Use describing in a sentence
Sentences ending with describing
- There they will see, with their own eyes, what I should never, never succeed in describing. [10]
- The first call Laura received from the other extremity of the Washington aristocracy followed close upon the heels of the one we have just been describing. [5]
- But the railroad is there, now, and it pictures a thousand odd comparisons and contrasts in my mind to read the following sketch, in the New York Times, of a recent trip over almost the very ground I have been describing. [5]
- So I shall have to put off making my friends acquainted with the other boarders, some of whom seem to me worth studying and describing. [6]
- The seasons pass by so rapidly, that I am startled to think how much has happened since these events I was describing. [6]
More example sentences with the word describing in them
- The green nook which I have been describing is called the Gasternthal. [5]
- That is exactly what I wanted--precisely what I wanted--when I was describing to myself Joan of Arc, after studying her history and her character for twelve years diligently. [5]
- Articles were sent weekly from the other side, describing what he saw and experienced abroad. [4]
- But the captain was describing West Indian life to Mrs. [9]
- In describing a war or the subjugation of a people, a general historian looks for the cause of the event not in the power of one man, but in the interaction of many persons connected with the event. [2]
- Several authors have used the strongest expressions in describing these resplendent colours, which they compare with those of the most brilliant birds. [1]
- At last, when Tom was describing one of the roughest and raggedest ones, he gave a shiver and a gasp and says: "Oh, lordy, that's one of them! [5]
- Nevertheless, he wrote to Alice about it, describing the proposal as it was made to him, without making any comment on it. [4]
- When we arrived--well, there is no describing that. [5]
- Then I saw the ships of the foe describing a wide circle. [10]
- And now even the newspaper adjectives describing the scene have given out. [9]
- The finding of the knife was verified, the advertisement minutely describing it and offering a reward for it was put in evidence, and its exact correspondence with that description proved. [5]
- The "Letters from the Earth" referred to in the following, were supposed to have been written by an immortal visitant from some far realm to a friend, describing the absurdities of mankind. [5]
- Specialist historians describing the campaign of 1813 or the restoration of the Bourbons plainly assert that these events were produced by the will of Alexander. [2]
- Hours elapsed ere the advancing multitude reached the camp, and Miriam who stood describing to Amminadab, whose eyes were no longer keen enough to discern distant objects, what was passing below, witnessed many an incident from which she would fain have averted her gaze. [10]
- It is a term describing a shade of mental obliquity and queerness something short of irresponsible madness, and something more than temporarily "rattled" or bewildered for the moment. [4]
- Doth it not strike you as being passing strange that the land is not filled with couriers and proclamations describing my person and making search for me? [5]
- If he had stopped with describing these characters we should have been obliged to believe that they exist; that they exist, and that he has seen them and spoken with them. [5]
- Mademoiselle George looked sternly and gloomily at the audience and began reciting some French verses describing her guilty love for her son. [2]
- Philippus had often spoken of Paula to his parental friend, describing her charms with all the fervor of a lover, but the old man was already prejudiced against her, if only as the daughter of a patrician and a prefect. [10]
- Their bright eyes sparkled with pleasure while describing the work of their own hands, and they were so absorbed in eager delight that they did not notice the approach of a man until startled by his words: "Enough of this idle sport now, your Highnesses. [10]
- Not, certainly, by repeating the word pleasure over and over again: not by describing the palaces at which she lunched and danced and dined, or the bright waters in which she bathed, or the yachts in which she sailed. [9]
- Captain Smith was perhaps too serious a knight to see the humor of these encounters, but he does not lack humor in describing them, and he adopted easily the witty courtesies of the code he was illustrating. [4]
- All was spread out, and then he made a speech, describing his virtues, and condoning his one offence of age by assuring her that every tooth in his head was sound. [11]
- The special form of physical life I have been describing gives you a right to expect more delicate perceptions and a more reflective, nature than you commonly find in shaggy-throated men, clad in heavy suits of muscles. [6]
