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Sentences starting with partly

Partly from restlessness, partly from an attraction she hardly avowed to herself, she followed her usual habit and strolled listlessly along to the school. [6]
Partly from a fear of a world that had hurt her, partly from fear of herself, she had made her burrow deep, that heat and cold, the changing seasons, and love and hate might be things far removed. [9]

Sentences ending with partly

I thought we was right on the track of a solution, but it's gone to grass, partly. [5]
I think I understand you, partly--but only partly. [9]
I had to get the other off, partly. [5]

Short sentences using partly

That is partly true. [5]
The door was partly open. [12]

Sentences containing partly two or more times

Tom and I would have preferred to sleep in the woods near by, with our feet to the blaze; this was partly from motives of economy, and partly because Tom, in common with other pioneers, held an inn in contempt. [9]
Already the darkness was so heavy that one could not see far; these people and the old turrets, being partly in deep shadow and partly in the red glow from the great torch-baskets overhead, made a good deal of a picture. [5]
The passengers came to the table, but it was partly to put in the time, and partly because the wisdom of the ages commanded them to be regular in their meals. [5]
He spent the time in looking through old family papers, fishing out ancient documents, partly out of curiosity, partly from an unaccountable presentiment. [11]
Have spent the three days partly in walking about, partly in enjoying social privileges, and largely in idling around the magnificent garden at Hutt, a little distance away, around the shore. [5]
I am writing this chapter partly for the satisfaction of abusing that accomplished knave Billfinger, and partly to show whosoever shall read this how Americans fare at the hands of the Paris guides and what sort of people Paris guides are. [5]
But that one thing she came to know, partly by instinct, partly by something he accidentally dropped, partly from something Jacques once said to him. [11]
The cause of the unaccountable delay of Sir George and the relief parties among the heights where the disaster had happened was a thick fog--or, partly that and partly the slow and difficult work of conveying the dead body down the perilous steeps. [5]
I shall remember the Transfiguration partly because it was placed in a room almost by itself; partly because it is acknowledged by all to be the first oil painting in the world; and partly because it was wonderfully beautiful. [5]
Owing partly to the old-fashioned ideas of Dr. Gilman, and partly to the conservatism of its vestry, the institutionalism of St. John's was by no means up to date. [9]

