Use shown in a sentence
Sentences ending with shown
- I followed her, wondering at the masterful spirit she had shown. [9]
- In how many ways had it not been shown! [11]
- Curiosity--and they were waiting for me; and some great sign might be shown! [10]
- Then you're a true scientist, Asher, for science, too, waits to be shown. [9]
- There was also the fact that no motive for the crime had been shown. [11]
- That is a pernicious book to place in the hands of the confiding and uniformed, we think we have also shown. [5]
- Perhaps she had not that kind of maidenly shyness, sometimes called conventional propriety, sometimes described as 'mauvaise honte' which a woman of the world would have shown. [4]
- We are unanimous in the pride we take in good and genuine compliments paid us, and distinctions conferred upon us, in attentions shown. [5]
- Her note to him was here shown. [5]
- As the weather grew warmer and the days longer, and they drew near to the coast of Jamaica, a stir of excitement was shown. [11]
Sentences containing shown two or more times
- The true number of those of the "thirty-nine" whom I have shown to have acted upon the question which, by the text, they understood better than we, is twenty-three, leaving sixteen not shown to have acted upon it in any way. [7]
- Lebanon had shown itself masterful in organization, but it had also shown that that which makes enemies is not so deep or great a thing as that which makes friends. [11]
- For whereas those first honors were shown only to the great, these last, up to this time, had been shown only to the royal. [5]
More example sentences with the word shown in them
- I fully acknowledge your courage, but at the same time advise you to remember that, though a man proves his courage in action, a woman's is shown in obedience. [10]
- Your arguments and your conversations have shown you to be intimately conversant with every detail of this national quarrel. [5]
- She was so young, and she had shown kindness to a Hebrew surely they might listen to her. [10]
- Of the other young men of the village Gifted Hopkins was perhaps the most fervent of her admirers, as he had repeatedly shown by effusions in verse, of which, under the thinnest of disguises, she was the object. [6]
- I have shown you why I was not long since. [4]
- She has shown you the paper, she has written, I suppose. [6]
- Euclid has shown you how to work it out. [7]
- Caracalla had not yet shown himself to the people. [10]
- Wrangle had never yet shown any indication of distress while Venters rode him. [13]
- During the earliest years of the new century the political atmosphere had changed, the public had shown a tendency to grow restless; and everybody knows how important it is for financial operations, for prosperity, that the people should mind their own business. [9]
- Still more satisfactory would it be if it could be shown that he had reconsidered his predictions, and declared that he could not abide by his former alarming conclusions. [6]
- Worse than the wolf that licked the hand of the man who bandaged its wounds, he would have shown his teeth to the preserver of his life. [10]
- He was a widower, with lads somewhere near my own age, and I recall being shown about the place by them. [9]
- Malicious tongues have whispered that this is all ye have to expect from me; but I tell you, that if we conquer, fresh favors will be shown to you and your descendants; I shall call you the supporters of my throne. [10]
- The deep reverence which underlies all Emerson's speculations is well shown in this paragraph:-- "We ought to celebrate this hour by expressions of manly joy. [6]
- The calumnies by which the "Mustache" had assailed the innocent Els Ortlieb haunted him, and many others had shown their indignation against the traducer. [10]
- The extent to which that idea was carried is well shown in the expressions I have borrowed from Jonathan Edwards. [6]
- In the comment which he made, when it was shown to him twenty-two years later, he tells us why he thinks this letter was not sent. [5]
- Among the spectacles which he has shown them is one calculated to give them an idea of his peaceful intentions,-a grand review of cavalry and artillery at the Bois de Boulogne. [4]
- The former slackness which had shown itself even in his eyes was now replaced by an energetic readiness for action and resistance. [2]
- He was asked whether Orlando had shown the greater agitation at the Cross Trails or in the town when he threatened Mazarine. [11]
- Ann likewise understood what had brought her sickly friend to her, and she whispered to me that albeit she was deeply thankful for the abundant goodness my aunt had ever shown her, yet could she never swerve from her well-considered purpose. [10]
- He and Virginia were shown into the bare military room of the commanding officer, and thither presently came Captain Lyon himself. [9]
- In another place we were shown a sort of summer arbor, with a fence before it. [5]
- From the scuffle-ground was the sign of something about the size of a man having been dragged to the edge of the thicket, where it joined the track of some small-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse, as shown by the road-tracks. [7]
- Why, if he was so jealous, as I see things he should have shown it sooner, but he lets it go on for months. [2]
- The room I was shown to looked out upon an apothecary's shop, and from the window of that shop stared out upon me a plaster bust which I recognized as that of Samuel Hahnemann. [6]
