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Sentences ending with sum

Twenty dollars, Madam--and we wouldn't part with a foot of our 75 for five times the sum. [5]
He said he was paying me ten dollars a week, and thought it a good round sum. [5]
No doubt this was a fabulous sum. [4]
We could sell-out tomorrow for a handsome sum. [5]
Thus it came to pass that I did I not take the time of Hadrian for the background of a tale till after I had dealt with the still later period of the early monastic move in "Homo Sum. [10]
Add these facts thoughtfully together, and what is the sum? [5]
That building is the capitol; gossips will tell you that by the original estimates it was to cost $12,000,000, and that the government did come within $21,200,000 of building it for that sum. [5]
It became known that she had paid the coach fare of Miss Dido (as she was called) to the hospital at Wapiti, and had raised a subscription for her maintenance there, heading it herself with a liberal sum. [11]
He was to teach me the river for a certain specified sum. [5]
Five talents--a great sum, a great sum! [10]

Short sentences using sum

Monsieur, the sum mounts up. [11]
It is a large sum. [5]

Sentences containing sum two or more times

Truth compels me to admit that the sum total of all his mortgages did not amount to nine thousand "dollars"; but that was a large sum of money for Coniston in those days, and even now. [9]
Aunt Jacoba turned pale when she heard the great sum named, and she likewise was of opinion that old Im Hoff, who had of late been spending much money in vows and foundations, would never give forth so vast a sum. [10]
The sum was paid in a lump sum to Mr. [9]
He asked the next gentleman for one detail in a sum in addition; another for one detail in a sum of subtraction; others for single details in mathematical problems of various kinds; he got them. [5]
The second method is to consider the actions of some one man--a king or a commander--as equivalent to the sum of many individual wills; whereas the sum of individual wills is never expressed by the activity of a single historic personage. [2]
The sum of human wills produced the Revolution and Napoleon, and only the sum of those wills first tolerated and then destroyed them. [2]
A vast sum, an unthinkable sum! [5]

