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a conversation (formal in modern usage); or written dialogue- She thanked everyone who participated in the colloquy.
- The last man whom I favored with a colloquy was that stout old republican, Samuel Adams.Hawthorne, Nathaniel -- Grandfather's Chair
- The colloquy which followed was brief and to the point:Sinclair, Upton -- The Jungle
- Upon which, as is not unusual in such cases, a rather angry colloquy ensued.Dickens, Charles -- The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club
- The colloquy between Tom and Eva was interrupted by a hasty call from Miss Ophelia.Stowe, Harriet Beecher -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- [A whispered colloquy takes place at the door.Tennessee Williams -- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Yet he never passed in at MY door—never sat in colloquy with ME until midnight.'Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit
- The conversation at the bottom of the lake is the dialogue of eternity and time, the "Colloquy of the Quick": "To be, or not to be."Joseph Campbell -- The Hero With a Thousand Faces
- The people in hearing of the colloquy became silent; and from them the hush spread afar.Lew Wallace -- Ben Hur
- I had been standing behind him during this colloquy.H.G. Wells -- The Island of Dr. Moreau
- Don Carlos Stewart took Nels, Monty, and Nick Steele aside out of earshot, and they evidently entered upon an earnest colloquy.Zane Grey -- The Light of Western Stars
- Her colloquy with Judge Pyncheon, who so perfectly represented the person and attributes of the founder of the family, had called back the dreary past.Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The House of the Seven Gables
- Into this mild colloquy Edward Rosier entered little; he sat by moodily, watching his small sweetheart.Henry James -- The Portrait of a Lady - Volumes 1 & 2
- Joan's opportunity for watching Kells and his men and overhearing their colloquies was as good as it had been back in Cabin Gulch.Zane Grey -- The Border Legion
- Here, being summoned to dinner, they brought their colloquy to a close.Miguel de Cervantes -- Don Quixote
- Now then, their colloquy at an end, they went their ways- Athena toward illustrious Lakedaimon far over sea, to join Odysseus' son.Homer -- The Odyssey
- Miss Ophelia rose from this encouraging colloquy; St. Clare was leaning over the back of her chair.Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- The rest were silent during the august colloquy.E.M. Forster -- A Passage to India
- Come by anytime you like, whenever you feel the need for a little colloquy.Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain
- "Blake," interrupted Jane, nervously anxious to terminate a colloquy that she perceived was an ordeal for him.Zane Grey -- Riders of the Purple Sage