Use contraction in a sentence
Sentences ending with contraction
- But just see how the beautiful ship uses the narrow passage between the two triremes, as if it had the bloodleech's power of contraction! [10]
More example sentences with the word contraction in them
- She compared him to Ditmar, on whose dust-grey face she was quick to detect a look she had seen before--a contraction of the eyes, a tightening of the muscles of the jaw. [9]
- What was the railroad-force which put the Sixth Regiment in Baltimore on the 19th of April but a contraction and extension of the arm of Massachusetts with a clenched fist full of bayonets at the end of it? [6]
- Through the larger part of the river works of contraction will not be required, but nearly all the banks on the concave side of the beds must be held against the wear of the stream, and much of the opposite banks defended at critical points. [5]
- With birds and many other animals, it seems to follow from the comparison of allied species that circular spots are often generated by the breaking up and contraction of stripes. [1]
- His brow and hair and the palms of his hands were wet, and there was a kind of nervous contraction of his muscles. [13]
- He had a deep ravine from each corner of his mouth, not occasioned by any irascible contraction of the muscles, but apparently the deep-worn channels of two rivulets of gravy that oozed out from the huge mouthfuls that he masticated. [4]
- I felt a contraction at my heart. [5]
- Despite the splashing behind me, I sat as though paralyzed until I was waist deep and the boards turned under me, and then, with a spasmodic contraction of my whole being I struck out--only to find my feet on the muddy bottom. [9]
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