Use desirable in a sentence
Sentences ending with desirable
- May I ask which seems to you the most desirable? [10]
- His good-natured Excellency was much annoyed at the gossip his henchmen created--especially when there arose a rumor that they were paid assassins of his, brought along to quietly reduce the democratic vote when desirable! [5]
- She suffered it to remain on her beautiful face only a few minutes, but it gave me reason enough to urge you to sound a warning if his Majesty's late love should render him more yielding than is desirable. [10]
- I could continue them till the reader was surfeited, if desirable. [5]
- Yet everybody knows that the worst dangers begin after we have got near enough to see the shore, for there are several ways of landing, not all of which are equally desirable. [6]
- I believe no local object is now more desirable. [7]
- I refer to literature; in that, assimilation is neither probable nor desirable. [4]
- Above all, is it desirable? [9]
- For this reason he had never asked himself whether such a state of affairs would be desirable. [9]
- He, the confessor, even knew that Charles considered several demands of the Protestants to which the Church could never consent, entirely justifiable--nay, that he deemed a reformation of the Church by the council now in session at Trent extremely desirable. [10]
More example sentences with the word desirable in them
- Privileges like these would render the possession of such securities to the amount limited most desirable to every person of small means who might be able to save enough for the purpose. [7]
- This vast work will absorb many years, and millions of dollars, in its completion; but it will early yield money, for that desirable epoch will begin as soon as it strikes the first end of the vein. [5]
- Mr. Thomas Mavick was socially one of the most desirable young men of the day. [4]
- This desirable impression was not lost on Mrs Jarley, who, lest Nell should become too cheap, soon sent the Brigand out alone again, and kept her in the exhibition room, where she described the figures every half-hour to the great satisfaction of admiring audiences. [12]
- By George, she was more desirable than he had ever dared to imagine! [9]
- When this administration wants to chalk up a desirable name for early promotion, the Hosannah would like a chance to sudgest. [5]
- Daphne seemed the very incarnation of desirable, artless, heart-refreshing womanliness, but his memory could not dwell with her long; anxiety concerning Chello's report only too quickly interrupted it, as soon as he yielded to its charm. [10]
- Nothing will bring us into this desirable mutual understanding except sympathy and personal contact. [4]
- Help me to turn this matter to the advantage of the Queen, and if Archibius succeeds in getting Barine away and keeping her in the country, then--if I had aught that seemed to you desirable it should be yours. [10]
- It is better to scald him a little, for then you obtain desirable results. [5]
- To-day it seemed to him not only desirable, but quite possible, to win in battle at their head a land which they could love and where, in freedom and prosperity, they could become the able men he desired to make them. [10]
- Did they belong to each other, or were mankind only, as it were, vermin infesting the desirable world? [11]
- From time to time these ancestors had continued to buy desirable corners, which no amount of persuasion had availed to make them relinquish. [9]
- At the same time it was desirable to rescue as much as possible from the flames; for it would have given his enemies a fatal hold upon him, if the famous old city of Memphis should perish by his neglect. [10]
- The increase of those other things which men deem desirable has been even greater. [7]
- I know that this is very desirable with me, as with everybody else, that all the elements of the opposition shall unite in the next Presidential election and in all future time. [7]
- I do not think many persons are aware of the existence of this mark,--little having been said about the story in print, as it was considered very desirable, for the sake of the Institution, to hush it up. [6]
- The critics term these successes of some recent fictions "crazes," but they are really sustained by some desirable qualities--they are cleverly written, and they are for the moment undoubtedly entertaining. [4]
- Indirect taxation must therefore be concentrated on those luxuries of which it is desirable that the consumption be discouraged. [9]
- As citizens of the United States may justly pride themselves upon their proficiency in industrial arts, it is desirable that they should have proper facilities toward taking part in the exhibition. [7]
- Above and beyond the sacrifice of a woman's life, the joy of possessing her soul and affection, is something more desirable still--fame and glory--personal fame and glory, The woman may share them, of course, and be content with the radiance. [9]
- She still appeared the most desirable of beings, and a fortnight after my repulse, without any excuse at all, I telegraphed the George Hutchinses that I was coming to pay them a visit. [9]
- The maxim that the more we have the less we need desire, is also false, though in this world there are only a certain number of desirable things. [10]
- The condition of the Landlady's family is, from what I learn, such as to make the connection I have alluded to, I hope with delicacy, desirable for incidental as well as direct reasons, provided a fitting match could be found. [6]
