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Sentences ending with extent

Elm Street it was called, naturally enough, for its elms made a long, pointed-arched gallery of it through most of its extent. [6]
Utter licentiousness, and unnatural crimes, prevail to an astounding extent. [1]
The revelation in the last will of Henderson's change of mind towards her was mortifying to a certain extent. [4]
Under us, and stretching away before us, was a heaving sea of molten fire of seemingly limitless extent. [5]
It may be said that what the debtor loses the creditor gains by this operation; but on examination this will be found true only to a very limited extent. [7]
To the south of the temple of Amon stood the king's palace, and near it, in more or less extensive gardens, rose the houses of the magnates of the kingdom, among which, one was distinguished by it splendor and extent. [10]
Behind this screen of forest are there hills, great streams, with broad valleys, ranges of mountains perhaps, vast plains, lakes, other wildernesses of illimitable extent? [4]
The slight incident of Delilah's appearance and disappearance served my purpose to some extent. [6]
She had, indeed, no idea that he would propose, no notion that his heart was involved to such an extent. [9]
Prince Andrew had never yet seen a German theorist in whom all the characteristics of those others were united to such an extent. [2]

Sentences containing extent two or more times

They may be to some extent avoided, to some extent diverted from their aim, to some extent resisted. [6]
This practice doubtless existed to some extent, and it was, a real additional evil that it could be, and was, plausibly charged to exist in greater extent than it did. [7]

