Use of desultory in Sentences. 46 Examples

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desultory at the end of sentence


  1. Curious, therefore(.com/desultory.html), that the reception was so desultory.
  2. Curious, therefore(.com/desultory.html), that the reception was so desultory.
  3. The mistake then made was to re-establish the holding in Pearson, whose subsequent share price performance has been desultory.

desultory in the middle of sentence


  1. I wandered about in a desultory fashion.
  2. I wandered about in a desultory fashion.
  3. They talked briefly in a desultory manner.
  4. They talked briefly in a desultory manner.
  5. She made a desultory attempt at conversation.
  6. She made a desultory attempt at conversation.
  7. Our planning proceeded in a desultory fashion.
  8. He wandered around, clearing up in a desultory way.
  9. Wilson and Gallagher play a desultory game of poker.
  10. Wilson and Gallagher play a desultory game of poker.
  11. The desultory discussion merely reaffirmed old perplexities.
  12. Judith now entered into a desultory discourse with Deerslayer.
  13. Judith now entered into a desultory discourse with Deerslayer.
  14. He broke into a desultory chat with me over his business affairs.
  15. He broke into a desultory chat with me over his business affairs.
  16. On a field below a dormitory a desultory soccer game was under way.
  17. On a field below a dormitory a desultory soccer game was under way.
  18. The constables made a desultory attempt to keep them away from the barn.
  19. The constables made a desultory attempt to keep them away from the barn.
  20. She greets us in a desultory way, nothing at all like her usual greeting.
  21. His conduct during these first weeks had been desultory beyond description.
  22. His conduct during these first weeks had been desultory beyond description.
  23. The careful study of a few books is better than the desultory reading of many.
  24. They'd talked, in a lazy, desultory fashion, about so many things that she'd lost track.
  25. He answered a few questions in a desultory fashion, even, it seemed, a little grudgingly.
  26. He answered a few questions in a desultory fashion, even, it seemed, a little grudgingly.
  27. Do not let the discussion fragment into a desultory conversation with no clear direction.
  28. Carrie followed up this desultory conversation with occasional interruptions from the Vances.
  29. Carrie followed up this desultory conversation with occasional interruptions from the Vances.
  30. It perfectly caught the air of feebleness which has characterised months of desultory chatter.
  31. It perfectly caught the air of feebleness which has characterised months of desultory chatter.
  32. The German assaulted on Russia also momentarily disrupted the desultory JapaneseAmerican talks.
  33. The German assaulted on Russia also momentarily disrupted the desultory JapaneseAmerican talks.
  34. He led his men back to Charleroi where a desultory musket fight was flickering across the river.
  35. He led his men back to Charleroi where a desultory musket fight was flickering across the river.
  36. The peace of Utrecht ended the war proper in 1713, but desultory skirmishes carried on until 1714.
  37. Conversation was desultory for we were all exhausted though Mandeville declared that tomorrow he would spread his net.
  38. Conversation was desultory for we were all exhausted though Mandeville declared that tomorrow he would spread his net.
  39. The desultory voices at the tables fell silent, heads were raised and, together, the company moved towards the windows.
  40. The persistence with which they fly down their victims is quite distinct from the desultory mutual robbery of immature gulls.
  41. Yet sedimentation and disappearing marshes alone can not explain the thickening of the bay's waters and its desultory humours.
  42. Yet sedimentation and disappearing marshes alone can not explain the thickening of the bay's waters and its desultory humours.
  43. Corbett allowed their conversation to be as desultory as possible, wanting his companion to relax and feel safe in his presence.

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