Meaning of re-entrance | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“She was privy, one evening, to the hopes of her aunt Norris on this subject, as well as to her feelings, and the feelings of Mrs. Rushworth, on a point⟳ of some similarity, and could not help⟳ wondering as she listened; and glad would she have⟳ been not to be obliged to listen⟳, for it was while all the other young people were dancing, and she sitting, most unwillingly, among the chaperons at the fire, longing for the re-entrance of her elder cousin, on whom all her own⟳ hopes of a partner then depended.”

“So far he has shown unprecedented grasp of arm gestures when conducting applause, and his timing of exits and re-entrances for encores is unparalleled in the animal kingdom.”

“Re-entrance to the outside world came suddenly. For the last⟳ couple of years, the former resident of Watts’ Jordan Downs projects had retained a parole lawyer to petition for his early release⟳. But until his mother broke the news to him during a mid-January phone call⟳, he had no clue about his impending freedom.”

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