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Sentences starting with showing

Showing that the town has grown in sympathy with human needs and eccentricities, and is not the work of a surveyor, the streets are irregular, forming picturesque angles and open spaces. [4]
Showing off. [5]

Sentences ending with showing

The snow had shrunk from the ardent sun, and had swilled away to the gulf, leaving the tender grass showing. [11]
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]
There followed two hours and a futile waste of ammunition, the lead from the garrison flying harmless here and there, and not a patch of skin or cloth showing. [9]
We see how anxious he was for his brother to make a good official showing. [5]
They reached safe anchorage, but by the time they landed it was night, with, however, a good moon showing. [11]

More example sentences with the word showing in them

I assert that you [pointing to an individual] are here to-day, and you undertake to prove me a liar by showing that you were in Mattoon yesterday. [7]
Astruc was sixty-nine years old when he published his "Conjectures," the first attempt, we are told, to decide the authorship of the Pentateuch showing anything like a discerning criticism. [3]
For the last year the amount has been reduced to $11,125,364.13, showing a decrease of about $2,481,000 in the expenditures as compared with the preceding year, and about $3,750,000 as compared with the fiscal year 1860. [7]
He made desperate work now and then with rhyme and rhythm, showing that though a born poet he was not a born singer. [6]
I cannot interpose without a better showing than you make. [7]
One heavenward draws, with rays so mild and clear, Eyes dim with tears, when the world darkness veils, Showing 'mid desert wastes the spring anear, If, spent with wandering, your courage fails. [10]
He even disputed with his uncle on the tints of her skin, on seeing him paint it in, showing a fine eye for colour. [11]
Any one who will read his speech of the 22d of last March will see that he there makes an open confession, showing that he set about fixing the institution upon an altogether different set of principles. [7]
Sometime the glove will be too hard and cold on a man's shoulder, and then!--Well, I should like to be there," said Pierre, showing his white teeth. [11]
And Dio, the whites of his eyes showing, comes running into the room. [9]
Book after book which he casually mentioned, as showing the drift of the age, and profoundly affecting modern thought, she knew only by name. [4]
And, alas again, whatever good showing we may make, we shall wish it were larger; the more people we have the more we shall want. [4]
The old "hangings" were yet preserved in the chambers, faded, but still showing their rich patterns,--properly entitled to their name, for they were literally hung upon flat wooden frames like trellis-work, which again were secured to the naked partitions. [6]
Besides these there were several newly-picked leaves and young shoots of a pinkish colour, the whole showing a decided taste for the beautiful. [1]
Down hill we went together, the fall showing that I must have wandered to high ground. [4]
The Feudal system was showing what it could do, and the word had gone out to all the holders of fiefs that the vassals should be summoned. [9]
But now he was showing virtues,--if virtues they were,--and she tried to give him the benefit of the doubt. [9]
A red light was showing on the panes. [11]
A tradesman's wife was showing a rent in her shawl and telling how much the shawl had cost; another was saying that all silk goods had now got dear. [2]
After this it was perfectly quiet, and brought a measure of corn to the man-tamer, without showing the least disposition to strike with the feet or hit from the shoulder. [6]
And yet he was not tall; but on his deep chest, his enormous square shoulders, and short, bandy legs, the muscles stood out like elastic balls, showing the connoisseur that in strength he was a giant. [10]
This March-meeting day was mild, the grass showing a green color on the south slopes where the snow had melted, and the outlying farmers drove through mud-holes up to the axles. [9]
Worse still, he was being plied with champagne, and was already showing some effect from it. [5]
Her next exclamation was an odd one, showing how the mind works at such a time. [9]
Ten steps away was a little wickiup, a dim and formless shelter of rags and old horse-blankets, a dull light showing through its chinks. [5]
Another day we visited Stafford House, where Lord Ronald Gower, himself an artist, did the honors of the house, showing us the pictures and sculptures, his own included, in a very obliging and agreeable way. [6]
Iberville had sat very still, his face ruled to quietness; only his eyes showing the great interest he felt. [11]
Unfortunately, there was very little chance of showing sympathy in its active form for a gentleman who kept himself so much out of the way as the master of the Dudley Mansion. [6]
If I had treated him with kindness, and conciliated him with grapes, showing him the enormity of his offense, I suppose he would have come the next night, and taken the remainder of the grapes. [4]
But she remembered too how he had changed of late toward Mademoiselle Bourienne and could not bear to see her, thereby showing how unjust were the reproaches Princess Mary had mentally addressed to her. [2]
