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Sentences ending with display

The same honor was promised to Herdegen--honor on honor, pleasure on pleasure, bravery and display! [10]
Slocum" (no, it was one "Carl Byng," I perceive) "Carl Byng" for Mark Twain, and that it was the former who wrote the plagiarism entitled "Three Aces," I think that would do a fair justice without any unseemly display. [5]
I think she wants it now to increase and establish and perpetuate her power and glory with, not to add to her comforts and luxuries, not to furnish paint and fuss and feathers for vain display. [5]
The love of truth is stronger than the desire of display. [4]
It is difficult to attain this, and theory says that it takes three generations for a man to separate himself thus from his display. [4]
After we discovered this, we never went into ecstasies any more--we never admired any thing--we never showed any but impassible faces and stupid indifference in the presence of the sublimest wonders a guide had to display. [5]
The houses of the embalmers, which earlier in the evening had shone brightly out of the darkness, now made a less splendid display. [10]
We have seen that their colours and elegant patterns are arranged and exhibited as if for display. [1]
Yet I trust that in view of the great responsibility resting upon me you will perceive no want of respect to yourselves in any undue earnestness I may seem to display. [7]
We are pursuing substantially the old ends of material success and display. [4]

Short sentences using display

This was a different display. [4]

Sentences containing display two or more times

I was well aware that I thus laid myself open to ridicule; though in fact it is not more surprising that a monkey should display his bright-red hinder end than that a peacock should display his magnificent tail. [1]

