Use considerable in a sentence
Sentences starting with considerable
- Considerable light is thrown upon it by a recent volume on Timbuctoo by M. Dubois, a French traveler. [4]
- Considerable cholera is the only thing that would let my apples and pears ripen. [4]
Sentences ending with considerable
- I went about with him, considerable. [5]
- Its technical excellence was considerable. [4]
- She was a two-story, and tilted over considerable. [5]
- The crowd in this house was considerable. [10]
- I said no, the difference was not prodigious, but still it was considerable. [5]
- This was a somewhat heavy walking-stick, but it eased the recluse's steps, for though his hot and aching feet carried him but painfully the strength of his arms was considerable. [10]
- And Aunt Sally and Benny they went to hugging and crying and kissing and smothering old Uncle Silas to that degree he was more muddled and confused and mushed up in his mind than he ever was before, and that is saying considerable. [5]
Short sentences using considerable
- I've got considerable older. [9]
- After considerable hesitation I started. [11]
- This is a considerable merit. [5]
Sentences containing considerable two or more times
- The way is in the stream itself; and a considerable portion of the distance we swung ourselves down the faces of considerable falls, and tumbled down cascades. [4]
More example sentences with the word considerable in them
- I proceed, with your leave, to ask a considerable number of questions,--hoping to get answers to some of them, at least. [6]
- It was surrounded, yet not hemmed in, by trees of a considerable age. [9]
- I believe it would have been found that most of these persons were of ardent temperament and of considerable imagination, and that their history would show that Perkinism was not the first nor the last hobby-horse they rode furiously. [6]
- Barbara's voice reached Wolf from a considerable distance. [10]
- She was examined with the stethoscope, and the dreadful fact was announced that her lungs were affected, and that tubercular consumption had already made considerable progress. [14]
- This he did with considerable profit, being everywhere received with great honors. [5]
- I am watching with considerable interest to ascertain what figure "the free-State Democrats" cut in the concern. [7]
- Emerson never grappled with any considerable metrical difficulties. [6]
- The lowest classes will detain us for a very short time, but the higher animals, especially birds, must be treated at considerable length. [1]
- I revealed the whole episode to him with considerable elaboration and nice attention to detail. [5]
- If a naturalist, who had never before seen a Negro, Hottentot, Australian, or Mongolian, were to compare them, he would at once perceive that they differed in a multitude of characters, some of slight and some of considerable importance. [1]
- There was considerable whisky drinking going on, and I seen three fights. [5]
- This detestable practice, which I was almost proscribed for condemning somewhat too epigrammatically a little more than twenty years ago, came to us, I suspect, in a considerable measure from the English "general practitioners," a sort of prescribing apothecaries. [6]
- The ground upon which I have ventured was already occupied by three considerable Memoirs. [6]
- The two meeting-houses which faced each other like a pair of fighting-cocks had not flapped their wings or crowed at each other for a considerable time. [6]
- Finally, the dowry which Els was to bring bore no comparison to the large sums Ernst Ortlieb had lavished upon the erection of the St. Clare Convent, and hence it was inferred that the wealth of the firm had sustained considerable losses. [10]
- His sisters, who were present, expressed considerable regret. [5]
- If the theme were hackneyed, I should be obliged to deal gently with the reader; but since it is wholly new, I have felt at liberty to take up a considerable degree of room with it. [5]
- Fortunately the sailors were friendly and saved his life, and a considerable number of the better sort, seeing the malice of Ratcliffe and Archer, took Smith's part. [4]
- But few words were exchanged in the chariot, for it was only step by step and with considerable difficulty that the horses could get along. [10]
- However, it seemed well worth while to chance it, so he fell to groaning with considerable spirit. [5]
- I may as well add here that, as I have since learned, this is one of the most important cases of releasing right of reentry for condition broken which has been settled by arbitration for a considerable period. [6]
- It's a considerable ways to the upper end of the town. [5]
- The new government was received with considerable coolness. [5]
- But considerable provision was made for the unfortunate and deserving poor--poorhouses were built for them, and collections taken up. [4]
- Her musical talent was considerable, and she devoted every leisure hour to playing on stringed instruments and singing. [10]
- Fortunately, a murder was committed in one of our suburbs, creating a mystery that filled the "extras" for some weeks, and this was opportunely followed by the embezzlement of a considerable sum by the cashier of one of our state banks. [9]
- His later history was called for, and when he said he had 'accidentally' killed a man, considerable satisfaction was expressed; when he added that the man was a priest, he was roundly applauded, and had to take a drink with everybody. [5]
- When the chain was all paid out, the candle confirmed my suspicion; a considerable section of the wall was gone, exposing a good big fissure. [5]
- He was kept waiting a considerable time in the outer room where the clerks were at work. [4]