- The wounded man was shown his amputated leg stained with clotted blood and with the boot still on. [2]
- The purple marvel was shown even to me who could but just walk. [10]
- In it I was shown a register of its members, with the dead and the date of their shipment to China duly marked. [5]
- The incipient mutineer was more outraged than ever, then, at what he denounced as the partiality shown the captain's table over the other tables in the ship. [5]
- Then a place was assigned to Pierre, he was shown the signs of the Lodge, told the password, and at last was permitted to sit down. [2]
- There was something very pleasing in the deference which was shown him. [6]
- He was a very lively young fellow who seemed to know everybody, and he desired to know if we would walk about a little before being shown to the boxes reserved for us. [9]
- It has shown us how bodies stand affected to each other through an almost boundless range of combinations. [3]
- It has given us a catalogue raisonne of the substances found upon our planet, and shown how everything living and dead is put together from them. [3]
- This was impressed upon her by the deference paid to him not only at home but wherever they went, and by the deference shown to her as his daughter. [4]
- It is kept under locks and bars, as a precious thing, and is reverently shown to the visitor, "hats off. [5]
- The house had two windows, one on either side of the unlocked doorway; and when the old man slowly swung the door open, there was shown an interior of humble character, but neat and well-ordered. [11]
- Having proved his trial candle's rate, he blew it out--I have already shown it to you --and put his inch-marks on a fresh one. [5]
- Therefore, let the tourist rope himself up and go there; for I have shown that with nerve, caution, and judgment, the thing can be done. [5]
- And at eating, too, his capacities are shown to be quite as wonderful. [7]
- His own father told me that a great wonder was shown to him the very day after his birth. [10]
- We have sung to you; we have spoken to you; we have told you what is in our hearts; we have shown you how good is the end of those who are faithful, and how terrible is the end of the traitor. [11]
- It is easy to understand the bitterness which is often shown towards reformers. [6]
- The mercy shown to them was certainly too like payment, and his own part in the matter struck him as hateful and base. [10]
- Denisov was shown to the room prepared for him, and the Rostovs all gathered round Nicholas in the sitting room. [2]
- It was plain to see that she had long been biding her time for this full and free discourse, and she confessed that she had never shown me such love and care as were indeed my due. [10]
- They might try to resist the law through him, but, if violence was shown, he would first kill Arrowhead, and then destruction would descend like a wind out of the north, darkness would swallow them, and their bones would cover the plains. [11]
- Something icy seemed to pass over her, and she immediately lost all self-consciousness, and began to speak to her husband with less reserve than she had shown since he had come. [11]
- But I propose to meet your insolence--the first shown me in this town. [11]
- When people came to know, they said that to have done it when sober had shown him possessed of a kind of maliciousness and cynicism almost pardonable, but to do it when tipsy proved him merely weak and foolish. [11]
- Wibisma pretended not to hear the provoking words, and, as the fencing-master left the room, walked calmly, with head erect, towards the musician, bowed courteously, and thanked him for the kindness he had shown his son the day before. [10]
- I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views. [7]
- I am obliged to confess that he has shown occasional marks of inattention even while the Master was discoursing in a way that I found agreeable enough. [6]
- If Melissa were to come out now she would be seized, and it must become known who had shown her the way into the hiding-place that had sheltered her. [10]
- For a long time much consideration had been shown to the prisoners, but now they were alarmed by having the edict read to them anew. [10]
- Your despatch of three o'clock this afternoon to the Secretary of War has been received and shown to the President. [7]
- With two or three exceptions he copies none of those devotional poems which have attracted devout souls.--His poetical sympathies are shown in the fact that one third of the selections are from the seventeenth century. [6]
- How strong this thread has proved is shown by the action of those of Dutch blood in the Dominion during the present war. [9]
- What the French thought of the coming of the Ariadne was shown by the reply they made presently to her firing. [11]
- I have often thought of the advance in comity and true charity shown in the title of my late honored friend James Freeman Clarke's book, "The Ten Great Religions. [6]
- And one day those men came again, and said, now for the test, and they took the puppy to the laboratory, and I limped three-leggedly along, too, feeling proud, for any attention shown to the puppy was a pleasure to me, of course. [5]
- Having shown you this, there remains but a word of comment upon that newspaper article. [7]