More example sentences with the word display in them

Nobody but just you and me--it ain't much of a display for the barkeeper. [5]
So it is with birds; but many cock birds do not so much pursue the hen, as display their plumage, perform strange antics, and pour forth their song in her presence. [1]
These he guarded with a determination which he never roused himself to display in matters of graver import. [10]
But she evidently wished to display herself to the people in all her finery and be admired, for she presently went up on the roof of the deck-house. [10]
Magnificence of display went hand in hand with a taste for cruel and barbarous amusements. [4]
At noon he was still tramping--among the rabble which followed after the royal procession, now; for he argued that this regal display would attract his little lunatic powerfully. [5]
The old general was better pleased, however, at this display of activity and excitement than at yesterday's taciturnity. [11]
Here, before her, was a nobler display, and yet her lively imagination which often, sometimes indeed against her will, gave shape to her formless thoughts--called up the image of the beautiful youth surrounded by the glowing glory which still painted the horizon. [10]
Smith sent men up to their town, a display of force was made by firing four guns, and the Indians kindly traded, giving fish, oysters, bread, and deer. [4]
Not until the 'Tu pulchra es' did she display the full power of her art. [10]
Striking as this train may unfold itself in her character, and as pre-eminent as it may stand among the fair display of her other qualities, yet there is another, which struggles into existence, and adds an additional luster to what she already possesses. [5]
He kindly motioned to them to keep silence, and asked what induced them to expect leisure time on that day, when, by the exertion of all their powers, they were to display their skill in the presence of their mistress and the Emperor. [10]
Is man subject to similar malconformations, the result of arrested development, of reduplication of parts, etc., and does he display in any of his anomalies reversion to some former and ancient type of structure? [1]
I was impatient to see what this was; and to show, too, how much more admirable was the one which I should display to the Examining Board. [5]
I should like to see the display upon a grand stage, and enjoy it in a coup d'oeil. [4]
It was delicious to see a newspaper again, yet I was conscious of a secret shock when my eye fell upon the first batch of display head-lines. [5]
Or--the blood rushed to his face--or it might be that the Gipsy's presence here, this display of devilish antipathy, as though it were all part of the music, was due, somehow, to Fleda Druse. [11]
The wax began to display in a much reduced scale the whole figure of the beautiful youth and in the very same attitude which the young Dionysus carried off by the pirates, had assumed the day before. [10]
She only longed to display her art before the greatest of men, whose "entreaty" had intoxicated her with very different power from the Malmsey at Herr Peter's table, and show herself worthy of his approval. [10]
Their ambition aspired to display before an admiring world a practical demonstration of the truth of a proposition which had hitherto been considered at best no better than problematical--namely, the capability of a people to govern themselves. [7]
I caused them to be supplied from the public stores with a Union jack: for display on the arrival of ships, and a pit-saw, of which they were greatly in need. [5]
Nature is apt to be belittled by this sort of display, but the noble dignity of the vast arch of stone was superior to this trifling, and even had a sort of mystery added to its imposing grandeur. [4]
This was a time for broad policy-- for distribution of cassavi bread, yams and papaws, for big, and maybe rough, display of power and generosity. [11]
I have since thought it a peculiarly amusing trick of fate that the palace of the Russian embassy--the property of the autocrat Nicholas--was obliged to celebrate with a brilliant display of lights the movement for liberty in a sister country. [10]
Arsinoe soon followed this example, nor was this solely on account of Pollux who, by the prefect's orders, had been enlisted among the artists to whom the arrangement of the display was entrusted, in spite of the objections of his master Papias. [10]
The good of this display cannot be reckoned in figures. [4]
One after another they hasten to display their insignificance before him. [2]
In one of these shops, where I went to choose a picture post-card, I caught sight of an artistic display of a delicacy I had thought long obsolete--the everlasting gum-drop. [9]
Finally, Seleukus presented the wives of the magnates who had shared with him the cost of this display, and among these, all magnificently dressed, the lady Berenike shone supreme by the pride of her demeanor and the startling magnificence of her attire. [10]
It is on the whole a splendid display for the sake of four sleepy men, banging along in a coach,--an insignificant little vehicle with two horses. [4]
This is not the time for rhetorical display or ambitious eloquence. [3]
We all admire the tasteful display of flowers in foreign towns: we go home, and carry nothing with us but a recollection. [4]
The landing was the signal for a great display on the part of the people and the militia--yes, the militia shared in the applause, your honour! [11]
Hadrian now occupied the restored palace, not as an architect from Rome but as sovereign of the world; he had shown himself to the Alexandrians and had been received with rejoicings and an unheard-of display in his honor. [10]
In walking along the main street, Mr. Bernard had noticed a large house of some pretensions to architectural display, namely, unnecessarily projecting eaves, giving it a mushroomy aspect, wooden mouldings at various available points, and a grandiose arched portico. [6]
Judge Driscoll had the good fortune to secure them for an immediate drive, and to be the first to display them in public. [5]
First he studied the frieze and the festal display on his right, and when he turned his head to look at the side where Melissa stood, an inward voice bade her withdraw, that the gaze of this monster might not blight her. [10]
We expect from the fine lady in her brocades and laces a generosity of display which we should reprimand with the virtuous severity of Tartuffe if ventured upon by the waiting-maid in her calicoes. [6]
The display of the fibrous structure of the brain seemed a novelty as shown by Spurzheim. [3]
While Philip spoke the Duke never took eyes from his face--that face so facile in the display of feeling or emotion. [11]
Although some of the cottages were vacated, and the display was not so extensive as in August, it was still marvelously beautiful, and the night voyage around the illuminated islands was something long to be remembered. [4]
The display of the company in the village filled him with the loftiest heroism. [4]
The worldlings and the camp-meeting gatherings vie with each other in the display of colored lights and fireworks. [4]
The scene of the brilliant display had become a lake of blood, full of the dead and dying. [10]
It was evident that Kutuzov despised cleverness and learning and even the patriotic feeling shown by Denisov, but despised them not because of his own intellect, feelings, or knowledge--he did not try to display any of these--but because of something else. [2]
But he felt that he could not long succeed in maintaining a successful display of indifference, so he took leave of Miriam. [10]
Because she had taken a bold step today, she must take a bolder one tomorrow--more display, more servants, some new invention of luxury and extravagance. [4]
He would be sure to make the most of any opportunity for display of intellectual emotion, and he would have burst his buttons if he had known. [11]
All display in superfluous abundance the boundless credulity and excitability of mankind upon subjects connected with medicine. [6]