More example sentences with the word partly in them

And now, a year later, when I read the cablegrams I seem to be reading of what I myself partly saw--saw before it happened--in a prophetic dream, as it were. [5]
And only last year I had cheated him in a trade, giving him a large fish-hook which was partly broken through for three small sound ones. [5]
No, I am wrong--at least only partly right. [5]
Don't believe no wrong of nobody, not till y' must,--least of all of them that come o' the same folks, partly, and has lived with yo all their days. [6]
Charley found the woman in the Notary's office, which, while partly detached from the house, did duty as sitting-room and library. [11]
He stepped back with an exclamation, partly of chagrin. [11]
It was based wholly on a talk he had partly overheard between Barode Barouche and Luzanne in the house where she stayed and where he, Roudin, lodged. [11]
The acclaim with which the Southern literature has been received is partly due to its novelty, the new life it exhibited, but more to the recognition in it of a fresh flavor, a literary quality distinctly original and of permanent importance. [4]
In the cares which Mrs. March shared with her husband that night she was supported partly by principle, but mainly by the potent excitement which bewildered Conrad's family and took all reality from what had happened. [8]
He explained to Wetmore: "They have me because they partly own me. [8]
To loosen it was to divert the slide away, or partly away, from the little house. [11]
Now his face was partly turned from her, and she saw how thin and pale it was. [11]
The left-hand one was partly open, granting entrance to the autumn sunshine. [10]
No doubt his want of advancement was partly due to want of influence, which better birth would have given him; but the plain truth is that he had a talent for making himself disagreeable to his associates. [4]
There was with us a profound sense of loss and sorrow, due partly to the growing knowledge, not pleasing to our vanity, that Margaret could get on very well without us, that we were not necessary to her life. [4]
To him the underlying issue was not democratic, but imperialistic; and this was partly because he was unable to make a mental connection between a European war and the brand of democracy he recognized. [9]
Then get the towns on the line to issue their bonds for stock, and sell their bonds for enough to complete the road, and partly stock it, especially if we mortgage each section as we complete it. [5]
Although it was to start early in the morning, she was in the square in ample time, partly because she hoped to see the Emperor in the distance. [10]
I was partly to realize, then, how admirably these things are constructed. [5]
Nevertheless, thanks partly to good fortune, and to the farseeing wisdom of our early statesmen who perceived that the success of our experiment depended upon the maintenance of an isolation from European affairs, we established democracy as a practical form of government. [9]
It was partly to escape from this question that he hurried down-town, and decided to spend with the Leightons the hour remaining on his hands before it was time to go to the reception for which he was dressed. [8]
When he was thus discharged of his hatred by such a conductor, I presume he had not a spark left for those whose mission was partly to live upon him and other generous souls. [4]
This was partly through his winning and gentle ways, but mainly through the amazing familiarity with my books which his conversation showed. [5]
It came home, though I partly diverted it. [11]
She had attributed this latter partly to jealousy of her, for no one is willing to acknowledge a fault in himself when a more agreeable motive can be found for the estrangement of his acquaintances. [5]
Did you not think, and partly form the purpose, of courting her the first time you ever saw her or heard of her? [7]
When he saw these things in the shops he had felt that he must have them; that they were necessary to him; and he was partly in debt for them, still without having sent any of his earnings to pay his father. [8]
That is just the way in this world; an enemy can partly ruin a man, but it takes a good-natured injudicious friend to complete the thing and make it perfect. [5]
This is partly the substance of what was said one winter evening before the wood fire in the library of a house in Brandon, one of the lesser New England cities. [4]
The Doctor's was the graver of the two; there was something of grimness about it, partly owing to the northeasters he had faced for so many years, partly to long companionship with that stern personage who never deals in sentiment or pleasantry. [6]
I will import the chief portion of it into this book, partly because of its intrinsic interest, and partly because it gives such a vivid idea of what the perilous pastime of Alp-climbing is. [5]
Sherman's army captured that, and so, even in death, the bold navigator partly fulfilled his contract. [5]
After the night that Wilson had partly revealed his scheme at his house, Tom had tried for several days to guess out the secret of the rest of it, but had failed. [5]
It was a summer's night and the curtained windows were partly open. [11]
After a brief stupor, he awoke to a consciousness of being partly under the table and partly under the grate. [12]
There is a strong fascination about it--partly because it is so old, and partly because it is so ugly. [5]
The nature and strength of the feelings which we call regret, shame, repentance or remorse, depend apparently not only on the strength of the violated instinct, but partly on the strength of the temptation, and often still more on the judgment of our fellows. [1]
As for his stories, they had never failed to hold the attention of his audience; this was partly due to the fact that he usually had to break them off at the point where the interest had reached its climax. [10]
Some workingmen, getting stone from the hillside on one of the little plateaus, for a house-cellar, discovered, partly embedded, a piece of pottery unique in this region. [4]
I attribute this state of things partly to the weather. [14]
See where he stands now --on the summit of his art in two worlds and it was I who put him there --that partly put him there. [5]
He had not spoken, partly because he had not yet become used to the fact that he really was married. [11]
In the triangular space left blank the title of the periodical and the publisher's imprint were tastefully lettered so as to be partly covered by the background of color. [8]
It was very smooth, and partly digested, so to speak, by the maceration to which it had been exposed during its four months' journey through the body. [5]
But if the sick man lives--" The Governor looked at his son partly in admiration, partly in pain, and maybe a little of anger. [11]
As soon as she was in this position, Publius let her free; she covered her eyes with her aching hands and sobbed aloud, partly from anger, and because she felt herself bitterly humiliated. [10]
From this peep-hole she studied the character and destination of all the passers-by that came within range of her vision, and made her comments and deductions, partly to herself, but for the benefit of those who might be listening. [4]
Without a word she caught from her cloak a dagger and struck him in the breast, though he threw up his hand and partly diverted the blow. [11]
I have just seen a despatch of Grant, of 11 P.M., May 23, on the North Anna and partly across it, which ends as follows: "Everything looks exceedingly favorable for us. [7]