More example sentences with the word extent in them

It would astonish you to know the extent of the evil of "absenteeism. [7]
Surely no one would have predicted when Ruth left Philadelphia that she would become absorbed to this extent, and so happy, in a life so unlike that she thought she desired. [5]
The sidewalks swarmed with people--to such an extent, indeed, that it was generally no easy matter to stem the human tide. [5]
In our dealings with other nations, we yielded often to imperialistic ambitions and thus, to a certain extent, justified the cynicism of Europe. [9]
The lion, it will be seen, was self-sacrificing even to the extent of double dummy. [9]
The extent to which that idea was carried is well shown in the expressions I have borrowed from Jonathan Edwards. [6]
And, indeed, to what an extent our physical wants are determined by our intellectual mold! [4]
This was all well for her, for it occupied her time, and to some extent diverted her thoughts. [4]
During his first weeks of pain and weakness, Ruth was unceasing in her ministrations; she quietly took charge of him, and with a gentle firmness resisted all attempts of Alice or any one else to share to any great extent the burden with her. [5]
Although our author was somewhat far advanced, and Mr. Prescott had not yet collected his materials, Irving renounced the glorious theme in such a manner that Prescott never suspected the pain and loss it cost him, nor the full extent of his own obligation. [4]
Indeed, the heat was most oppressive, but we had become to some extent inured to it on the boat, and we were both in such sound health that our slumbers were not disturbed. [9]
I think it was in that hour that he realized the full extent of the wisdom he was near, which was like unto Solomon's. [9]
The high-priest's garden was in no respect inferior in beauty and extent to that of the Mohar. [10]
It exists with us, to some little extent, but in no degree approaching a custom. [5]
It was not until the morning dawned that the true nature and extent of the sudden movement was ascertained. [6]
As I have told you, you interest me; so far that is the extent of my feelings. [9]
We have reason to think the Whigs of that State hold us responsible, to some extent, for the appointments which may be made of our citizens. [7]
It shows, also, to the extent yet known, that we have more men now than we had when the war began. [7]
They levied taxes to the amount of thirty or forty thousand dollars and ordered expenditures to the extent of about a million. [5]
He had come to study French government in New Caledonia, to gauge the extent of the menace that the convict question bore towards Australia, and to tell his tale to Australia, and to such other countries as would listen. [11]
Every novel is, to some extent, a compound of truth and fiction, and he has done his best to picture conditions as they were, and to make the spirit of his book true. [9]
Scenery itself alters to some extent under the operation of agencies brought to bear upon it for its own improvement or for the improvement of something else. [4]
Heretofore colored people to some extent have fled North from bondage, and now, perhaps, from both bondage and destitution. [7]
Larry opened up to me something of the significance and extent of it, something of the identity of the men who controlled it. [9]
Leaving her mainly to herself, she could be to some extent indirectly influenced,--not otherwise. [6]
Unable as yet to grasp the full extent of her calamity, she rode on by his side, until she was aware at last that they had reached the door of the house at Highlawns. [9]
You cannot injure, to any extent, the stockholders. [7]
He was responsible, to an extent, for the happiness of these two young creatures. [11]
With deportation, even to a limited extent, enhanced wages to white labor is mathematically certain. [7]
The learned Judge Thornton confessed himself surprised at the extent of Dudley Veneer's information. [6]
Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy. [7]
Not content with this, he strewed gold-dust in his hair and beard and filled his mouth to that extent that he appeared in the act of choking. [10]
But to justify this proposition, I must add that the injuries inflicted by over-medication are to a great extent masked by disease. [3]
To whatever extent this may be true, I think annexation an evil. [7]
So early as this I noticed that there were signs of commencing thickening in the heart, as shown by the degree and extent of its impulse. [6]
He has used this doctrine as a part of the machinery of his story without pledging his absolute belief in it to the extent to which it is asserted or implied. [6]
To that extent they are our superiors. [5]
High-toned conversation on these topics occupied these dignified and faithful mammies, upon whom seemed to rest to a considerable extent the maintenance of the aristocratic social traditions. [4]
An exception to these in Bavaria is the "Allgerneine Zeitung" of Augsburg, which is old and immensely respectable, and is perhaps, for extent of correspondence and splendidly written editorials on a great variety of topics, excelled by no journal in Europe except the London "Times. [4]
Other questions had their opposing partisans in all localities of the country and in almost every family, so that no division of the Union could follow such without a separation of friends to quite as great an extent as that of opponents. [7]
He had followed the unusual and somewhat surprising career of the gentleman from Leith with some care, even to the extent of reading of Mr. Crewe's activities in the State Tribunes which had been sent him. [9]
Since when did the truest love prevent a man from being petulant, even to the extent of wounding those he best loves, especially if the loved one shows scruples when sympathy is needed? [4]
To what extent the Tractors were favored with the patronage of English and American ladies, it is of course not easy to say, except on general principles, as their names were not brought before the public. [6]
A part of the scheme of those who work for the reformation of criminals is to render punishment more certain, and to let its extent depend upon reformation. [4]
These appearances, on the other hand, are intelligible, at least to a large extent, if man is the co-descendant with other mammals of some unknown and lower form. [1]
Every detective of the large force scattered over this huge extent of country sent his hourly report, and each and every one of them had a clue, and was shadowing something, and was hot upon the heels of it. [5]
What wonder that the history of Medicine should be to so great an extent a record of self-delusion! [6]
The genius of the great portrait-painter may to some extent overcome the disadvantages of contemporary costume, but if the costume of his period is hideous and lacks the essential lines of beauty, his work is liable to need the apology of quaintness. [4]
This had been the extent of Nathan's religion; Jethro had none at all, and was, for this and other reasons, somewhere near the bottom of the social scale. [9]
We never know the extent of darkness until it is partially illuminated. [6]
To whatever extent the enlistment and drafting, one or both, of colored troops may be found necessary within the State, it may be conducted within the law of Congress; and, so far as practicable, free from collateral embarrassments, disorders, and provocations. [7]
Nor, turning to the differences between the brains of the highest apes and that of man, is there any serious question as to the nature and extent of these differences. [1]
We forget that the creation of the novel should be, to a certain extent, a synthetic process, and impart to human actions that ideal quality which we demand in painting. [4]
They had freed the country of highwaymen and murderers to a great extent, and they determined that in the absence of the regular civil authority they would establish a People's Court where all offenders should be tried by judge and jury. [5]
