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How to use missive in a sentence

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She tore open the envelope, unfolding the two page letter, and hungrily read every line of her son's missive.
But at least with letters you have time to cool off or sober up before you send an insulting missive winging through the ether.
Crikey, your recent twitterings have made me realise that I omitted a word from my last missive, which you were apparently so taken by.
Quite honestly, I had forgotten about the electronic missive, but I searched through my archives to find a copy.
As she ended her words to the counsel, she handed over both the missive and the threatening note to a page who delivered it to Captain Allende.
While we were checking, we got a missive direct from Net Authority Investigations noting the following.
This is your chance to fill in the blanks on a missive already written, then simply post it off to the public figure in question.
Settling into his chair, the king waved vaguely at the man to signal him that he could read his missive.
The often unharmonious L.A. streetscape makes a perfect laboratory for evaluating this missive.
Said missive was sent not via e-mail, but left in Lyle's comments box for all the world to see.
I won't even delve into the profanities this elicited in explosive bursts as I read his latest missive taking me to task for this or that.
Missive after missive describes the burden of the existing system, and how 20 more years of control will stifle creative work.
Mr. Bennet looked down at the hurried missive from his wife, which had awaited his arrival at Gracechurch Street.
After conversing quite frequently for a few more days, Mark sent a missive requesting we meet up for a few beers with his man.
But as he neared the crux of his missive, he was suddenly interrupted by a flurry of black tresses and wrinkled muslin rushing into the room.
This early morning stream of consciousness missive will be my last word on the subject.
From the darkened bar from which I dictate this missive, I can hear the starter engines revving up!
The missive, from Paul Winkler, a former Hollinger galley slave, pointed the OSC to Tubby's and David Radler's self-dealing.
Jack took the missive back from Garcia and handed it to the radioman for disposal.
This release just missed the cut on the last missive by a whisker and a bit.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The single missive was directed to herself, in a chirography which she well knew.
He was the letter-carrier from Regis, and held a white missive in his hand.
There was plenty more, but the wind so ruffled the missive that, with unlifted eyes, he folded it.
Stephen returned to the library with the missive in his hand.
He despatched the missive, and felt his injuries were avenged.
But how had the writer of the ill-spelled missive known of that matter?
He went to the window and opened the missive with simulated indifference.
This impalpable missive dated from seventeen days previously.
As he spoke a missive sped through a window and fell clattering upon his plate, causing him to spring back in alarm.
Finally, my thanks to Sir OC Coss of the Saharan Wind Co for the mass of scientific data in this missive.
Then she snapped up a knitting needle to open the cherished missive.
The missive, however, never reached the pontiff to whom it was addressed.
My post-bag day by day contains a certain missive which is not a letter.
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