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How to use conjoined in a sentence

10 example sentences · adjective

Conjoined means of persons (conjoined twins) or things: joined together physically. Example: “Blood vessels are fused to increase circulation and these conjoined or grafted veins and arteries make great painful lumps which have to be soaked daily.”

Examples of conjoined by meaning

adjectiveOf persons (conjoined twins) or things: joined together physically.

  • Blood vessels are fused to increase circulation and these conjoined or grafted veins and arteries make great painful lumps which have to be soaked daily.1982, Saul Bellow, The Dean's December, New York: Pocket Books, page 184
  • These 'signatures' (in Arabic ‘alāmāt; singular, ‘alāma) typically consisted of a phrase of up to half a dozen conjoined words written as a monogram in which the reed pen usually maintained contact with the parchment throughout.2009, Alex Metcalfe, chapter 10, in The Muslims of Medieval Italy, Edinburgh University Press, page 196

adjectiveJoined or bound together; united (in a relationship).

  • But as representatives of a loosely conjoined nation split in a hundred ways by personal, tribal, religious and economic rivalries and jealousies, no two of them went to the conference agreed on what independence should mean.1957 June 3, “E Pluribus Nigeria”, in Time

More sentences with conjoined

  • The conjoined pawns, an impenetrable knot, begin to roll queenward, leaving Black hopelessly uncoordinated.2012, Cyrus Lakdawala, “Kramnik on Defence”, in Kramnik: Move by Move, Everyman Chess, game 20 (V.Kramnik-L.Aronian, Zürich Chess…. From the entry queenward
  • Second, a discordant presentation does not preclude the diagnosis of conjoined twins, particularly in xiphopagus twins.1995, L.G. Keith, Multiple Pregnancy: Epidemiology, Gestation, and Perinatal Outcome. From the entry xiphopagus
  • The conviction, conjoined with Lenin's elitism, produced a fateful compound: Bolshevism.1974, A[nthony] James Gregor, “The Twentieth Century and the Crisis of Classical Marxism”, in The Fascist Persuasion in Radical Politics…. From the entry bolshevism
  • The adult female has a robust body, a relatively short and wide buccal capsule conjoined by a rhabditiform pharynx.2015 December 17, “Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Phasmarhabditis huizhouensis sp. nov. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a New…. From the entry rhabditiform
  • We examined the fate of blood-borne HSCs using genetically marked parabiotic mice, which are surgically conjoined and share a common circulation.2001 November 30, Douglas E. Wright et al., “Physiological Migration of Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells”, in Science, volume 294…. From the entry parabiotic
  • Siamese or double monsters are well known in saurians, chelonians, and ophidians, as are bicephalic, two-tailed and conjoined bodies (thoracodymus, ischiodymus, etc.).2012, Bruce M. Rothschild, Hans-Peter Schultze, Rodrigo Pellegrini, Herpetological Osteopathology: Annotated Bibliography of Amphibians…. From the entry ophidian
  • Over all an escutcheon of pretence : 1 and 4 , Gules, nine mascles conjoined or, 3, 3, 3 (Rohan); 2 and 3, Or, three chabots hauriant gules (Chabot).1901, Ex Libris Society, The Journal of the Ex Libris Society, page 66. From the entry chabot

Meaning of conjoined

  1. adjective Of persons (conjoined twins) or things: joined together physically.
  2. adjective Joined or bound together; united (in a relationship).
  3. adjective Combined.

Full definition of conjoined

Questions about conjoined in a sentence

How do you use conjoined in a sentence?
Conjoined is used as an adjective. For example: “Blood vessels are fused to increase circulation and these conjoined or grafted veins and arteries make great painful lumps which have to be soaked daily.”
What is a short sentence with conjoined?
“The conviction, conjoined with Lenin's elitism, produced a fateful compound: Bolshevism.”
What does conjoined mean?
Conjoined means of persons (conjoined twins) or things: joined together physically.

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