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Sentences starting with sight

Sight of the riders acted upon Jane as a stimulant. [13]

Sentences ending with sight

Such was Amasis' young, fading daughter, who was now being carried past them, and many an eye grew dim as the beautiful invalid came in sight. [10]
And both of you keep out of my sight. [9]
I will give you a specimen of Hipponax's Poetry: "There are but two days when a wife, Brings pleasure to her husband's life, The wedding-day, when hopes are bright, And the day he buries her out of his sight. [10]
The orator had written his speech all out, and had it in his hand, though he held it back of him out of sight. [5]
He easily descried Wrangle through the gloom, but the others were not in sight. [13]
Look round the World in which you dwell Nor, Snail-like, live within your Shell; And if you see His World aright The Lord shall grant you double Sight. [10]
For thirteen years, winter and summer, this coachman had driven this monotonous, uninteresting route, with always the same sandy hills, scrubby firs, occasional cabins, in sight. [4]
A drawing-room, the window of which has been carelessly left open during a dust-storm, is indeed an extraordinary sight. [5]
All the men who are distinguished in political life become so familiar to the readers of "Punch" in their caricatures, that we know them at sight. [6]
In the work which led him to the discovery of the retina in the eye he had devoted himself sedulously to the organs of sight. [10]

Short sentences using sight

They're a sight too tender. [9]
Mon Dieu, a strange sight! [11]
It was a splendid sight. [11]
Keep out of sight. [9]
That was one sight. [5]
It smothered her sight. [11]
No Amaranth in sight! [5]
Land, what a sight! [5]
He received his sight! [2]
Holy, what a sight! [11]

Sentences containing sight two or more times

As I rounded the corner of the house and came in sight of the porch I halted--by no will of my own--at the sight of a figure sunken in a wooden chair. [9]
It was a pitiable sight, truly pitiable, yet so vast, so far beyond the possibility of relief, that many single sorrows of small dimensions have wrought upon my feelings more than the sight of this great caravan of maimed pilgrims. [6]
At the sight of their shining armor and long lances, the crowd retired into the side streets, only, however, to reassemble in fresh numbers when the troops were out of sight. [10]
Rich and possessed of sight, perfect sight! [10]
We passed out of sight of hotel and fountain, but were conscious of being--whirled on a circular descending grade, and very soon they were in sight again. [4]
And the sight of Cynthia in Mrs. Merrill's parlor had set him to thinking in a very different manner than the sight of her in Washington had affected him. [9]
Nic Lavilette was now an important person in his own sight and in the sight of others in Bonaventure. [11]
Let me quote here the paragraph referred to: "But men's hearts are so made that the sight of one voluntary victim for a noble idea stirs them more deeply than the sight of a crowd submitting to a dire fate they cannot escape. [5]
The sight of her would set his stagnant blood leaping; the sight of her-- But it was a disappointment. [5]