Likewise I strove to release my brother from the charge of making gold, by diligently showing that the old Knight had ever showered ducats on him to beguile him to his will. [10]
It was indicated to newspapers (such as the Mail and State) showing a desire to keep up public interest in the affair that their advertising matter might decrease; Mr. Sherrill's great department store, for instance, did not approve of this sort of agitation. [9]
The water welled to his eyes, yet at the same time the grisly humour of the situation and circumstances so undermined his gravity that it was all he could do to keep some sign of his inward mirth from showing outside. [5]
I made quickly to him, I know not why, for I had not thought to hear from you, and before I reached him he held up his hand, showing me the stout packet which brought me news of you. [11]
Annette now came to her feet suddenly, her pale face showing defiance, and her big brown eyes flicking anger. [11]
You ought not to have forgotten her, for I remember showing you a double star, the one in her right foot, through the equatorial telescope. [6]
Your lover sought to enjoy the sensation of showing himself to the crowd with the stateliest woman in the company on his arm! [10]
We've tried not to be too serious in showing it, but we've felt that these modern business methods were getting into your system without your realizing it. [9]
I was induced to authorize a gentleman to bring Roger A. Pryor here with a view of effecting an exchange of him; but since then I have seen a despatch of yours showing that you specially object to his exchange. [7]
This I want to ask-- isn't it worth while making a great fight in our own way, and showing that British seamen can at once be mutineers and patriots? [11]
In the mean time the prudent Mr. Gridley had been keeping the young man busy, and amusing himself by showing him such of the sights of the city and its suburbs as he thought would combine instruction with entertainment. [6]
Probably every man thought that, in the same situation, he would have done the same yet not only justice--nay, compassion--dictated showing the blind artist that they believed in and would sustain him. [10]
And to effect this mere holding on, with the vagabond crew that composed most of the colony, and with the extravagant and unintelligent expectations of the London Company, was a feat showing decided ability. [4]
What put all this into my head is something which the English Annex has been showing me. [6]
He tempered off this exhibition by showing us a collection of pottery famous in England, that had belonged to the fifth duke, his father. [9]
He must not think to divert us from our purpose by showing us that our drill, our dress, and our weapons are not entirely perfect and uniform. [7]
Finding it liquid, they would snatch away their heads and fall to trembling, snorting and showing other evidences of fright. [5]
Twenty-four hours afterward these bottles would be still lying on the glassy water under our noses, showing that the ship had not moved out of her place in all that time. [5]
I am pleased, therefore, when I find so able and experienced a practitioner as Dr. Williams of this city proving that iritis is best treated without mercury, and Dr. Vanderpoel showing the same thing to be true for pericarditis. [3]
Instinctively he picked them up one by one, and most of them were affectionately marked by marginal notes of criticism, approval, or reference; and all showing the eager, ardent mind of one who loved books. [11]
She rarely brought them to our notice; a certain chaste reserve, even later in life, prevented her showing her deepest grief to others. [10]
Every year, as the successive classes finish their course, there is a grand reunion of the former students, with an "exhibition," as it is called, in which the graduates of the year have an opportunity of showing their proficiency in the various branches taught. [6]
They were on the southern bank of a wide valley, flanked by deep hills looking wise as grey-headed youth, a legion of close comrades, showing no gap in their ranks. [11]
I have had the privilege of examining and of showing some of you a number of Dr. Dean's skilful preparations. [3]
In showing us the portrait of one of his own far-back progenitors, Lord Ronald placed a photograph of himself in the corner of the frame. [6]
Cleopatra herself laid the plans before me, even the secret portion showing the course of the subterranean chambers. [10]
It is like the opium-smoker's showing you the pipe from which he has just inhaled elysian bliss, empty of the precious extract which has given him his dream. [6]
The course of the Nile was marked by a wide fringe of palms showing blue and purple, friendly and ancient and solitary. [11]
Edith was showing the Major the view from the end of the veranda. [4]
He looked around the little room, showing so peacefully in the moonlight--the religious symbols, the purity, the cleanliness, the calm poverty. [11]
Boris belonged to the latter and no one else, while showing servile respect to Kutuzov, could so create an impression that the old fellow was not much good and that Bennigsen managed everything. [2]
The other of the four--James McHenry voted against the prohibition, showing that, for some cause, he thought it improper to vote for it. [7]
Next we had the Flood, and the Ark tossing around in the stormy waters, with lofty mountains in the distance showing veiled and dim through the rain. [5]
