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Sentences starting with discussion

Discussion as to salary of judge of western Virginia:--Wishing to increase it from $1800 to $2500. [7]
Discussion became heated, and party spirit ran high. [5]

Sentences ending with discussion

Seeing the position we are in, I think there is little need for discussion. [2]
Naturally Mark Twain was one of its favorite members, and his contributions never failed to arouse interest and discussion. [5]
They are the very ones who are at the present moment most zealous in maintaining the right of free discussion. [6]
On that interesting topic he would permit no discussion. [11]
He evidently intended to tell the result of the discussion. [10]
The propriety of this rests upon the same reasons with that of the sixth, and therefore needs no further discussion. [7]
To-morrow morning in the divan you are to explain your scheme for the new distribution of the land; it will not suit me in any way, and I shall have other projects to propose for discussion. [10]
And Honora returned the calls, and joined the Sewing Circle, and the Woman's Luncheon Club, which met for the purpose of literary discussion. [9]
But as the tailor insisted that the matter would permit no delay, he invited him to step aside with him, in order not to make the councillors who were with him witnesses of the unpleasant discussion. [10]
Once she had spoken to Howard of it, but he had smiled and avoided discussion. [9]

Short sentences using discussion

The discussion began. [2]

More example sentences with the word discussion in them

And now, my young friend, let-us shake hands and stop our discussion, which we will not make a quarrel. [6]
I repeat, I would not introduce this mode of discussion here; but I wish gentlemen on the other side to understand that the use of degrading figures is a game at which they may not find themselves able to take all the winnings. [7]
Even the Professor, who was traveling in the interest of Reform, couldn't wake up a discussion out of such a state of mind. [4]
The discussion (from which the storekeeper was providentially omitted) was in full swing when the stage arrived, and Lem Hallowell's voice silenced the uproar. [9]
The keenness with which he threw himself into the discussion and the knowledge he showed, surprised me. [11]
The two commanders were much exasperated with one another and, long after the action had begun on the right flank and the French were already advancing, were engaged in discussion with the sole object of offending one another. [2]
And these gentlemen were frequently in argument, but political discussion is Greek to a lad. [9]
I assert that we have again and again, during this discussion, urged facts and arguments against the subtreasury which they have neither dared to deny nor attempted to answer. [7]
Then all the way down from the capital to the city ward, we shall have vital popular government, free action, discussion, agitation, life. [4]
His longest discussion was with Herr Van Hout, who had come to him, not only to ask questions and tell what occurred, but also to make complaints. [10]
Materialism versus Antimaterialism was the subject under discussion in the learned circles of Germany. [10]
Her lady-in-waiting, Zoe, was reading to her, not this time from a Greek philosopher but from a Greek translation of the Hebrew Psalms: a discussion as to their poetic merit having arisen a few days previously at the supper-table. [10]
This discussion, which was not at all by way of a jest, amused Dada far more than the tablets, cylinders and cones covered with numbers and cabalistic signs, to which Medius tried to direct her attention. [10]
Naturally, the discussion was liveliest among the young ladies. [6]
And now he was determined, if it cost him the effort of all his remaining days, to close another discussion and put forever to rest the anxious doubts about the larva of meloe. [6]
So they will, very probably; but my curiosity is excited about this little boarder of ours, and my reader must not be disappointed, if I sometimes interrupt a discussion to give an account of whatever fact or traits I may discover about him. [6]
Monsieur Garon and Valmond talked on, eager, responsive, Valmond lost in the discussion of Napoleon, Garon in the man before him. [11]
I have been used, from an early period of my life, to hear the discussion of grave questions, both in politics and religion. [6]
I gave up trying to provoke a discussion with him. [5]
V. It was true to my father's character that he should have waited until the day after graduation to discuss my future, if discussion be the proper word. [9]
Frequently their sparring took the form of a serious discussion, which served a double purpose; first their minds, accustomed to serious thought, found exercise in spite of the murderous pressure of the burden of forced labor, and secondly, they were supposed really to be enemies. [10]
The Democratic orator took advantage of the absence of his opponent to describe the discussion of the night before, and to give a portrait of his adversary. [4]
I told you to write a non-committal letter to the aldermen--an ambiguous letter--a letter that should avoid, as far as possible, all real consideration and discussion of the water-lot question. [5]
A discussion as to whether or not his attitude is unpatriotic and selfish is futile. [9]
Melissa listened anxiously to the heated discussion which had already become a vehement quarrel. [10]
He was listening to the general's report--which consisted chiefly of a criticism of the position at Tsarevo-Zaymishche--as he had listened to Denisov, and seven years previously had listened to the discussion at the Austerlitz council of war. [2]
The Correspondent, much to our surprise, had by occasional interjections at the beginning of the discussion showed that he was not antipathetic to Mongolian immigration. [11]