More example sentences with the word sight in them

At sight of your face I took one big gulp, for I had no notion of getting you back to her. [9]
You may leave your constable where he is, or the man may come in and stand at this door in sight of the gentleman while you are gone--if he pleases. [9]
Of course the young schoolmaster will come, and that poor tired-out looking Helen, if only to get out of sight of those horrid Peckham wretches. [6]
More than one young gentleman of family had been known to ride through the Place du Vier Prison, hoping to get sight of her, and to offer the view of a suggestively empty pillion behind him. [11]
I tell you, you will recover sight, and once more thank the gods for a good old age. [10]
For every fleece you thieved I'll have you flayed with bow-strings if ever I sight your face within my boundaries. [11]
The sight of yonder shining steeples and roofs seems to make your heart laugh, Sir Wolf, and, by Our Lady, you have good reason to bestow one or more candles upon her, for, besides other delightful things, a goodly heritage is awaiting you in Ratisbon. [10]
True, he had yielded reluctantly to this arrangement of his parents' old friend, and neither she nor Daphne had hitherto succeeded in soothing the fierce resentment against fate which filled his soul after the loss of his sight and his dearest friend. [10]
It was Sunday; yet at Canterbury the streets were empty; strangest of all, there was not even a priest in sight, and no stroke of a bell fell upon my ear. [5]
She told me yesterday that the sight of it made her homesick, and Eustace Rindge won't leave Paris. [9]
For five hard years had I toiled and struggled, often turning night into day, and not for myself, but for him and his, ever upheld and sped forward by the sight of his high soul and great happiness. [10]
His lost sight would permit him, Hermon, from reaping fresh laurels, and his friend would so gladly bestow this one upon him. [10]
If any man would like to be amused by a sight of that little thing which the President calls by that big name, he can have it by turning to Niles's Register, vol. [7]
Some other Moses would have had to lead us to our Jordan, to the sight of our promised land of liberty. [7]
My cousin, who would fain have hindered her from coming in, held her by the arm; and her efforts to shake off the old lady's grasp were all in vain till she caught sight of Herdegen. [10]
He and his worthy wife had known Herdegen of old, and I was cut to the heart to see how the sight of him grieved them both. [10]
It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom; it is another sight finer to fight for another man's. [5]
On the long wooden platform under the sheds Stephen caught sight of Herr Korner and Herr Hauptmann amid a group of their countrymen. [9]
It was a wonderful sight, and very beautiful. [5]
True, the cautious woman took no part in the conversation afterward, but she kept her charge in sight while she was skilfully knotting the fringe into a cloth which she had woven herself. [10]
The little old woman scarce knew where she was for sheer amazement, nor wist she who he was till he broke out into his old loud laugh at the sight of her dismay. [10]
But a true woman can always show kindness to everyone whom she does not scorn, so though she blushed deeply at the sight of the man whose kiss she had returned, she received him cordially, and with sympathetic questions. [10]
Before we reached Wolfville we came in sight of this basin and some of the estuaries and streams that run into it; that is, when the tide goes out; but they are only muddy ditches half the time. [4]
If I were within sight of Jolicoeur's saloon, I should be drinking hard this minute. [11]
The little houses with their sloping roofs and wide porches, the gardens ablaze with color, the neat palings,--all were a restful sight for our weary eyes. [9]
He pleased himself with the idea that he knew a man of mark at sight, and he set down Clement in that category at his first glance. [6]
Again Fate interfered with the course of this story; for on my way to school that sunny Saturday morning I met Clara's mother, and at sight of her the wish merged into a resolve. [10]
His face lighted with relief at sight of me. [9]
Paris was crowded with people, from all about France, who came to get sight of the venerable dame, and it was a touching spectacle when she moved through these reverent wet-eyed multitudes on her way to the grand honors awaiting her at the cathedral. [5]
They kept up with him, in the fascination of the sight, to the next corner, where he turned down the side street still searching the gutter. [8]
She followed him with her eyes as he passed from her sight through the door, and when it closed after him sobbed tremulously once or twice, but stilled herself, and met Helen, as she entered, with a composed countenance. [6]
Pierre exchanged glances with Countess Mary and Nicholas (Natasha he never lost sight of) and smiled happily. [2]
Her fingers clinched with anger at the sight, and her spirit filled with disgust. [11]
I went, along with a good many of my neighbors, and it was a sight to see, I can tell you. [5]
Seized of that wilful, daring spirit called Love, her sight was bounded by the little field where she strayed. [11]
Burgomaster Van Swieten's wife had heard from her own husband, that the Englishmen, without making any resistance, had surrendered the beautiful new fort of Valkenburg and taken to their heels, at the mere sight of the Spaniards. [10]
The goddess on whom Hermon had bestowed the features of her own face had deprived him of sight to confer upon her the happiness of brightening and beautifying the darkness of his life. [10]
How much more wholesome a picture of humanity than such stuff as the author of the "Night Thoughts" has left us: "Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings but Himself That hideous sight, a naked human heart. [6]
To lie a whole day in sight of the Acropolis, and yet be obliged to go away without visiting Athens! [5]
In my opinion, whoever hove those things in here caught a sight of us and took us for ghosts or devils or something. [5]
It was Virginia who first caught sight of the new dome of the Capitol through the slanting rain, but she merely pressed her lips together and said nothing. [9]
Once in a while we caught sight of a yellow blaze in a tree, made by himself scarce a month gone, when he came southward alone to fetch Polly Ann. [9]
When the dome which conceals Hell from the sight of the angels is opened, it is for the relief of the condemned. [10]
At a point where they must lose sight of him, they looked for the last time. [11]
In the morning, when we looked out of our windows, we saw a wonderful sight. [5]
But he stopped when he caught sight of the open trap and of the mattress beneath it. [9]
The day came when all these things which other men did in my sight I did--openly. [11]
It was wicked, what she was doing, but she gloried in it; and even the sight, in burning red letters, of Gruber's Cafe failed to bring on a revulsion by its association with her sister Lise. [9]
