CONTIGUOUS in a Sentence

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Example sentences for CONTIGUOUS, such as:

1. He was acquainted with thieves, a tribe contiguous to his own.
2. The two houses had contiguous yards so the families shared the landscaping expenses.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONTIGUOUS
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contiguous
 a.  sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
Classic Sentence:
1  The carriage gate and the house door were two contiguous grated gates, adjoining a pavilion built by the architect Perronet, and inhabited by the door-keeper of the cemetery.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ...
2  He was acquainted with thieves, a tribe contiguous to his own.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER I—SOME EXPLANATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE ORIGIN OF ...
3  He has already dug up all the garden two or three times to find the famous spring, and, being unsuccessful, he will soon purchase all the contiguous houses.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 69. The Inquiry.
4  The only building in sight was a small block of yellow brick sitting on the edge of the waste land, a sort of compact Main Street ministering to it and contiguous to absolutely nothing.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
5  The very contiguity of his enemy, beneath whatever mask the latter might conceal himself, was enough to disturb the magnetic sphere of a being so sensitive as Arthur Dimmesdale.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
Example Sentence:
1  The two houses had contiguous yards so the families shared the landscaping expenses.