- The first two nights he contented himself with merely describing and exaggerating the chief dramatic incident of the Audience, but the third night he added illustration to description. [5]
- Irving's pen is never more congenially employed than in describing these desperate but romantic encounters. [4]
- As the Khedive looked, his lip curled a little, for he recalled what Dicky Donovan had said about it; how he had pleaded against it, describing loathsome wounds and pilgrims done to death. [11]
- You cannot do justice to a place by describing it literally. [4]
- But it truly is "monotonous and uninviting," and there is no sufficient reason for describing it as being otherwise. [5]
- During these exercises in drawing he related many incidents of his own life, and never was he more interesting than while describing his first success. [10]
- Thirdly, I would import some strong words from the English tongue--to swear with, and also to use in describing all sorts of vigorous things in a vigorous ways. [5]
- There is also, I think, a graphic rendering of situations, and a lively talent for describing whatever is visible and tangible--what the eye meets on the surface of things. [14]
- In describing Amasis I have followed the excellent description of Herodotus, which has been confirmed by a picture discovered on an ancient monument. [10]
- Above all things, however, if one is describing Quicksands, one must not be depressing. [9]
- Rostopchin was describing how the Russians had been overwhelmed by flying Austrians and had had to force their way through them with bayonets. [2]
- Horry was describing how Richard lifted little Goble by one hand and spun all the dignity out of him, when Miss Manners broke in, being able to contain herself no longer. [9]
- Never before had he been so eloquent as while describing how, in the ravine, he had stepped on some loose stones and rolled head foremost down into the chasm with them. [10]
- It was wildly exhilarating to slide along the edge of the precipices, after this grisly fashion, and look straight down upon that far-off valley which I was describing a while ago. [5]
- These things were essentially foreign, and so were the carriages --but every body knows about these things, and there is no occasion for my describing them. [5]
- The French historians, describing the condition of the French army before it left Moscow, affirm that all was in order in the Grand Army, except the cavalry, the artillery, and the transport--there was no forage for the horses or the cattle. [2]
- If I were describing some Syrian scenery, and should exclaim, "Within the narrow space of a quarter of a mile square I saw, in the glory of the flooding moonlight, two hundred noble fountains--imagine the spectacle! [5]
- Mr. Wood, after describing numerous variations, makes the following pregnant remark. [1]
- Dr. Coulter, in describing ('Journal R. Geograph. [1]
- I have now cuttings from the great journals, articles describing the house, more beautifully written than Gibbon's stately periods about the luxury of later Rome. [4]
- While describing these conventicles, the blood crimsoned her flushed cheeks still more deeply, and the long strokes of the pen grew heavier and heavier. [10]
- The Washington railway conductor testified that the prisoner had asked him if a gentleman and his family went out on the evening train, describing the persons he had since learned were Col. Selby and family. [5]
- The old traveller Chardin, in describing the Persians, says their "blood is now highly refined by frequent intermixtures with the Georgians and Circassians, two nations which surpass all the world in personal beauty. [1]
- Then they discussed business, Langmaid describing the parish, the people, the peculiar situation in St. John's caused by Dr. Gilman's death, while Hodder listened. [9]
- The exercise afforded better practice in describing personal experiences than a dozen essays which had been previously read with the teacher. [10]
- And she has been used to wealth on so vast a scale that she has to shorten to single words the expressions describing great sums. [5]
- Such a man as I have been describing is rabidly fond of disquisition and argument; one knows that without being told it. [5]
- He is describing an excursion to Alcala de la Guadayra: "Nothing can be more charming than the windings of the little river among banks hanging with gardens and orchards of all kinds of delicate southern fruits, and tufted with flowers and aromatic plants. [4]
- Mr. Bronte was a most courteous host; and when he was with us,--at breakfast in his study, or at tea in Charlotte's parlour,--he had a sort of grand and stately way of describing past times, which tallied well with his striking appearance. [14]
- I am describing a memory--and one that will remain long with me. [5]
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