young woman still -- what many people would call young, "Mrs. Memorall interjected, with a parenthetic glance at the mirror. From Wordnik.com. [The Greater Inclination] Reference
She's a young woman still — what many people would call young, "Mrs. Memorall interjected with a parenthetic glance at the mirror. From Wordnik.com. [The Muse's Tragedy] Reference
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