| Like Lent, the season of advent was a period of reflection and fasting, and items such as dairy and sugar were forbidden. |
| On the advent of the joint affection the discharge usually continues as it was, although it often abates somewhat. |
| I would venture to say that advent is something America needs right now, religious or not. |
| The effect was, indeed, presently accomplished by the advent of Smithson into the office. |
| The visitor's advent was announced again by the brass knocker on the front door. |
| Then came the horrors of World War I, with the advent of tanks and airplanes and poison gas. |
