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Sentences starting with proof

Proof about the shark--and another matter. [5]
Proof of his love she found in all this, and she entered into it with spirit, and an enjoyment increased by the thought that she was lightening the burden of his business, which she could see pressed more and more. [4]
Proof is not always easy, and then he had to think of her. [11]

Sentences ending with proof

There are those whose minds are satisfied with the decillionth dilution of a scientific proof. [3]
Apparently it appeals to the typographer, who devotes to it his worthy art, as well as to the job printer, who may pull a crudely printed proof. [5]
Handing it up to the Bailly, he said: "Here is the proof, Monsieur le Bailly--here is the whole proof. [11]
It was new to him--he had never formulated it before--that pity and longing and striving were a justification and a proof. [9]
Had the Duke then got his release on the ground that they were of kin--a kinship which, even to be authentic, must go back seven centuries for proof? [11]
Howells's approval of the Yankee came almost in the form of exultant shouts, one after reading each batch of proof. [5]
I shall have the truth of your story put to the proof. [10]
My man had the proof. [11]
Suddenly a new suggestion came to her: there was one remaining proof. [11]
A year or so in jail, an' a long time to think over what's going round his neck on the scaffold--wouldn't that suit you, if you've got the proof? [11]

Short sentences using proof

Where was the proof? [9]
You want a proof? [11]
Where is the proof? [11]
Come to the proof. [5]
Here is the proof. [11]
It is proof of all! [11]
But belief is not proof. [5]
And I--what is my proof? [11]
The proof was absolute now. [11]
Practical proof, Asher. [9]

Sentences containing proof two or more times

But proof after proof as furnished, and the finally the world had to believe. [5]
The very acceptance of a material proof, it seems to me, is a denial of faith, since faith ceases to have any worth whatever the moment the demand for such proof is gratified. [9]
For these reasons, I would not look at the proof sheets--I am determined to maintain the position of [sic] truly saying I never saw the proof sheets, or any part of their work, before its publication. [7]
It was no good any woman declaring she was married to him if she could not produce the proof --and the proof was in his pocket and the woman was in New York. [11]
It used to be a fashion amongst men that when a charge was made, some sort of proof was brought forward to establish it, and if no proof was found to exist, the charge was dropped. [7]