It sought only to hold the public places and property not already wrested from the government, and to collect the revenue, relying for the rest on time, discussion, and the ballot-box. [7]
I said little to him beyond what was necessary for the discussion of his case. [11]
By one of those odd coincidents which sometimes start one to thinking, the Celebrity was the subject of a lively discussion when I reached the table that evening. [9]
Good Mr. Satterlee, thinking this a safe subject, allowed himself to be led into a discussion of the first citizen's career, which indeed had something fascinating in it. [9]
She passed from these matters to a discussion of General Washington's new policy of the defensive, for Mrs. [9]
In the discussion the victor's betrothed bride had been named, and Siebenburg clearly remembered that he had spoken of the breaking of his brother-in-law's engagement, and connected it with accusations which involved him in a quarrel with several of the guests, among them Heinz Schorlin. [10]
He now convulsed the idlers in the smoking-room with laughter, and soon deftly drew off the discussion to the speed of the vessel, arranging a sweep-stake immediately, upon the possibilities of the run. [11]
The sermon of the elderly minister had to do with beliefs rather than deeds, and was the subject of discussion at luncheon. [9]
If we continued the discussion, perhaps it might pleasantly shorten the next few hours, which I dread as I do my whole future existence, but I should be obliged in the outset to yield the victory to you. [10]
A discussion on the beau-ideal of the liver, lungs, kidneys, etc., as of the human face divine, sounds strange in our ears. [1]
With respect to the absence of fossil remains, serving to connect man with his ape-like progenitors, no one will lay much stress on this fact who reads Sir C. Lyell's discussion (19. [1]
I think, generally, that fear of open discussion implies feebleness of inward conviction, and great sensitiveness to the expression of individual opinion is a mark of weakness. [6]
In its very statement of the doctrine maintained it avoids all discussion of the nature of the disease "known as puerperal fever," and all the somewhat stale philology of the word contagion. [3]
The discussion was started, and spread rapidly. [7]
And the two spent most of the dark hours remaining in unprofitable discussion as to whether Virginia were at last engaged to her cousin, and in vain queried over another unsolved mystery. [9]
Many of the soft-billed birds are songsters; and a discussion in a former chapter should not be forgotten, in which it was shewn that the best songsters are rarely ornamented with bright tints. [1]
A pertinacious arguer, so much so that sometimes he watched my awakening in order to continue a discussion on some topic of science, poetry, or practical life, cut short by the chime of the small hours, he never lost his mild and amiable temper. [6]
At Freeport, you shall open the discussion and speak one hour; I will follow for an hour and a half, and you can then reply for half an hour. [7]
It suffices to say of it here, in a general way, that the most vigorous activity has been in the departments of history, of applied science, and the discussion of social and economic problems. [4]
She promised to return immediately and join their discussion, and Philostratus sat for a while lost in thought. [10]
She could not reproach him --which perhaps in any event she would have been too wise to do; but she could not, try as she would, bring herself to the point of a discussion of their situation. [9]
If we do repel you by any wrong principle or practice, the fault is ours; but this brings you to where you ought to have started--to a discussion of the right or wrong of our principle. [7]
If we do repel you by any wrong principle or practice, the fault is ours; but this brings you to where you ought to have started to a discussion of the right or wrong of our principle. [7]
Mr. H. Sidgwick remarks, in an able discussion on this subject (the 'Academy,' June 15, 1872, p. 231), "a superior bee, we may feel sure, would aspire to a milder solution of the population question. [1]
It did not relate to Mr. Crewe, but to the subject under discussion which he had interrupted; namely, the Republican candidates for the twenty senatorial districts of the State. [9]
Old William Farris read his news of a morning before he began the mending of his watches, and by evening had so well digested them that he was primed for discussion with Pryse, of the opposite persuasion, at the Rose and Crown. [9]
With that, the prolonged discussion ended, and there was silence. [5]
She was a pretty, intelligent woman, at whose dinner table one was sure to hear the discussion of some "modern problem": she believed herself to be a socialist. [9]
I close this part of the discussion on my part by asking him the question again, "Why, when we had peace under the Missouri Compromise, could you not have let it alone? [7]
This matter among others was the subject of discussion one July morning when the Republican State Chairman was in the city; Mr. Grunewald expressed anxiety over Mr. Jason's continued silence. [9]
Come--is this instinct, or is it thoughtful and intelligent discussion of a thing new--absolutely new--to their experience; with a verdict arrived at, sentence passed, and judgment executed? [5]
Beset by these opposing considerations, Mrs Jiniwin admitted the powers of insinuation, but denied the right to govern, and with a timely compliment to the stout lady brought back the discussion to the point from which it had strayed. [12]
See a discussion on this subject in Mr. E.B. [1]
After some discussion on the subject, and a stipulation that she should not be specially introduced to any one, some gentlemen were invited by Mr. Smith to meet her at dinner the evening before she left town. [14]