- Probably these odd volumes had not been considered worth any considerable bid at the auction. [4]
- This left my victory in such considerable doubt that I climbed the back wall forthwith in my new top-boots. [9]
- The proprietor, a very intelligent and enterprising man, who had traveled often in the North, was full of projects for the development of his region and foremost in its enterprises, and had formed a considerable collection of minerals. [4]
- You have considerable variety of new propositions and plans, but you are unanimous in rejecting and denouncing the old policy of the fathers. [7]
- In fact, he used, unasked and secretly, a considerable portion of his large revenues to relieve the distress of the poor and suffering. [10]
- There was a use for every one who could heave a stone or flourish a sword; and when he thought over the number of his troops he believed he might succeed in holding the building for some considerable time. [10]
- Struggling to get up, the mule kicked the candle out and smashed most of the kitchen furniture, and raised considerable dust. [5]
- We set scrunched up together, and thought considerable, but didn't say much--only just a word once in a while when a body had to say something or bust, we was so scared and worried. [5]
- This shook me up considerable, because I didn't want to go back to the widow's any more and be so cramped up and sivilized, as they called it. [5]
- If he'd a-chawed up all the men he's ben a-gwyne to chaw up in the last twenty year he'd have considerable ruputation now. [5]
- Though the coming trial had not been advertised in the papers, so as to draw together a rabble of betting men and ill-conditioned lookers-on, there was a considerable gathering, made up chiefly of the villagers and the students of the two institutions. [6]
- At last the trial came on, and the people gathered from all around to witness it; among them many strangers from considerable distances. [5]
- I shall, therefore, treat the subject at considerable length. [1]
- I am altogether too much occupied with an important scientific investigation to devote any considerable part of an evening to star-gazing. [6]
- In my opinion Tom Driscoll's chances were considerable better yesterday than they are to-day. [5]
- Their brother was tolerably well, having got to the end of a considerable sum of money which he became possessed of in the spring, and therefore under the wholesome restriction of poverty. [14]
- The bulletin-boarder referred to was Sir Ossaise of Surluse, a brave knight, and of considerable celebrity on account of his having tried conclusions in a tournament once, with no less a Mogul than Sir Gaheris himself--although not successfully. [5]
- Then I set to thinking over how to get at it, and turned over some considerable many ways in my mind; and at last fixed up a plan that suited me. [5]
- On my way to the Potts House the bizarre elements in the situation struck me again with considerable force. [9]
- Before I proceed to the body of the subject, I will further remark, that it is not without a considerable degree of apprehension that I venture to cross the track of the gentleman from Coles [Mr. Linder]. [7]
- A considerable bequest to one of our public institutions keeps his name in grateful remembrance. [6]
- Our purpose is to note some of the tendencies of the dogma as it is at present understood by a considerable portion of mankind. [4]
- It all seems to mean that he never had any literary celebrity, there or elsewhere, and no considerable repute as actor and manager. [5]
- It is gratifying to me to reflect that we traveled in considerable style; we went in the Pioneer coach, and my friend took all his baggage with him, consisting of two excellent silk handkerchiefs and a daguerreotype of his grandmother. [5]
- Clemens, however, appears to have had considerable time for writing, as we gather from the next to Howells. [5]
- He penetrated it to find a considerable stream of water and great half-submerged mounds of brush and sticks, and all about him were old and new gnawed circles at the base of the cottonwoods. [13]
- He strove hard to become their friend, and that of the men; to win their confidence, and with a considerable measure of success. [9]
- Consequently he had to be a man of intelligence, decision and considerable executive ability. [5]
- The night promised to be a fair one; so Tom went home with the understanding that if a considerable degree of darkness came on, Huck was to come and "maow," whereupon he would slip out and try the keys. [5]
- After a considerable time--he could not tell how long--his senses struggled to a half-consciousness, and as he lay with closed eyes vaguely wondering where he was and what had been happening, he noted a murmurous sound, the sullen beating of rain upon the roof. [5]
- For a long time he did not utter one word; but, after a considerable interval, during which Mrs Quilp was almost paralysed with the alarm his looks engendered, he contrived to gasp out, 'If I had him here. [12]
- But after considerable thought we made out what it was--tramps. [5]
- This time he thought he could detect colicky symptoms, and he began to encourage them with considerable hope. [5]
- Even in England this cult has made considerable progress, and now that it is favored by the two great Universities, the time is not far away when Ballarat English will come into general use among the educated classes of Great Britain at large. [5]
- I do not think we believe things because considerable people say them, on personal authority, that is, as intelligent listeners very commonly did a century ago. [6]
- I hope you think I was justified in making the effort I did, not without a considerable strain upon my feelings, as well as her own, to get hold of the papers? [6]