More example sentences with the word proof in them

I think you yourself realized that my wish to wait a year before giving a final answer was proof that I really had not that in my heart which would justify me in saying what you wished me to say. [11]
Fresh proof of your maxim, mother: if you want to be well served you must buy rascals! [10]
That I left you both to yourselves was the best proof I was not neglectful. [11]
Meantime Howells had written his Atlantic notice of Tom Sawyer, and now inclosed Clemens a proof of it. [5]
Two of these winding tunnels stand as proof of Nature's mining abilities. [5]
Action, however startling, will be proof of fitness. [11]
The haste with which the young man had quitted the village was only a proof that he felt his danger. [6]
Their conventional costumes were proof that we had harboured them--almost, indeed, assimilated them. [9]
Councils of war were held over the advisability of seizing Mr. Carvel's house at Glencoe, but proof was lacking until one rainy night in June a captain and ten men spurred up the drive and swung into a big circle around the house. [9]
It was very well for these people to assume to be what they pretended; but, she reflected too late, she had no proof of it except the agent's permit. [8]
As the bird was unable to crack them, he placed them one by one in his water-glass, evidently with the notion that they would in time become softer--an interesting proof of intelligence on the part of these birds. [1]
If my mind was tuned to shun thee, I gave proof that it was willing to take thee at thine own worth, even against the will of my father, against the desire of David, who knew thee better than I--he gauged thee at first glance. [11]
Ball's original, it was said, looked like a newspaper strip in the way it was printed, and may indeed have been a proof pulled in some newspaper office. [5]
Even Mrs. Holt was not wholly proof against the charms of Trixton Brent when he chose to exert himself; and for some reason he did so choose. [9]
But if Garcilasso was inferior to him in power, he was superior in agility; many of his blows he parried; others he received upon his Flemish shield, which was proof against the Damascus blade. [4]
At this Caesar was enchanted; it was to him a further proof of his strange fancy. [10]
She knew it was a proof that in the depth of his soul he was glad she was remaining at home and had not gone away. [2]
To me it was a clear proof that the Celebrity had turned her head, and her mind with it. [9]
In no previous war have the British given more striking proof of their inherent quality of doggedness. [9]
Principles is all very well, but they don't git around that one big fact, that the thing that a balloon can do ain't no sort of proof of what a horse can do. [5]
You are giving us proof to-day of how far you have succeeded in attaining unison in your own soul. [10]
I have called upon him for the proof, and he does not at all meet me as Trumbull met him upon that of which we were just talking, by producing the record. [7]
Her original, spontaneous, undoctored English furnishes ample proof of this. [5]
One of Kruger's understrappers from Holland was successfully tapped, and we've got proof that the trouble was here in London, here in this house where we sit--Byng's home. [11]
Last, and absolutely unassailable proof, the sutures in my skull closed six months ahead of his. [5]
There were men-killers, too, usually to be found in pairs, in startling costumes they had been persuaded were the latest Paris models,--imitations of French cocottes in Hampton, proof of the smallness of our modern world. [9]
And the capacity to understand is as good a proof of vocal intelligence, though in an inferior degree, as the capacity to speak. [1]
Howells was willing to risk it, and that the result was only amusing instead of tragic is the best proof of their friendship. [5]
A further proof to Pierre of his own more settled outlook on practical matters was furnished by his decision with regard to his wife's debts and to the rebuilding of his houses in and near Moscow. [2]
But something happened to him one afternoon, on the occasion of his giving proof of an intellect which may eventually bring him, in the footsteps of his great namesake, to the White House. [9]
Her misery seemed to him a touching proof of the transitory nature of all earthly things. [10]
I want you to get proof of it if you can. [9]
All she had to do now was to get a copy of this record--but no, a license to marry was no proof of marriage; it was but evidence of intention. [11]
When the order to destroy the statues of Antony and Cleopatra was issued, Octavianus gave his contemporaries another proof of his disposition to be lenient, for he ordered that the numerous statues of the Queen in Alexandria and Egypt should be preserved. [10]
It is only to be met by an imperturbable mask of serenity, proof against anything and everything in a patient's aspect. [6]
The statement is thrown in as if it were not only true, but was proof that Turner was not uneasy. [5]
When you are through you will be proof against all sins and morally perfect. [5]
That he went through was evidence not only of his adroitness and ability, but it was proof also that he was a good fellow. [4]
If true, I thought it but another proof of the undermining influence of feminine flattery, which few men, and fewer young men, can stand. [9]
I've made mistakes, though, in my time--" He stopped, and Beaton was not proof against the misery of his face, which was twisted as with some strong physical ache. [8]
In proof of this, she would present to the library of the museum the two hundred thousand volumes from Pergamus, one of the most valuable gifts Mark Antony had ever bestowed upon her, and which she had hitherto regarded merely as a loan. [10]
In proof of this we have only to refer to the masterpieces of fiction which the world cherishes and loves to recur to. [4]
In proof of this there is the fact that the majority of the council voted for such a retreat, and above all there is the well-known conversation after the council, between the commander in chief and Lanskoy, who was in charge of the commissariat department. [2]
As proof of this the peasant had brought from Visloukhovo a hundred rubles in notes (he did not know that they were false) paid to him in advance for hay. [2]
The proof that this is the genuine spot where Noah was buried can only be doubted by uncommonly incredulous people. [5]
In proof of this he shews (p. 33) that in 1844 there was one non-adult for every 2.57 adults; whereas in 1858 there was only one non-adult for every 3.27 adults. [1]
The depredations of this extensive combination were severely felt; but so well were their plans arranged, that although Murel, who was always active, was everywhere suspected, there was no proof to be obtained. [5]
Instead of advising them to turn the other cheek, he taught them uppercuts, feints, and jabs, and on the proof of this unexpected acquaintance with a profession all of them openly admired, the last vestige of reserve disappeared. [9]
