Literary notes about Commingle (AI summary)
In literature, “commingle” is frequently employed to evoke the merging of distinct elements—both tangible and abstract—into a unified whole. Writers use the word to describe natural phenomena, such as when night and day blend seamlessly or when the roots of trees intertwine beneath the soil [1, 2], as well as to illustrate the intermingling of human affairs and emotions, like the union of disparate fates or ideas [3, 4, 5]. This term not only paints vivid images of physical mixtures, as seen in the mingling of vapors to form rain or the confluence of waters [6], but also symbolizes the complex fusions within society, where diverse peoples and philosophies join together in unexpected ways [7, 8].
- But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground, and the islands also hang together through the ocean’s bottom.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. Evans-Wentz - It was the winter season in that stern land of the north, when night and day so closely commingle that the darkness seems never to lift.
— from The Bondman: A New Saga by Caine, Hall, Sir - By night, far yonder, I surmise An ampler world than clips my ken, Where the great stars of happier skies Commingle nobler fates of men.
— from The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by James Russell Lowell - Things actual and things visionary—the present and the past—began to commingle in my brain in a wild phantasmagoria.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 by Various - N.T. Συγκεράννυμι, v. νύω, ( σύν & κεράννυμι ) f. κεράσω, συνεκέρᾰσα, p. κέκρᾱμαι, to mix with, mingle together, commingle; to blend, 1 Co. 12.24.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield - The little, smoky vapors Produce the drops of rain; These little drops commingle, And form the boundless main.
— from Devotional Poetry for the Children. Second Part by Various - Never did people commingle so agreeably as the caravanners and the motorists.
— from The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp by Katherine Stokes - NAME WANTED.—There are a considerable number of Ladies' Clubs, where matrons and spinsters can commingle.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 26, 1891 by Various
