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the state of being total and complete
appalled by the totality of the destruction
he read the article in its entirety
How To Use entireness In A Sentence
- The scene itself is picturesque in the highest conceivable idea of architectural representation; far more so, indeed, from its dilapidated state …, than can possibly consist with any entireness, however accompanied, of the most complicated and magnificent edifice (195-6). Making Visible: The Diorama, the Double and the (Gothic) Subject
- I must tell you of a record of St Bede's, which shows how gladly Ireland in old days, as ever, shared the priceless gift which she of all countries, received with the most passionate entireness and held with the most unswerving steadfastness. Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days
- For chanceful and perverted individualist Kenneth (Andrew Lee Potts), chronicle at the infirmary where he entireness is a program of long torments from a assemble of enterprising scrutiny students. Planet Malaysia
- They have discovered that the length of the time we have now been in commission has rotted our ships and wasted our crews, and that with the entireness of our crews and the soundness of our ships the pristine efficiency of our navy has departed. The History of the Peloponnesian War
- It is the graces of the Spirit which harmonize the man, and make him one; and that is the end, and aim, and object of all the Gospel: the entireness of sanctification to produce a perfectly developed man. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series
- Even when cleft or bored through it is not comprehended in its entireness. Walden
- And generally let this be a rule, that all partitions of knowledge be accepted rather for lines and veins, than for sections and separations; and that the continuance and entireness of knowledge be preserved. At The Juncture Of Theory And Practice: Remarks On Receiving The Henry Knowles Beecher Award
- And generally let this be a rule, that all partitions of knowledges be accepted rather for lines and veins than for sections and separations; and that the continuance and entireness of knowledge be preserved. The Advancement of Learning
- (Soundbite of laughter) Ms. JACKSON: Well, I'm not a multi-tasker in the entireness that we talk about it. Janet Jackson, Tyler Perry 'Get Married'
- For even then I was, I lived, and felt; and had an implanted providence over my well-being — a trace of that mysterious Unity whence I was derived; I guarded by the inward sense the entireness of my senses, and in these minute pursuits, and in my thoughts on things minute, The Confessions