PERTINENCE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for PERTINENCE, such as:

1. Mrs. Charpentier blushed at my pertinent question.
2. The last point is particularly pertinent to today's discussion.
3. Please keep your comments pertinent to the topic under discussion.
4. Mrs Southern listened keenly, occasionally breaking in with pertinent questions.
5. The pertinence of the question checked Selden's fugitive impulse before the train had started.

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 Meanings and Examples of PERTINENCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
pertinence
 n.  relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
Classic Sentence:
1  The pertinence of the question checked Selden's fugitive impulse before the train had started.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 1
2  Nor did the scout fail to throw in a pertinent inquiry, whenever a fitting occasion presented.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
3  Mrs. Charpentier blushed at my pertinent question.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
4  Did the company fall to discussing well-bred dogs, at once he had remarks of the most pertinent kind possible to offer.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER I
Example Sentence:
1  Please keep your comments pertinent to the topic under discussion.
2  The last point is particularly pertinent to today's discussion.
3  Mrs Southern listened keenly, occasionally breaking in with pertinent questions.
4  That policy, in pertinent part, said as follows: "A person living at other countries should not be counted as a vote."