The poor little Scarabee began fidgeting round about this time, and uttering some half-audible words, apologetical, partly, and involving an allusion to refreshments. [6]
What I said referred partly to the wonderful strength that you, my lord, have so often displayed in the field and in the circus; and also to another thing, which I myself now truly repent of having alluded to. [10]
There is even reason to suspect that the branching horns of stags, and the elegant horns of certain antelopes, though properly serving as weapons of offence or defence, have been partly modified for ornament. [1]
He desired the prosperity of his countrymen, partly because they were his countrymen, but chiefly to show to the world that free men could be prosperous. [7]
He was partly promised the Archbishopric of Rouen, which was vacant, if he should succeed. [5]
I suspect the prejudice may have come partly from Wordsworth. [6]
He had respected, perhaps partly imagined her feelings, and in spite of these now a sense of gratitude to him stole over her, mitigating the intensity of their bitterness. [9]
Some of the people and animals was partly covered with sand, but most of them not, for the sand was thin there, and the bed was gravel and hard. [5]
Many of Froebel's pedagogical principles undoubtedly appear at first sight a pallid theorem, partly a matter of course, partly impracticable. [10]
He had some pathetic little nickel-plated aristocratic instincts, and detested his name, which was Dunlap; detested it, partly because it was nearly as common in that region as Smith, but mainly because it had a plebeian sound to his ear. [5]
I said this partly through young Z, who spoke German very well, and partly through Mr. X, who spoke it peculiarly. [5]
It's partly pride, partly the undefeated thing in him, partly the gambling spirit which seizes men when nothing is left but one great spectacular success or else be blotted out. [11]
It must be partly principle, partly self-discipline, which keeps you as you are. [14]
A strange sensation, partly pleasure, partly resentment, passed through the crowd. [11]
Apparently, it was partly piety, largely gain, and there is reason to suspect that the sport afforded was the chiefest fascination of all. [5]
So it is partly our fault, but what a shame it is, the invasion of family life! [4]
A door was partly open, but not so that I could see into the next room. [6]
But it's only partly one's own from first to last. [11]
I was heated, partly from self- repression, partly from Scotch tweed. [11]
Well, I go partly for my health, partly to familiarize myself with the road. [5]
He thought it partly due, at least, to "the fatal delays that have sicklied over the bloom of original enthusiasm. [5]
It must be partly due to the want of proper training in the public schools that there are so few readers of discrimination, and that the general taste, judged by the sort of books now read, is so mediocre. [4]
He was but partly conscious of a direction he had not chosen. [9]
He has rebuilt Paris and has partly rebuilt every city in the state. [5]
The beds of papyrus on the banks now grew partly on dry land, and their rank green had faded to straw-color. [10]
The lucky soldier painfully turned himself in his bed until he faced the other warrior, raised himself partly on his elbow, and began to work up a mysterious expression of some kind in his face. [5]
However, he has paid us back, partly, without knowing it. [5]
This was partly owing to the satisfaction he got out of his clothes. [5]
This was partly owing to the quick Lawless and Trafford blood, partly to the wife's wilfulness. [11]
Numbers depend primarily on the means of subsistence, and this depends partly on the physical nature of the country, but in a much higher degree on the arts which are there practised. [1]
But Gabord was on his feet again, roaring like a bull, with a wild grin on his face, as he partly struck aside the bayonet of the last grenadier. [11]
Nearly a third of the shed roof over our heads was destroyed, and one of the stove lids, after cutting a small stanchion half in two in front of the Indian, whizzed between us and drove partly through the weather-boarding beyond. [5]
The general trend of the campaign was rarely spoken of, partly because nothing certain was known about it, partly because there was a vague feeling that in the main it was going badly. [2]
The free use of the arms and hands, partly the cause and partly the result of man's erect position, appears to have led in an indirect manner to other modifications of structure. [1]
Through the Secretaries of State and of the Interior a plan or system has been devised and partly matured, and which will be laid before you. [7]
The refined deliberateness of his nature had in it much that was royal as well as priestly; it was partly intrinsic and born with him, partly the result of his own mental self-control. [10]
They became extremely nervous; so that when a wooden ball, with which they were familiar as a plaything, was accidentally moved in the straw, under which it was partly hidden, they all instantly started away. [1]
It is partly my own fault. [6]
The inability to move the ears in man and several apes is, however, partly compensated by the freedom with which they can move the head in a horizontal plane, so as to catch sounds from all directions. [1]
It has a mouldy old cathedral, an old wall, partly Roman, strange old houses with overhanging upper floors, which make sheltered sidewalks and dark basements. [6]
He lay almost motionless for a little while, then suddenly partly raised his head and looked about him as one who peers into a dim uncertain light. [5]
I had my misgivings when I gave you the letter from Humboldt, asking that the post route from Indian Gulch to Shakespeare Gap and intermediate points be changed partly to the old Mormon trail. [5]
It was to meet that evening, and he invited Luigi to join; a thing which Luigi was glad to do, partly because it would please himself, and partly because it would gravel Angelo. [5]
She by no means lacked notice, partly on her own account, partly in consequence of the conversations with which Granvelle, who visited the springs for a short time, honoured her, while he kept entirely aloof from all the other guests. [10]
They seemed to me necessary, partly in order to explain the names and illustrate the circumstances mentioned in the text, and partly to vindicate the writer in the eyes of the learned. [10]
It was Dr. Mathys, the leech, who readily admitted that he had come partly by his Majesty's desire, partly from personal interest in Barbara's welfare. [10]
This would offend Mary and her mother; and it would surprise the other ladies, partly because this stinginess toward the suffering Old People would be out of character with Brown, and partly because he was a special Providence and could not properly act so. [5]
They had scarcely made half a dozen passes before each knew that he was pitted against a master of the art--an art partly lost in an age which better loves the talk of swords than the handling of them. [11]
Then, seeing the light through the crack between the partly open wooden shutters, she softly pushed them farther apart, and, resting her bare feet against the wall, she raised herself to look in. [10]
I print the legend partly to refresh my own memory, too, for I have never read it before. [5]
I was partly led to this through Prof. Owen's statement, that some of the Ichthyopterygia possess more than five digits, and therefore, as I supposed, had retained a primordial condition; but Prof. Gegenbaur ('Jenaischen Zeitschrift,' B. v. Heft 3, s. 341), disputes Owen's conclusion. [1]

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