- The valuable princes, the desirable princes, are the czars and their sort. [5]
- When this happens the consequences are striking,--some of them desirable and some far otherwise. [6]
- I could describe the Bay of St. Ann more minutely and graphically, if it were desirable to do so; but I trust that enough has been said to make the traveler wish to go there. [4]
- One would say that such a piece of integument was hardly a desirable possession. [6]
- The choice of terms is only so far important in that it is desirable to use, as far as possible, the same terms for the same degrees of difference. [1]
- It was, however, suggested, in a well-written anonymous article which appeared in the village paper, that it was desirable to follow the general lead of the testator's apparent preference. [6]
- Never had she seemed more desirable than in her touching weakness. [10]
- Many men had seemed estimable and agreeable, a few even desirable husbands, but Dion was the first to awaken love in her ardent but by no means passionate soul. [10]
- New scenes always seem desirable to young people, and for the first time I longed to go away, though I knew nothing of my destination except that it would be a gymnasium. [10]
- If she has scorned her country suitor, it may well seem desirable to Protarch and all of you that Xanthe should prove more yielding, for then our property would be joined with yours. [10]
- Nothing seemed desirable save a speedy death. [10]
- He would also read placards along the beach explaining the reason why decency in bathing suits is desirable, and he would wonder why such notices should be necessary. [4]
- You lose some quiet by this attitude, some repose that is pleasant and even desirable perhaps, you entertain many errors, you may try many useless experiments, but you gain life and are in the way of better things. [4]
- Her husband is president of a trust company, and she has one of the most desirable houses in New York. [9]
- Likewise in review passed the lonely months when Timothy was fighting behind his rugged General Stark for that privilege more desirable to his kind than life--self government. [9]
- Now if this organization produce, as it may produce, a more desirable civilization and a happier world order, we are not likely entirely to go back--especially in regard to commodities which are necessities--to a competitive system. [9]
- Tell me, Beloved, only between ourselves, if some of these things are not desirable enough in their way, and if you and I could not make up our minds to put up with some of the least objectionable of them without any great inward struggle? [6]
- He had business on hand this night, which made it seem desirable to him that she should not be too near him. [10]
- The highest Spanish officials and military commanders lived there, as well as the ambassadors of foreign powers, and it was not desirable to remind them of the maternal descent of the general who now belonged to the King's family. [10]
- Is the feminization of the world a desirable thing for a vigorous future? [4]
- The industrial development of the United States was of course a necessary and desirable thing, but the economic doctrine which formed the basis of American institutions proved to be unsuited to industrialism, and introduced unforeseen evils that were a serious menace to the Republic. [9]
- I am apprised of the circumstances which may render this course personally desirable to each of you; but after most anxious consideration my deliberate judgment is that the public interest does not admit of it. [7]
- A few words now to Republicans: It is exceedingly desirable that all parts of this great confederacy shall be at peace and in harmony one with another. [7]
- In a great national crisis like ours, unanimity of action among those seeking a common end is very desirable, almost indispensable. [7]
- There was a mysterious charm in this cruel excitement and she felt as if she were deprived of something desirable when many a fire was extinguished, the soldiers went to sleep, and conversation ceased. [10]
- She had seemed more desirable than ever. [10]
- A new and more desirable state of affairs has come. [9]
- Who could be more desirable as a member of Congress than Mr. Sutton, who had so ably served his party (and Jethro) by holding the House against the insurgents in the matter of the Truro Bill? [9]
- But in those moments when we have a clear vision of life, that which seems to us most admirable and desirable is the simplicity that endears to us the idyl of Nausicaa. [4]
- The memory of mischief is no desirable fame. [6]
- But however that maybe, I shall always regret that I had not the opportunity of judging for myself how completely the Master's formula, which, for him, at least, seemed to have solved the great problem, would have accomplished that desirable end for me. [6]
- Never did a maid seem more desirable to a man. [10]
- True, she often let days elapse without entering it; but if anything went wrong and her assistance was desirable or necessary in serious cases, she remained there until late at night, or even until the following morning. [10]
- And which is it most desirable for mankind to have disproved or weakened, the grounds of the threat of M. Babinet, or those of the other infinitely more terrible comminations, so far as they rest on the authority of Jonathan Edwards? [6]