One shop had such a display of magnificent dressing-cases that I should have thought a whole royal family was setting out on its travels. [6]
Your display of strength irritated him yesterday, and he does not wish to see you again for some time. [10]
Lempriere of Rozel stood abashed before this rich display of feeling. [11]
While she was still recalling the display at the Adonis festival, the curtains began to close again. [10]
The artist himself shrank from contact with this overpowering display, and said that he could not endure more than a day or two of it. [4]
And that she should seem to consider me a spectacle, and totally overlook her own merits in that respect, was another puzzling thing, and a display of magnanimity, too, that was surprising in one so young. [5]
Advancing toward him, she gave a bright display of her rosy neck, and from her head the ambrosial locks breathed divine fragrance; her robe hung waving to his view, while she stood like a goddess confessed before him. [5]
The lottery-houses were set up early, and, to the last, attracted crowds, who could not resist the tempting display of goods and trinkets, which might be won by investing six kreuzers in a bit of paper, which might, when unrolled, contain a number. [4]
Is her life set to the note of display, of color and show, with little sweetness, or to that retiring modesty which needs a little encouragement before it fully reveals its beauty and its perfume? [4]
Then he had seen them rise and shed their blood, yet even then only with loud outcries and a promising display of enthusiasm. [10]
Vulgarity, one can see, consists in making one's self a part of the display of wealth: the thing to be attained is personal simplicity on a background of the richest ostentation. [4]
I look to see advertisements shorter, printed with less display, and more numerous. [4]
That is to say, one has the flooding sunshine, the balmy air and the brilliant blue sea, without the marring additions of human pow-wow and fuss and feathers and display. [5]
Of his two remarkable-looking hearers one was wrapped in a long and splendid robe and wore a rich display of gold chains and rings, while the other wore nothing over his short chiton but a Roman toga thrown over his left shoulder. [10]
Henderson handling the reins, and making a part of that daily display which is too heterogeneous to have distinction, reverted quite naturally to the tone of worldliness and tolerant cynicism which had characterized his conversation in the morning. [4]
There was a rage for the display of fine clothes. [4]
They asked no questions, and they made no self-righteous display of their hospitality. [5]
Gold and ivory, purple sails, bronze and marble statues at the prow and stern, and in the little shrines on the after-deck, combined in a gorgeous display, made all the more brilliant by the low sun, which added vividness to every hue. [10]
His entrance is public and with some dignity of display. [4]
He was evidently pleased at his own display of anger and walking up to the regiment wished to find a further excuse for wrath. [2]
On a high platform-intended for the display of a small image of Serapis and certain symbols of the god, at great festivals--Glycera, the loveliest hetaira of the town, was drawn in triumph through the temple. [10]
All the plans Pierre had attempted on his estates--and constantly changing from one thing to another had never accomplished--were carried out by Prince Andrew without display and without perceptible difficulty. [2]
These monkeys are particularly apt to act in this manner, grinning at the same time, when first introduced to a new monkey, but often also to their old monkey friends; and after this mutual display they begin to play together. [1]
Then Orion spoke out; he explained fully what the reasons were that had moved the Patriarch to display such conspicuous and far-reaching animosity towards his father. [10]
She wore the ornaments of pure yellow gold which her great-great-grandmother had brought over from Saardam; the tempting stomacher of the olden time; and withal a provokingly short petticoat, to display the prettiest foot and ankle in the country round. [4]
They are frequently ornamented with combs, horns, wattles and plumes of the most diversified kinds, and are decorated with beautiful colours, all evidently for the sake of display. [1]
Anatole kissed the old man, and looked at him with curiosity and perfect composure, waiting for a display of the eccentricities his father had told him to expect. [2]
Among the obligations of wealth is the obligation of display. [4]
No melodramatic display of warring elements, such as the white-robed Second Adventist imagines, can meet the need of the human heart. [6]
But the most of those present seemed to regard it as a spectacle only; and as a display of dress, costumes, and nationalities it was almost unsurpassed. [4]
A considerable portion of the daily newspapers is devoted to these announcements, which are printed in display type, like the advertisements of dry-goods sellers with you. [4]
This outward display of Orientalism could only be a reflex of the mind. [11]
The bright colours of many butterflies and of some moths are specially arranged for display, so that they may be readily seen. [1]
Perhaps he did not think at all: undoubtedly he, and the public at large, were used to Mr. Lawler's daily display of "injustices. [9]
Characteristically, he did not like to display his ignorance. [9]
And I did not do it to display my daring. [5]
But I do not believe you will try to make your old Arrowhead Village friends stare their eyes out of their heads with a display meant to outshine everybody else that comes here. [6]
Their physiognomy is not adapted to the display of the emotions; the lateral movement of their jaws being effective for alimentary purposes, but very limited in its gamut of expression. [6]
It was a noble turnout, and would have made a fine display if we had had thinner weather. [5]
At eleven the next morning a procession of open carriages, attended by clamorous bands of music and adorned with a moving display of flags, filed along C street and was soon in danger of blockade by a huzzaing multitude of citizens. [5]
Satan said we must put the artillery in place now, and station the halberdiers and display the cavalry. [5]
There is so much more display and expense. [4]
The poor blunderer mouses among the sublime creations of the Old Masters, trying to acquire the elegant proficiency in art-knowledge, which he has a groping sort of comprehension is a proper thing for a traveled man to be able to display. [5]
But when the monarch continued for some time to display an abstemiousness so unlike him, the marquise cast a hasty glance of inquiry at Malfalconnet. [10]
I like a man who shaves (next to one who does n't shave) to satisfy his own conscience, and not for display, and who dresses as neatly at home as he does anywhere. [4]
We ancients can make a grand display of minus quantities in our reminiscences, and the figures look almost as well as if they had the plus sign before them. [6]
The ladies' toilettes make a fine display of color, and this is in keeping with the elegance of the vessel's furnishings and the flooding brilliancies of the electric light. [5]
The impulse to make a display, inherited from his mother, urged him to take still greater risks. [10]
They have almost made funerals unpopular by over-elaboration and display, especially what are called public funerals, in which an effort is made to confer great distinction on the dead. [4]
There was no longer room for the display, scarcely for the storage, of the works of art, the pictures, the curiosities, the books, that unlimited money and the opportunity of foreign travel had collected in all these years. [4]
But he ere long controlled this display of feeling, ashamed to shed tears for her who had cheated him and who had fled from his love. [10]

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