How To Use Commodiousness In A Sentence
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“The boundless extent of territory we possess, the wholesome temperament of our climate, the luxuriance and fertility of our soil, the variety of our products, the rapidity of the growth of our population, the industry of our countrymen, and the commodiousness of our ports” had caused “a jealousy of our dawning splendor.”
Alexander Hamilton, American
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Having said this in his First Book of Good Deeds, he says again, that both commodiousness and grace pertain to mean or indifferent things, none of which according to them, is profitable.
Essays and Miscellanies
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Part of the "commodiousness" of a building should be how it serves people who may never enter it.
Frank Gruber: Urban Design, the Book: Part Two of a Review
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In battle, in travelling, and on other occasions, this added much to the commodiousness and grace of the costume.
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The chief hotel at Sherton – Abbas was an old stone-fronted inn with a yawning arch, under which vehicles were driven by stooping coachmen to back premises of wonderful commodiousness.
The Woodlanders
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The first European to set eyes on the island, he was sorry to go, ‘leaving the said land with much regret because of its commodiousness and beauty, thinking it was not without some properties of value’.
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The houses are usually log-cabins, of various degrees of comfort and commodiousness.
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So in the wood and the hollows he hid a number of archers and spearmen, confident that the commodiousness of the place would allure the Romans.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
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The commodiousness of money is indeed great; but there are some advantages which money cannot buy, and which therefore no wise man will by the love of money be tempted to forego.
A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland
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We had a pleasing conviction of the commodiousness of civilization, and heartily laughed at the ravings of those absurd visionaries who have attempted to persuade us of the superior advantages of a state of nature.
Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
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The harbors are very marvels of commodiousness, that of Port Jackson, the entrance to Sydney, being fifteen miles long.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875
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Agricola by men of experience, that never had any captain more sagely chosen his stations for commodiousness and situation; for that no place of strength founded by him, was ever taken by violence, or abandoned upon articles or despair.
The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola
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But the commodiousness of the plain was not the only reason for making the selection.
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In particular, there are two whole islands that bear that name; both of which, beside the ruins which they exhibit, are distinguished among the group for their commodiousness, their pleasant appearance, and the productive richness of their soil, no less than for their retired situation.