- Then we took things leisurely and comfortably, jumping tolerably wide and probably bottomless chasms, and threading our way through picturesque lava upheavals with considerable confidence. [5]
- His "friends" as they were called, senators, and other men of mark, stood round in considerable numbers, among them the high-priest of Serapis. [10]
- Mr. Shooter, that they have considerable power of choice. [1]
- High-toned conversation on these topics occupied these dignified and faithful mammies, upon whom seemed to rest to a considerable extent the maintenance of the aristocratic social traditions. [4]
- About this time there was noticed an increased bustle in the passages, with a considerable opening and shutting of doors. [6]
- Even her diamonds--and the young man knew something about these gems--must be of considerable value; and yet she wore them carelessly, as it pleased her fancy. [6]
- But, speaking generally, the world is still young and growing, and a considerable portion of it unfinished. [4]
- B.--I have seen the time when it was eligible and appropriate to leave the sack behind and walk off with considerable velocity, without ever leaving any word where to send it. [5]
- How inadequate to the subjection of any considerable portion of it seems this little band of ill-equipped adventurers, who cannot without peril of life stray a league from the bay where the "Mayflower" lies. [4]
- In a week the student can learn to write it with some little facility, and to read it with considerable ease. [5]
- The Records of the Pansophian Society contain a considerable number of essays, poems, stories, and hints capable of being expanded into presentable dimensions. [6]
- It differed from the other two series in containing a poem of considerable length, published in successive portions. [6]
- When man selects the offspring of two distinct species for the same object, he sometimes induces a considerable amount of convergence, as far as general appearance is concerned. [1]
- As soon as the Nomarch had left him, he commanded that a considerable sum should be taken out of the Treasury, and sent after the petitioner. [10]
- I reached for the monk's sleeve, in considerable excitement, and asked him what day of the month it was. [5]
- Behind Arsinoe, in the larger circular rows, sat the parents and husbands of the performers, among whom Keraunus, in his saffron robe, had taken a place, besides a considerable number of sight-loving matrons and older citizens who had accepted Plutarch's invitation. [10]
- When he and the King had journeyed about ten miles, they reached a considerable village, and halted there for the night, at a good inn. [5]
- This grandee was the grandson of an American of considerable note in his day, and not wholly forgotten yet--a man who came so near being a great man that he was quite generally accounted one while he lived. [5]
- When he crossed the Fleischbrucke in the market place and approached the brilliantly lighted Town Hall, he had considerable difficulty in moving forward, for the whole square was thronged with curious spectators, servants in gala liveries, sedan chairs, richly caparisoned steeds, and torchbearers. [10]
- Instead of winning the credit and commendation he had expected, he now found himself pursued by claims of considerable proportions. [5]
- The wife of the Chiltern heir would naturally inspire a considerable interest in any event, and Mrs. Hugh Chiltern in particular. [9]
- He hopped around the cabin considerable, first on one leg and then on the other, holding first one shin and then the other one, and at last he let out with his left foot all of a sudden and fetched the tub a rattling kick. [5]
- I only mean that those influences levied a tax of a considerable per cent. [7]
- I puzzled over that thing a considerable time; then gave up and asked what it was for. [5]
- And I learned that the estate had not only been paying the taxes and its portion of Farrar's salary, but also a considerable amount into Mr. Cooke's pocket the while it was being improved. [9]
- It is believed that it stands upon the site of what must have been, ages ago, a city of considerable architectural pretensions, judging by the fine porphyry pillars that are scattered through Tiberias and down the lake shore southward. [5]
- But she knew that her interests were safe in his hands and was satisfied to learn that, though she was not rich in the eyes of this Egyptian Croesus, she was possessed of a considerable fortune. [10]
- Once only during that early period was his labor interrupted for any considerable length of time. [4]
- Dr. Copland insisted that contagion had caused these cases; advised precautionary measures, and the practitioner had no other cases for a considerable time. [3]
- This is a surprising circumstance, as these animals possess highly-developed sense-organs and have considerable mental powers, as will be admitted by every one who has watched their artful endeavours to escape from an enemy. [1]
- Yet we were surprised to find a well-beaten path a considerable portion of the way and wherever a path is possible. [4]
- He himself was strong, but even the strongest person would have found it impossible to support the heavy burden of a grown man to the sea, for the gallery was low and of considerable length. [10]
- Her breadth was still considerable, but the flesh, with which she had moved about so briskly a few months ago, now seemed to have become an oppressive burden. [10]
- The young lady staying with us was roasting chestnuts in the ashes, and the frequent explosions required considerable attention. [4]
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