dictum - use in sentences

Preposition: that

  • power: But where tried, democracy has proven the dictum that power tames.

Converse of object

  • know: To quote the known dictum of a competent judge [ Dr. .
  • follow: No wonder, even the United Nations has begun to follow the unwritten dictum.
  • quote: In an oft quoted dictum he said Probably the most objectionable are found in the complex standard form conditions which are now so common.
  • remember: Remember the ancient dictum: 'To thine own self be true ' .
  • apply: It is therefore necessary to apply the dictum of Vinelott J referred to above.
  • prove: But where tried, democracy has proven the dictum that power tames.

Converse of subject

  • govern: In the end, I have been governed by a medical dictum.

Adjective modifier

  • famous: How far from Freud's famous dictum can one get?
  • own: It has also been noted that Kitchen does not consistently apply his own dictum.
  • well-known: To that I can answer with the well-known dictum, " In the long run we all shall die.
  • celebrated: What it needs is Ballard's celebrated dictum that the future is anything with a fin on it.
  • ancient: Remember the ancient dictum: 'To thine own self be true ' .

Noun used with modifier

  • obiter: Paragraph 62 is not only expressed conditionally but is also, strictly speaking, an obiter dictum.

Preposition: of

  • right: Here is the traditional dictum of the political right, ' no rights without responsibilities and duties ' , turned on its head.

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