The gentleman opened the door, and stood aside to let them enter, very much as if he were showing them a palace for which he was the humble agent. [9]
In showing me the door of this room consecrated by suffering, you are turning me out of your house, which you and your son--for I must say it for once--have made a hell to me. [10]
The reproof of the displeased tone is evidently felt, for she settles at once to her work, showing perhaps a little impatience, jerking her head up and down, and protesting by her nimble movements against the more deliberate trot of her companion. [4]
This time, on the contrary, mirror in hand, he directed the work of the skilful servant with many an objection, showing as much vanity as in his youth. [10]
Here, also, were the charred bones of some of these extinct animals and of the young of Man's own species, split lengthwise, showing that to his taste the marrow was a toothsome luxury. [5]
I have induced that woman in whose charge it was left to intrust it to my keeping, with the express intention of showing it to you. [6]
It is supposed that when we have a leisure class we shall not only make a better showing in these respects, but we shall be as agreeable--having time to devote to the art of being agreeable--as the English are. [4]
Possibly he wondered that Voban did not strike, and he himself took a delight in showing him his own wrongs occasionally. [11]
It seems probable that the intimation of personal danger he had received had not been forgotten entirely; though fatally for him, he took a foolish way of showing his remembrance of it. [5]
The only time that Mr. Hopper was discovered showing embarrassment was when Mr. Davitt held his hand before them longer than necessary on the church steps. [9]
I am persuaded that it can make a plausible showing in that direction. [5]
It was observable that brass ones were in use while I was in Calcutta, showing that it was not yet time to change to porcelain; I was told the change to porcelain was not usually made until May. [5]
At one time telling us that Mexico has nothing whatever that we can get--but territory; at another showing us how we can support the war by levying contributions on Mexico. [7]
Through all our talk Voban had sat eying us with a covert interest, yet showing no excitement. [11]
General Jackson still swore "by the Eternal," and his illustrious military successor of a more recent period seems, by his own showing, to have been able to sudden impulses of excitement. [6]
These reminiscences from surrounding objects came up unexpectedly, of themselves: and have a right here, as showing how wide is the range of intelligence in the clerical body thus accidentally represented in a single library making no special pretensions. [6]
After giving the subject new points of view, showing him to have studied Whitechapel as well as Kicking Horse Pass, he contended that no social problem could be solved by a bill so crudely radical, so impractical. [11]
Five minutes later Stephen was bowling through the chute and showing the rival boat a two-hundred-and-fifty-dollar pair of heels. [5]
Still he had stayed on, going here and there, mostly among the men themselves, talking to them in little groups, arguing simply with them, patiently dealing with facts and figures, quietly showing them the economic injustice which lay behind their full demands, and suggesting compromises. [11]
The books Paolo spoke of were conspicuous, many of them, by their white vellum binding and tasteful gilding, showing that probably they had been bound in Rome, or some other Italian city. [6]
The autumn air sparkled, and New York was showing signs of animation. [9]
But there are some very odd things any anatomist can tell, showing how our recent contrivances are anticipated in the human body. [6]
Such was Miss Skinner's little way of showing deference. [9]
Right-hand figure, under side of part of a wing-nervure, much magnified, showing the teeth, st. Left-hand figure, upper surface of wing-cover, with the projecting, smooth nervure, r, across which the teeth (st) are scraped. [1]
Would you mind showing me 'round a bit? [9]
Would you mind showing me about a little? [9]
The sun was showing like the lid of an eye along the plain. [11]
She hesitated about showing it to Mrs. Fletcher, and when she did, and gave her the check, it was with a sense of shame. [4]
No very specific showing is made as to how this did or could injure the Union cause. [7]
I have been showing him Silverdale. [9]
The necessity of showing every one a face radiant with the joy of victory would kill me. [10]
The lid was shoved along about a foot, showing the dead man's face down in there, with a wet cloth over it, and his shroud on. [5]
Miss Vance"; and she threw back her veil, showing her face wan and agitated in the dark folds. [8]
But, in fact, she selected a reclining posture particularly for the sake of showing her feet; not a woman in Egypt or Greece had a smaller or more finely formed foot than she. [10]
With every tear she dried she believed that she was showing the best honour to her son's memory. [10]
An hour after she again appeared on deck, called Myrtilus and Bias and, showing them her eyes, reddened by tears, told them, as if in apology for her weakness, that she had not been permitted to bid her father farewell. [10]
The schoolmaster, always severe, grew severer and more exacting than ever, for he wanted the school to make a good showing on "Examination" day. [5]

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