I was stunned by the propinquity of the events. From LearnThat.org.
But it is not the way for a man and a woman, in propinquity, to maintain a definite, unwavering distance asunder. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Lady of the Big House, by Jack London] Reference
Carey, so powerful in propinquity, might even have ended by learning to love Tannis and marrying her, to his own worldly undoing. From Wordnik.com. [Further Chronicles of Avonlea] Reference
"So it was an affair of moonlight and propinquity?". From Wordnik.com. [The Gay Cockade] Reference
"Are you sure it isn't just loneliness and propinquity?". From Wordnik.com. [The Master-Knot of Human Fate] Reference
Love is born of propinquity and thrives on usage and custom. From Wordnik.com. [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference
She was aware of the almost inevitable result of propinquity. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
She had not realised how much propinquity adds fuel to love's fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
Its propinquity to Norfolk, together with the vast preponderance of the. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
He was not only the male heir in propinquity of blood, but his experienced years and known virtues excited all true Scots to place him on the throne. From Wordnik.com. [The Scottish Chiefs] Reference
It may have been the effect of what Byron would call "blind contact," and the sage Mrs. Broadhurst "propinquity;" or it may have been that his hour was come. From Wordnik.com. [The Partisan Leader: A Novel...] Reference
"propinquity, my love, propinquity works wonders.". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863] Reference
But I do know that I've made a propinquity decision myself. From Wordnik.com. [Lisa Earle McLeod: Propinquity: Is Your Flatware Making You Fat?] Reference
She appeared to have forgotten the propinquity of other persons. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Woman] Reference
Even Koko, not normally a lap sitter, felt the need for propinquity. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Came To Breakfast]
We really drifted into an engagement more because of propinquity than anything else. From Wordnik.com. ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference
Female-male propinquity, so feared in the synagogue, is not a problem on the subway. From Wordnik.com. [Feinstein, Rabbi Moses.] Reference
But mere propinquity to decision-making does not translate into experience making decisions. From Wordnik.com. [HILLARY'S EXPERIENCE-BY-PROXIMITY THEORY] Reference
Macallummore, the great head of clan Campbell, and consequent propinquity to the noble House of Argyle. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century] Reference
For an honest lover, propinquity is always dangerous, -- most of all, the propinquity in one's own home. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866] Reference
Absence might make the heart grow fonder, but at the moment propinquity was by far the more dangerous thing. From Wordnik.com. [The Lani People] Reference
Pyrenees, and the Arab man of letters was exposed to the corrupting propinquity of men of very different races. From Wordnik.com. [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference
The propinquity of Eton to Windsor meant William had forged a close bond with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. From Wordnik.com. [Diana's Final Heartbreak] Reference
Actual propinquity with danger, the clash of mind against mind had in a large measure restored his self-possession. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
We see it being employed to extend social feeling beyond the point to which propinquity and common cause can carry it. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History] Reference
Down in his trench, Corelli peeped over the rim of his bunker, and was struck by the implausible propinquity of the mine. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
The conditions of propinquity are responsible; and as love did not come to me, I had to do as Mahomet did with the mountain. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Dakota Divorcee] Reference
Judith and Peter had been pitifully new at the game of life when the gods vouchsafed them the equivocal blessing of propinquity. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
Mondale often referred to that proximity to power in the Carter White House by declaring, "Nothing propinques like propinquity.". From Wordnik.com. [Al Eisele: Walter Mondale: One of History's Winners] Reference
"Marvel of marvels!" despite the propinquity of the Bluchers, despite their wide-spreading contamination, his voice was unaltered. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841] Reference
But girls 'friendships are often made by propinquity, neighbourhood, adjacent homes, and constant meetings in the ordinary round of life. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886.] Reference
It is this more conscious bond of function and propinquity at least that must be taken into account in the education of patriotism -- certainly. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History] Reference
The room was so low that Drake felt he must stoop, and Nell's tall figure looked all the taller and slimmer for its propinquity to the timbered ceiling. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
Is it race or manners or the pure fact of propinquity or herd contact or all together that are the objects of social desire and the feeling of solidarity?. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History] Reference
The two candidates have also engaged in a form of Obama-obsessed brinksmanship in which each claims greater propinquity to the popular Hawaiian-born president. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaii's Aloha spirit is being tested in Democratic primary for governor] Reference
"Draw close my men," cried the captain, "right wheel;" and setting his men an example, he did gallop with what speed he might from the propinquity of the wall. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
Beside these inducements, must be added its propinquity to the Pontiana river, and the trade which by that route might flow even from the center of this little-known island. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
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