- Bow down before this man, my friends, for never did I see a sharper sword nor a more unwearied arm than his; and such heroic courage deserves honor from the brave, whether shown by friend or foe. [10]
- The ringleader of this little mob was a short-haired bully and amateur prize-fighter named Allen, who was accustomed to lording it over the upper floor, and had more than once shown a disposition to make trouble with Tracy. [5]
- 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]
- Examined in detail, this and much of the show of testimony brought up to stare the daylight of conviction out of countenance, proves to be in a great measure unmeaning and inapplicable, as might be easily shown were it necessary. [3]
- I'll continue to think you guilty until you are shown to be innocent. [9]
- I do not think that the breach of the seventh commandment can be shown to have been of advantage to the legitimate owner of his affections. [3]
- He could not think so, but Gaston had not shown yet, either for model, for daughter of joy, or for the mademoiselles of the stage any disposition to an amour or a misalliance; and either would be interesting and sufficient! [11]
- Well, for a thing that has got to be done some time, the seed has to be sown, and it's always sown by men like Claridge Pasha, who has shown millions of people--barbarians and half-civilised alike--what a true lover of the world can do. [11]
- It is in these words: "I have now shown, in the opinion of two competent judges, that the handwriting of the forged assignment differed from mine, and by one of them that it could not be mistaken for mine. [7]
- The first of these clippings was the article containing the arraignment of Jethro Bass which Mr. Merrill had shown to his wife, and which had been the excuse for Miss Penniman's call. [9]
- Before she married there were many--since, there had been many --who had shown, some with tact and carefulness, others with a crudeness making her shudder, that they admired her; and, if they might, would have given their admiration another name with other manifestations. [11]
- Not one of them has he shown to be a forgery. [7]
- The depth of their indignation was shown by the fury with which they had assailed the house of her grandfather, Didymus. [10]
- And it's over the stream with an echoing cry; And there's three fled for ever from old Donegal, And there's two that have shown how bold Irishmen die. [11]
- He had invited the steward on purpose to give him his fill of meat, and Keraunus had shown himself amenable to encouragement in this respect. [10]
- Probably it is the spirit shown in their writings. [4]
- Henderson was under the spell of this evening when the next, in response to a note asking him to call for a moment on business, he was shown into the Eschelle drawing-room. [4]
- Mr. Vane exhibited the same silent stoicism on receiving the verdict of Dr. Harmon as he had shown from the first. [9]
- 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]
- Charity shown by the publication of an inferior article would be like the generosity of Claude Duval and the other gentlemen highwaymen, who pitied the poor so much they robbed the rich to have the means of relieving them. [6]
- We were shown the place where our Lord appeared to His mother after the Resurrection. [5]
- This way, to the officer on duty" (he was shown the door leading downstairs), "only it won't be accepted. [2]
- He was not the man, for the sake of a brawl and luck at play, to break friendship with the faithful companion, who had shown distinctly enough how fondly he loved his darling. [10]
- I have shown the malcontents what they have to expect. [10]
- A peep under the lid of the sugar-bowl has shown me that there is another poem ready for the company. [6]
- He had shown the latter that Antony, in any case, was a lost man, and Egypt was in the act of dropping like a ripe fruit into the lap of Octavianus. [10]
- Thereupon, Dicky told the Khedive the whole story, and not in years had Ismail's face shown such abandon of humour. [11]
- The slaughter of the innocents in Bethlehem was done in a grotto; the Saviour was born in a grotto--both are shown to pilgrims yet. [5]
- In nothing were the increasing wealth and extravagance of the period more shown than in apparel. [4]
- It was already the high noon of life with him before his genius had truly shown itself; if he had not lived beyond this period, he would have left nothing to give him a lasting name. [6]
- It was also the gossip of the bazaars that he had suddenly shown favour to those of the Royal House and to other reactionaries, who had been enemies to the influence of Claridge Pasha. [11]
- The display of the fibrous structure of the brain seemed a novelty as shown by Spurzheim. [3]
- As Caracalla passed the balcony he stepped out for a moment, followed by the lamp-bearers, to thank his faithful warriors for the valor and obedience they had shown this day. [10]
- At the time the amazing thoroughness with which she had gone into the subject of my own unimportant affairs, the astuteness and knowledge of the world she had shown, and the clearness with which she had put the situation, did not strike me. [9]
- I am satisfied, that, much higher up in the scale of life, character is distinctly shown at the age of--2 or--3 months. [6]
- You have shown that you are a man who does not fear death, and who can render good service, and you might now enjoy your wealth in peace with your wife. [10]
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