- The tougher neighbor is the gainer by these acts of kindness; the generosity of a sea-sick sufferer in giving away the delicacies which seemed so desirable on starting is not ranked very high on the books of the recording angel. [6]
- You gentlemen, as important factors in the Republican organization, are loyal to--er--that property, and perhaps for wholly desirable reasons cannot bring forward too many bills under your own names. [9]
- In half an hour, at any point, one can put himself into solitude and every desirable discomfort. [4]
- Also it was highly desirable to earn money for himself; wherefore he set to work to finish the Yankee story. [5]
- His blood beat hard, for suddenly he felt as if he had been behind just such a pack one day, one clear desirable day of spring. [11]
- To prevent opinion from organizing itself under political forms may be very desirable, but it is not according to the theory or practice of self-government. [6]
- It is desirable for all to co-operate, but if irreconcilable differences of opinion shall arise, you are master. [7]
- She was enough feminine to have pleasure in the fact that she was thought desirable by men; yet it played an insignificant part in her life. [11]
- Although we have failed to induce some of the commercial powers to adopt a desirable melioration of the rigor of maritime war, we have removed all obstructions from the way of this humane reform except such as are merely of temporary and accidental occurrence. [7]
- But that day's encounter in church had, he felt, sunk deeper than was desirable for his peace of mind. [2]
- A messenger rode down to Nevada to inform the leading men of what was on hand, as it was desirable to show that there was a feeling of unanimity on the subject, all along the gulch. [5]
- It follows without doubt or question, then, that the most desirable position possible is that of a prince. [5]
- Perhaps granting this desire of the mighty leader might win him to accept a compact so desirable for his nation. [10]
- How beautiful, how desirable was this woman! [10]
- All those things desirable to man are contained in it. [7]
- For all these desirable objects the North could afford to yield something; and they did yield to the South the Utah and New Mexico provision. [7]
- There is no denying that it was a very dashing achievement of the Widow's to bring together so considerable a number of desirable guests. [6]
- He is very crude, not to say barbarous, yet in many of his tastes, but he has reached one of the desirable things in civilization, and that is a thorough appreciation of physical comfort. [4]
- To get the bulge seems a desirable thing in America, and I think we'd better see what a place is like that is popular, whether fashion recognizes it or not. [4]
- Hannah had once been young, desirable, perhaps, swayed by those forces which had swayed her. [9]
- Whatever may have been the justice of the charges against Smith, he had evidently forfeited the good opinion of the company as a desirable man to employ. [4]
- It would have been most desirable, he said, to have ascertained what these papers, or rather this particular paper, to which so much importance was attached, amounted to. [6]
- It may not be the most desirable thing for a human being to be idle, but if he will be, he should be so in a creditable manner, and with some enjoyment to himself. [4]
- No combination could be more desirable for a young man who proposed to himself a career of getting money by adroit management and spending it in pure and simple self-indulgence. [4]
- Why it should be desirable to make a young man and woman commit a misdemeanor to secure the praise of a critic is beyond imagination. [11]
- The object that attracted them appeared beautiful and desirable to Maria also, but what should she do among the happy, how could she be alone amid strangers with her troubled heart? [10]
- Our wooden houses are a better kind of wigwam; the marble palaces are artificial caverns, vast, resonant, chilling, good to visit, not desirable to live in, for most of us. [6]
- Could he, could any man, any lawyer, have the presumption to question such an obviously desirable measure, to arraign the united judgment of the committee's legal talent? [9]
- This she must and should be, because already life seemed to him no longer desirable without her voice. [10]
- Still, how fair and desirable had she seemed in his eyes, whom, only that morning, he had been blessed in calling his! [10]
- The most restless and ambitious of us can hardly conceive of Chicago as a desirable future state of existence. [4]
- I thought years ago when we went to Lenox that it was a good thing the country was getting to be the fashion; but now it's fashionable, and before we know it every desirable spot will be what they call syndicated. [4]
- Now, as an abstract principle, there is no doubt of the truth of that declaration; and it is desirable, in the original construction of society and in organized societies, to keep it in view as a great fundamental principle. [7]
- Now, as an abstract principle, there is no doubt of the truth of that declaration, and it is desirable in the original construction of society, and in organized societies, to keep it in view as a great fundamental principle. [7]
- She was serious, a little pale; more exquisite, more desirable than ever; but her manner implied the pressure of control, and her voice was not quite steady as she greeted me. [9]
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