Coincided
[,kəuin'saidid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Coincide
Editor: Tess
Examples
- The judges chosen were Mr. Oliver and an able lawyer: both coincided in my opinion: I carried my point. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He went accordingly; and it happened that the time of his arrival coincided with that of Mrs. Yeobright's pause on the hill near the house. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Watson met him, and his opinion coincided with that of Hubbard. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- For a time natural leadership and nominal position coincided, and the administration became in a measure a real sovereignty. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Briggs coincided as usual, and the previous attachment was then discussed in conjectures. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Indeed, he could hardly help believing it, as many points of the story coincided with what he himself knew in connection with the Roylands family. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Thought fitted thought; opinion met opinion: we coincided, in short, perfectly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Editor: Tess