In the discussion on Sexual Selection in my 'Descent of Man,' no case interested and perplexed me so much as the brightly-coloured hinder ends and adjoining parts of certain monkeys. [1]
In the course of this discussion, he declared, Mr. Hodder had seen fit to make grave and in his opinion unwarranted charges concerning the lives of some, if not all, of the gentlemen who sat here. [9]
The anterior continuation of the retina beyond the ora serrata has been a subject of much discussion. [3]
In that time of the most sorrowful reaction the political condition of Germany was so wretched that any discussion concerning it was gladly avoided. [10]
The leading papers of the German press, though strong in correspondence and in discussion of affairs, are far less comprehensive in their news than the American or the English. [4]
During the tumult of the Dionysiac festival you are reported to have carried on as grave a discussion as any two gray-bearded philosophers walking in the Stoa among attentive students. [10]
This simultaneous discussion of many topics did not prevent a clear understanding but on the contrary was the surest sign that they fully understood one another. [2]
Those were days of little scientific medical skill, and no West Indian doctor had knowledge enough to control a discussion of the kind. [11]
The essential element of discussion had been left out of him; his answers were so final and exact that they did not leave a doubt to hang conversation on. [5]
A good deal of discussion from time to time having arisen over the authorship of the Sellers play, as presented by Raymond, certain among the letters that follow may be found of special interest. [5]
In his discussion of "Fashions in Literature" he deftly brings before us the significance of literature and the signs which it always wears, while he seems bent upon considering some interesting aspects of contemporary writing. [4]
Now it might occur to the reader that perhaps Laura had been somewhat rudely suggestive in her remarks to Mrs. Oreille when the subject of corals was under discussion, but it did not occur to Laura herself. [5]
But I do not wish to dwell at great length upon this branch of the discussion. [7]
Moreover, he was not used to being catechized in this fashion, with the eyes of a crowd of people on him, so he was irritated, and said: "Matters of state are not proper matters for public discussion. [5]
But you are not permitted to try to smuggle it into this discussion, where it is irrelevant and would not feel at home. [5]
The divinity-student could not deny that this was what might be called opening the subject to the discussion of intelligent people. [6]
Archdeacon Varcoe would not be drawn into discussion, but sipped his wine, listened, and watched Gaston. [11]
Yet there was no lack of malcontents, and here and there, though no one knew who instigated the question, loud discussion arose whether it would not be more advisable to return to Pharaoh and rely on his favor. [10]
The eighth and ninth also relate merely to the practical application of the foregoing, and therefore need no discussion. [7]
It was a new tack for Nancy, rather a disquieting one, this discussion of my affairs, which she had so long avoided or ignored. [9]
And yet there need only be a discussion and she has no words of her own but only repeats his sayings..." added Nicholas, yielding to that irresistible inclination which tempts us to judge those nearest and dearest to us. [2]
This led me naturally to a discussion of the Riverside Franchise and the Traction Consolidation. [9]
This degrading offer must be announced: no discussion or recalcitrancy could help that. [10]
At the lunch-table Mr. Parr plunged into a discussion of some of the still undecided details of the new settlement house, in which, as the plan developed, he had become more and more interested. [9]
Mr. Treherne introduced me to his daughter, and Clovelly amiably drew the father into a discussion of communism as found in the South Sea Islands. [11]
This lady, as may be guessed, was not given to discussion of her husband's ancestors, nor of her own. [9]
It was a matter of course, after what Van Hout had said, that there should be a battle; it had not even been proposed by anybody, but the discussion that now arose proceeded from the supposition. [10]
Master Byles Gridley lost himself for half a minute in a most discreditable inward discussion as to whether Laura Penhallow was probably one or two years older than Mr. Bradshaw. [6]
Every moment we lose in idle discussion increases our distress. [5]
The old long-deferred Library of Humor came up again for discussion, when in the fall of 1885 Howells associated himself with Harper & Brothers. [5]
This theory has kept me from entering the discussion, whether the substructions in the cliff under the Poggio Syracuse, a royal villa, are temples of the Sirens, or caves of Ulysses. [4]
If it come justified out of the discussion which will follow, it will find a career ready and waiting for it. [5]
I told you just now the matter under discussion. [10]
Soon afterwards, when it was reported back, there was a discussion over it, and perhaps Trumbull in reading it hastily in the altered form did not perceive all the bearings of the alterations. [7]
I so adopt it because it furnishes a precise and an agreed starting-point for a discussion between Republicans and that wing of the Democracy headed by Senator Douglas. [7]
The main thing is to create a favorable atmosphere and avoid discussion. [4]
Now this discussion is not set down in the histories; but I was there, and I will speak of it, as knowing you will trust me, I not being given to beguiling you with lies. [5]
Just what happened is not remembered now, but from the date of the next letter we realize that a discussion of the matter by Clemens and Rogers must have followed pretty promptly. [5]
The discussion warmed into a dispute; the dispute warmed into a quarrel. [5]

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