This proof of the truth of his theory in regard to McCrae he found overwhelming. [9]
And practice at the Tavern Club?--yes; and that was the best teaching of all: Well, you sent even your daintiest and most delicate and fleeting points home to that audience--absolute proof of good reading. [5]
But we have the proof that dynamite was in the satchel, we've found the contractor from whom it was bought. [9]
But I reserve the proof for the present--except in the case of the N. Y. Herald; I sent an invitation there the other day--a courtesy due a paper which ordered $240,000 worth of our machines long ago when it was still in a crude condition. [5]
The Secretary of the Interior has directed a suspension of the payment of the pensions of such persons upon proof of their disloyalty. [7]
The assault upon the houses of Archias and Myrtilus was a proof of this, for the latter was still believed to be Hermon's property. [10]
The Bailly closed the book, and handed it back to the Greffier with the words: "This is not proof though it is evidence. [11]
I have proof that the emerald which Hiram sold belonged to me. [10]
The will is that of a poor man, and reference to his trunks standing about in the houses of his friends, and to his chamber in the house of Sir Samuel Saltonstall, may be taken as proof that he had no independent and permanent abiding-place. [4]
Have you proof that Minnie is what you would call a bad one? [9]
Add to this that it is the first proof I have asked of his magnanimity, and clothe it all in such winning words as Peitho can lay upon your eloquent lips. [10]
Charles angrily exclaimed that he knew what such illness meant, and his under lip protruded so far that it was easy to perceive how deeply this fresh proof of Barbara's defiance and vanity incensed him. [10]
He had said that "faith was knowledge of divine things through revelation, but that learning must give the proof thereof"; and this speech led many men of high attainments to study the new doctrines. [10]
That proof had sufficed for Mark, had sufficed for the writer of the sublime Fourth Gospel, had sufficed for Paul. [9]
A plain story, straightforwardly told; but Mumford told me that that pilot had 'gilded that scare of his, in spots;' that his subsequent career in the war was proof of it. [5]
In the present state of our knowledge upon this point I should consider such doubts merely as a proof that the sceptic had either not examined the evidence, or, having examined it, refused to accept its plain and unavoidable consequences. [3]
He kills the starving stranger who comes begging for food and shelter there is proof of it. [5]
Popularity had not spoiled her, and the best proof of this lay in the comments of a world that is nothing if not critical. [9]
To the careless spectator it seemed a charitable siding with the suffering; a proof that the old man's heart was not so cold as his hands. [11]
But she only smiled and said, "My pulse has long ceased to beat, my spirit has departed; I shall suffer nothing in the burning; and if you wish proof, order some fire and you shall see this arm consumed without giving me any pain. [5]
She had become slightly stout, revealing, as time went on, no wrinkles--a proof that the union was founded on something more enduring than poetry: Statesmanship--that was the secret! [9]
She had no signs of hysteria, though now and then there came heart-breaking little outbursts of emotion which had this proof that they were not hysteria-- they were never seen by others. [11]
Though twenty nations should unite to judge, where might proof be found--inside the palace, where all men lie and bear false witness? [11]
A proof, had she recognized it, that immorality is not a matter of laws and decrees, but of individual emotions. [9]
She knew what she had to face at Tralee, and that she had no proof of her perfect innocence. [11]
I have hardly seen anything which gave me a more striking proof of the thoroughness of the old English workmen. [6]
I require to see a proof, a revise, a re-revise, and a double re-revise, or fourth-proof rectified impression of all my productions, especially verse. [6]
But the Emperor saw what was passing in the mind of the man whom he esteemed, and in a lighter tone added: "So even your invulnerable dragon hide was not proof against the shafts--you know! [10]
The proof, he said, would be easy; or I needn't divorce him unless I liked, since no one knew we were married. [11]
Of course, he said, sufficient proof must be brought against the accused. [10]
To this Slatin replied: "Sire, what greater proof could be had of the man's simplicity? [11]
He could only regard this mode of action, independently of him, as a fresh proof of her dislike, and she must hold herself responsible for the consequences. [10]
And then Richards put the matter at once out of his mind, for he had a private instinct that a proof once established is better left so. [5]
He has a pure heart, and has been so long proof against love, that now he has once yielded, he will love long and ardently. [10]
There was no proof, only presumption, as to the agency of Elsie in the matter referred to. [6]
Then he read proof on the N. Y. Eve. [5]
If he wanted proof of what she said, let him ask Jo Portugais. [11]
There is some proof of what I say in the fact that one of the stories in A Romany of the Snows, called The Going of the White Swan, appropriately enough published originally in Scribner's Magazine, has had an extraordinary popularity. [11]
No more striking proof of this fact can be cited than the modern experiment in prison reform in which hardened convicts, when "given a chance," frequently become useful citizens. [9]
It is a proof of the high regard in which the estimable and gifted lady who shares her husband's labors is held by the people of their congregation, and the friends who share in their feelings. [6]
And no sharper proof of the failure of the old social order to provide for human instincts and needs could be found than the conviction they gave of new and vitalizing forces released in them. [9]
There is a proof of the existence of the gods, which so exactly suits the hour when you will again see, enjoy, admire what this dreary darkness now hides from you. [10]
Turner's movements are proof of nothing. [5]
And as a proof of it I will show you something fine to see. [5]
It's only another proof of her amazing reticence. [9]
He had no proof of anything, and Lambton must go free. [11]
I know the proof I've got in me heart that the wreck of the world couldn't shake, while that light, born of Heaven, swims up to your eyes whin you look at me! [11]
You shall have proof in half an hour. [11]
What's the divil's proof he would bring? [11]
To make his proof good for anything he should have come into the Senate barefoot! [7]
But at the point where she had hoped to find him vulnerable she now began to fear he was proof against all persuasion. [13]
I showed the part Judge Douglas had played in the string of facts constituting to my mind the proof of that conspiracy. [7]

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