You know by the conversation with me that I thought the establishment of the paper unfortunate, but I always expected to throw no obstacle in its way, and to patronize it to the extent of taking and paying for one copy. [7]
But they district the city themselves, and the dogs of each district, whether it be half a block in extent, or ten blocks, have to remain within its bounds. [5]
The evil which the Catholic Church has thus effected is incalculable, though no doubt counterbalanced to a certain, perhaps to a large, extent in other ways; nevertheless, Europe has progressed at an unparalleled rate. [1]
This indeed is the case to a certain extent with some birds, as we have seen with the peahen, wild turkey, and certain kinds of grouse. [1]
The object in the body and the heating apparatus is the same; to increase the extent of surface.--We mix hair with plaster (as the Egyptians mixed straw with clay to make bricks) so that it shall hold more firmly. [6]
I told her that I saw she must have a view equal in extent at her own home. [14]
Philip liked to talk about Evelyn, to dwell upon her peculiarities and qualities, to hear her praised; to this extent he was confidential with his cousin, but never in regard to his own feeling. [4]
Yet, as her sympathies were, to some extent, rationalised by stern fact and everlasting custom, her opposition to some things became more active and more fervid. [11]
I make this suggestion upon the ground that a comity which ought to be reciprocated exempts our consuls in all other countries from taxation to the extent thus indicated. [7]
Such are the strange incongruities in the hearts of men, that few realized the extent to which Wallis Plimpton had partaken of the general hero-worship of Phil Goodrich. [9]
With respect to sounds, Helmholtz has explained to a certain extent on physiological principles, why harmonies and certain cadences are agreeable. [1]
Furthermore, we learn something of the scope and extent of his newspaper correspondence, which must have kept him furiously busy, done as it was in the midst of super-heated and continuous sight-seeing. [5]
He escapes to some extent the absurd position I have stated, by changing his language entirely. [7]
Every one to some extent plays a part. [10]
This detracted to some extent from the popularity which they would have attained had the different members followed one another rapidly. [4]
This was to some extent explained, a few days later, when Wetherell found himself gazing across the counter at the motherly figure of Mrs. Moses Hatch, who held the well-deserved honor of being the best cook in Coniston. [9]
It was to some extent a repetition of his "Description" of 1616. [4]
There was something so odd about the extent and limitations of his knowledge, that I suspected all at once what might be the meaning of it, and waited till I got an opportunity.--Have you seen the "New American Cyclopaedia? [6]
If woman is so different from man, to the extent of being an unexplainable mystery, science ought to determine the exact state of the case, and ascertain if there is any remedy for it. [4]
And Honora, as she glanced at her during the lessons, often wondered if she realized the appalling extent of her cruelty. [9]
We have, also, seen that animals are able to reason to a certain extent, manifestly without the aid of language. [1]
Well, I didn't read between the lines to that extent, quite; but I saw that they were going to help us, if there was anything in us, more than anything that could have been done. [8]
High above the ravine where the spring was lay a level plateau of moderate extent, and behind it rose a fissured cliff of bare, red-brown porphyry. [10]
This will amount practically to drafting by townships, as the enrollment subdistricts are generally about the extent of townships. [7]
The sun shone pleasantly on the bright water, which was sometimes shaded by trees, and sometimes open to a wide extent of country, intersected by running streams, and rich with wooded hills, cultivated land, and sheltered farms. [12]
I had always perceived, that rare and strongly-marked deviations of structure, deserving to be called monstrosities, could seldom be preserved through natural selection, and that the preservation of even highly-beneficial variations would depend to a certain extent on chance. [1]
Even in our own dress, the general character lasts long, and the changes are to a certain extent graduated. [1]
And it came over him, not only the extent to which, formerly, he had regarded the bishop as too tolerant and easygoing, but the fact that he had arrived here today prepared to find in his superior anything but the attitude he was showing. [9]
The goatee extends over a wide extent of country; and is accompanied by an iron-clad belief in Adam and the biblical history of creation, which has not suffered from the assaults of the scientists. [5]
The extent of our territory in that region depended not on any treaty-fixed boundary (for no treaty had attempted it), but on revolution. [7]
Another reason which once was, but which, to the same extent, is now no more, has done much in maintaining our institutions thus far. [7]
Now they were on the verge of destruction, and he, Ephraim, who came from the camp of the enemy, was perhaps the sole person who saw the full extent of the danger. [10]
This sudden disclosure of the young woman's identity had upon Hodder a certain electric effect, and with it came a realization of the extent to which--from behind the scenes, so to speak--she had gradually aroused him to a lively speculation. [9]
But the extent of the Serapeum was so enormous that the mass of people was by no means densely packed on the roof, in the halls, and in the underground passages and rooms. [10]
It was one of the many proofs of the extent to which the British nation had been socialized. [9]
When the extent of the Bigler swindle was disclosed there was no more hope that Mr. Bolton could extricate himself, and he had, as an honest man, no resource except to surrender all his property for the benefit of his creditors. [5]
The first source of pleasure varies of course with our condition and the state of the surrounding circumstances; the second with the amount and kind of power, and the extent and kind of action. [6]
Of the extent of his wealth, and the silver fleets which constantly brought to him from the New World treasures of the noble metal of unprecedented value, Barbara had already heard many incredible things. [10]
As the extent of his reading became gradually disclosed, however, her feeling of inadequacy grew, and she resolved in the future to make better use of her odd moments. [9]
At the end of an hour, we had made the four miles, and landed on a level point of land, upon which was a wide extent of old ruins, with many a tall cocoanut tree growing among them. [5]
The summit is occupied by a handsome private residence, and from this ridge the view, which has the merit of "bursting" upon the traveler as he comes over the hill, is captivating in its extent and variety. [4]
It formed the nucleus of a wide spreading radiance of tender red of which the extent and intensity alternately grew and diminished. [10]
But he did not suspect that she needed sympathy quite as much as he did, and consequently he did not guess the extent of her self-control. [4]
But I do not propose to affirm that this is so to any very great extent, or to enter into a very minute examination of his historical statements. [7]
Your sister must not at present hear of your father's death; when your future lot is to some extent secure we will tell her by degrees all that has occurred. [10]
Neither the upper nor the lower tusks appear to have been specially modified to act as guards, though no doubt they are to a certain extent used for this purpose. [1]

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