My sight ain't what it was. [11]
But really, cost what it may, I must see this wonderful sight soon. [10]
Oh, my lord, what a sight it was when you were waltzing with the lovely Jungfrau Eva! [10]
At length there were signs that we were drifting out of the wilderness, and one morning we came in sight of a rich plantation with its dark orange trees and fields of indigo, with its wide-galleried manor-house in a grove. [9]
If Juste Duvarney were killed in the duel which they foresaw, so far as Doltaire was concerned I was out of the counting in the young lady's sight. [11]
At length we were in sight of the lights of Fanning Hall. [9]
By nightfall we were far out at sea, with no land in sight. [5]
Mingled with it were emotions he himself did not understand, caused by the unwonted sight of her loss of self-control, of her anger, and despair. [9]
Presently these thoughts were distracted by the sight of a back strangely familiar. [9]
All their faces were as serene as if all this were happening at home awaiting peaceful encampment, and not within sight of the enemy before an action in which at least half of them would be left on the field. [2]
And so this went on, the naked man perishing with anxiety, and expecting every moment to see people come in sight. [5]
And presently, as we strayed down the shore we came upon a strange sight, the same being a huge fort rising from the waterside, all overgrown with brush and saplings and tall weeds. [9]
By Jackson, when we got a sight of him, we 'most dropped the trays! [5]
The quaint cottages we glimpsed, the sight of distant, stately mansions on green slopes caused Maude to cry out with rapture:--"Oh, Hugh, there's a manor-house! [9]
From the time we first struck the Bras d'Or for thirty miles we rode in constant sight of its magnificent water. [4]
And once, as we drifted into an inlet at sunset, we caught sight of the shaggy head of a bear above the brown water, and leaping down into the cabin I primed the rifle that stood there and shot him. [9]
Within three minutes we caught sight of the party ahead of us, and stopped to observe them. [5]
By and by we came in sight of the enemy. [5]
I made my way along the wall, finally reaching a side aisle, whence I could get sight of the platform and the speaker. [9]
Tom watched and watched, hoping whenever a frisking frock came in sight, and hating the owner of it as soon as he saw she was not the right one. [5]
Ephraim and Cynthia watched them until they were out of sight. [9]
It was my watch below till twelve, but I wouldn't a turned in anyway if I'd had a bed, because a body don't see such a storm as that every day in the week, not by a long sight. [5]
All this finery was wonderfully becoming to the smith's son, and he must have been blind, if he had not noticed how old and young nudged each other at sight of him. [10]
The imaginary man was unprincipled, and had no dignity, but he had such influence over Austen Vane that he had induced him to drive twice within sight of Fairview gate, when Austen Vane had turned round again. [9]
One morning Yates was there; Stephen was there, too, but kept out of sight. [5]
Consciousness of death was there, a blended terror and pain, but no consciousness of sight. [13]
A grave motive was the source of the mirth by which she affected to be moved at the sight of her enemy's cloak. [10]
And then there was the journey, the heat in the city, the grateful sight of the Deerfield, the splendid morning, the old barn, the watering-trough, the view from the hill everything just as it used to be. [4]
Among the latter was the famous leech Erasistratus, who shared Archias's cushions, and had been solicited by the latter to try to restore his blind nephew's sight. [10]
Our last sight was the cemetery (a burial place intended to accommodate 60,000 bodies,) and we shall continue to remember it after we shall have forgotten the palaces. [5]
This faithful man was so ill and weak that it was thought he could not recover, yet notwithstanding the stormy weather, the factions on board, and although his home was almost in sight, only twelve miles across the Downs, he refused to quit the ship. [4]
That day I was so hungry for the sight of her that I got my field-glass--used to watch my vessels and rafts making across the bay--and trained it on the window where I knew she sat. [11]
Well, as I was saying, we waited that morning till everybody was settled down to business, and nobody in sight around the yard; then Tom he carried the sack into the lean-to whilst I stood off a piece to keep watch. [5]
Mr. George Percy was ravished at the sight of the fair meadows and goodly tall trees. [4]
And my breath was quite taken away when I first caught sight of it on the high table-land. [9]
I knew I was pale as death, for as I turned to leave the room I caught sight of my face in a little mirror tacked on the door, and I hardly recognised myself. [11]
Long after he was out of sight we could hear him whiz. [5]
And when he was out of sight his comrades let fly their laughter in a storm of happy satisfaction--and then quieted down, and were less happy, less satisfied. [5]
The young mother was not permitted to rejoice at the sight of her babe. [10]
The storekeeper's attention was next distracted by the sight of one who wandered slowly but ceaselessly from group to group, kicking up his heels behind, and halting always in the rear of the speakers. [9]
This perfect organization was maintained for many years, and though it came to be relaxed in details, it was literally true that the heiress was never alone, and never out of the sight of some trusted person responsible for her safety. [4]
Just as I was losing sight of the skirt of trees at Grand Pre, a gentleman in the dress of a rural clergyman left his seat, and complimented me with this remark: "I perceive, sir, that you are fond of reading. [4]
I, whose sight was long trained to darkness, could see a great distance round us, and so could prevent a trap, though once or twice we let our canoe drift with the tide, lest our paddles should be heard. [11]
No living creature was in sight! [5]
Hard as it was for Sonya, she watched her friend and did not let her out of her sight. [2]
I'd druther they was devils a dern sight. [5]
But the lad was crowded so closely into his hiding-place, that he could not spring to the little one's aid, and his attention was attracted to a new sight, as Janus Dousa appeared on horseback. [10]
Jeff Hyde's sight was come again to him. [11]
At first nothing was clear to me; my brain was dancing in my head, my sight was obscured, my body painful, my senses were blunted. [11]
Her mental sight was as keen and accurate as that which runs along the rifle-barrel of the great hunter with the red deer in view. [11]
And my voice was all but gone, for the sight of him revived the memory of every separate debt of the legion I owed him. [9]
By night, it was again a sight to see, with its great bonfires at every corner, and its troops of revellers making merry around them. [5]

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