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in a sentence

Although originally written under a pseudonym, this version of The Federalist Papers has the real name of each author included with their respective essays.

As it was, we were compelled to hold our heads high and be, respectively, a gentleman and a lady.  (source) Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, 1960

Then we would climb into our respective beds.†  (source) Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin, 2000

Very closely indeed," and they were sent back to their respective corners.†  (source) Markus Zusak, The Book Thief, 2005

Christina and Will are seventh and ninth, respectively.†  (source) Veronica Roth, Divergent, 2011

The three were quiet, each lost for a moment in their respective memories of the City of Light.†  (source) Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow, 2016

6," the successful tests for China's first fission and fusion nuclear bombs, respectively.†  (source) Cixin Liu, The Three-Body Problem, 2008

The bus drivers are key, of course, and both said they were certain Kya was not on their respective buses and weren't certain about the disguises either.†  (source) Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing, 2018

This rule held even in the comparatively short hop of a mile: In the three fastest miles ever run, the winner's final lap had been clocked at 61.2, 58.9, and 59.1 seconds, respectively.†  (source) Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken, 2010

But beyond those similarities, Ali and Sanaubar had little in common, least of all their respective appearances.†  (source) Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner, 2003

When Usha and I graduated, the crew that watched me walk across the stage numbered eighteen, including my cousins Denise and Gail, the daughters, respectively, of Mamaw's brothers David and Pet.†  (source) J. D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy, 2016

That plane had TVs in the back of each seat, and once we were above the clouds, Augustus and I timed it so that we started watching the same romantic comedy at the same time on our respective screens.†  (source) John Green, The Fault in Our Stars, 2012

Angela had cousins, the MacNamara sisters, Delia and Philomena, married, respectively, to Jimmy Fortune of County Mayo, and Tommy Flynn, of Brooklyn itself.†  (source) Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, 1996