More example sentences with the word sum in them

He places at your disposal--this time, at least, he was not economical--a sum which will take you to the healing springs four or five times, nay, oftener still. [10]
Now, Colonel, can you picture Jefferson, or Washington or John Adams franking their wardrobes through the mails and adding the facetious idea of making the government responsible for the cargo for the sum of one dollar and five cents? [5]
A man invests years of work and a vast sum of money in a worthy enterprise, upon the faith of existing laws; then the law is changed, and the man is robbed by his own government. [5]
And not many years after the time of which I now write Lord Carlisle was paying fifteen hundred a year on the sum he had loaned him, cheerfully denying himself the pleasures of London as a consequence. [9]
And now the work was complete, and on board the Bridgwater Merchant was treasure to the sum of three hundred thousand pounds, and more. [11]
I have to work at a sum of figures all night to get it straight. [11]
Shall I part with the copyright for a downright sum of money, which I understand some prefer doing, or publish on shares, or take a percentage on the sales? [6]
It might be wise policy to advance the miner a monthly sum to encourage him to develop the country's riches; but to tax him monthly in advance instead--why, such a thing was never dreamed of in America. [5]
And on this wise he gave us to know for certain that the vast sum demanded was not an error on his part. [10]
Cipher it; you will see that it is a grand sum for a woman to earn in seven years. [5]
We don't know who the friend was to whom he offered a quarter interest for the modest sum of two hundred thousand dollars. [5]
It was Nancy who managed the economy, who accomplished remarkable things with a sum they would have deemed poverty in former days. [9]
By good luck, when I had paid into Mr. Dix's hand the thousand pounds I had received from Charles Fox, and cleared my outstanding bills, the sum I remained in Comyn's debt was not greatly above seven hundred pounds. [9]
Sixty prominent "disloyalists" were to be chosen and assessed to make up a sum of ten thousand dollars. [9]
As the years went on he was still unable to pay off the mortgage; and sometimes, indeed, he could not even meet the interest, in spite of the princely sum he received from Mr. Willard of the Guardian. [9]
By the bill we are to receive annually a large sum of money, no part of which we otherwise receive. [7]
Much the best way to work him to supply that thousand dollars is to split it into parts and contribute, say a hundred dollars a year, or fifty, or whatever the sum maybe. [5]
The truth doubtless was, that the same precautions would have been taken against any travelers, because the English Company who have acquired the right to excavate Ephesus, and have paid a great sum for that right, need to be protected, and deserve to be. [5]
But as it was, I had a competence and several houses in Glasgow, and I set forth to Virginia with a goodly sum of money and a shipload of merchandise, which I should sell to merchants, if it chanced I should become a planter only. [11]
Still, large as was the promised sum, it would by no means be sufficient to save the Eysvogel business from ruin. [10]
The joint one was that sufficient tickets to insure a good sum should be sold before the date of the performance should be set. [5]
This large sum was reached by assuming that he was doing service at several different places, and in several different capacities in the same place, all at the same time. [7]
Fortunately, a murder was committed in one of our suburbs, creating a mystery that filled the "extras" for some weeks, and this was opportunely followed by the embezzlement of a considerable sum by the cashier of one of our state banks. [9]
This morning the Venus will be removed to the Capitol, there to remain, and at noon the commission will wait upon Signor Arnold with His Holiness the Pope's order upon the Treasury for the princely sum of five million francs is gold! [5]
By the military usage of the time the ransom of a royal prince was 10,000 livres of gold, which is 61,125 francs--a fixed sum, you see. [5]
A sudden call upon Mr. Bolton for a large sum of money, which must be forthcoming at once, had found him in the midst of a dozen ventures, from no one of which a dollar could be realized. [5]
Thus, to sum up, he bought himself free of a sharp pain in his heart, he bought himself free of the tortures of a waiting conscience, he bought a whole night's sleep--all for twenty-five cents! [5]
It was dark: Uarda ceased weeping and said to the surgeon: "Can it be possible that he has gone into the city to borrow the great sum of money that thou--or thy temple--demanded for thy medicine? [10]
The sum of twenty pounds is to be disbursed about the funeral. [4]
Their brother was tolerably well, having got to the end of a considerable sum of money which he became possessed of in the spring, and therefore under the wholesome restriction of poverty. [14]
The enormous sum to which the debt to Samuel Pfefferkorn increased gives the position of affairs a different aspect. [10]
It was proposed to send this large sum to the bank in Quebec in another two days, when the whole contributions should be complete. [11]
The sum amounted to a little over twelve thousand dollars. [5]
The subject was thoroughly and patiently examined by that justly respected magistrate, and although the sum awarded to the claimants may not have been as large as they expected there is no reason to distrust the wisdom of His Majesty's decision. [7]
On this sum Thomas Jefferson compromised. [9]
We note in this communication that Clemens says that he has been at the machine three years and seven months, but this was only the period during which he had spent the regular monthly sum of three thousand dollars. [5]
If you accomplish this according to our wish, you shall receive to-day five thousand rings of gold, and the fifth part of this sum yearly, during your life. [10]
Before he of the yellow mustache could pick up his cigar from the floor and make another bid, the Judge had cried out a sum which was the total of Colonel Carvel's assessment. [9]
And add up the sum total of the votes! [9]
The Legislature appropriated the sum of five thousand dollars for a statue in bronze, and a committee was appointed to procure it. [4]
As soon as the Nomarch had left him, he commanded that a considerable sum should be taken out of the Treasury, and sent after the petitioner. [10]
You sum up the matter in one common term: The heathen peasants on the estate. [10]
I wrote here the greater portion of An Egyptian Princess, and afterwards many a chapter of Uarda, Homo Sum, and other novels. [10]
To sum up: The feeling, it is conceded, is not engendered by the mere conduct of the materializee; it is conceded that it does not arise from any pang which the personality of the materializee could assuage. [5]
And there were the expenses of the parish house, an alarming sum now Eldon Parr had withdrawn: the salaries of the assistants. [9]
The assertion of the dignity of man and of labor is, we imagine, the sum and substance of the equality and communism of the New Testament. [4]
It was said that the sum expended in flowers alone, which withered in a night, would have endowed a ward in a charity hospital. [4]
He had added that she was worth more, much more, but that he could not give her as yet, without the risk of comment, a sum commensurate with the value of her services.... [9]
His face wore that expression when his dry hands clenched with vexation at her not understanding a sum in arithmetic, when rising from his chair he would walk away from her, repeating in a low voice the same words several times over. [2]
There's been a talk about our havin' a celebration in the Parnassian Grove, and I think I could work in what your folks don't want and make myself whole by chargin' a small sum for tickets. [6]
He never had supposed for a moment that so large a sum as a hundred dollars was to be found in actual money in any one's possession. [5]
I mentioned a sum, and he shook his head. [9]
So vast a sum, all in actual cash, seemed next to incredible. [5]
It isn't what sum you get, it's how much you can buy with it, that's the important thing; and it's that that tells whether your wages are high in fact or only high in name. [5]
A very pretty sum was realized for some charity,--I forget what,--and the affair was voted highly successful. [6]
I need not sum up all the wretchedness that goes to constitute the "martyrdom of man. [6]
From this new sum total the amounts already paid to the Fishers were deducted, and then the cheerful remainder (a fraction under forty thousand dollars) was handed to then and again they retired to Florida in a condition of temporary tranquillity. [5]
He was the sum total of the universe, the epitome of things created; and at the same time he was the power which gave them life and intelligence and preserved them from perishing by perpetual procreation. [10]
Resolved, That the sum of three hundred pounds be paid to Captain Robert Moray, in consideration of his services to the country, and his singular sufferings in his confinement, as a hostage, in Quebec. [11]
It is the sum of those provisions which results in the divesting of title forever. [7]
For a certain sum of money other men will insure that your house shall not burn down; and if it burns they will pay you for it. [5]
It produced the sum necessary to pay his gaming debts, and saved him from exposure to his uncle and another smashing of the will. [5]
Jethro named the sum instantly, also in a whisper. [9]
The precise annual sum cannot be known in advance; it doubtless will vary in different years. [7]
Once when making such calculations he wrote down his own name in French, Comte Pierre Besouhoff, but the sum of the numbers did not come right. [2]
I felt that such a mine as the one described by Dan would bring a princely sum in New York, and sell without delay or difficulty. [5]
For a certain stipulated sum best known to Wilkinson and Miro, General Wilkinson agrees gradually to detach Kentucky from the Union and join it to his Catholic Majesty's dominion of Louisiana. [9]
A good city speculator or a parliamentary commissioner could have told to a fraction, from the crowds that were cantering about, what sum of money was realised in London, in the course of a year, by holding horses alone. [12]
They will send some one to you and offer you a sum far below that which you ought in justice to receive, You ought to fight this case. [9]
Her naivete, her simplicity, her ignorance of social conventions and of the worldly wisdom which to Mrs. Mavick was the sum of all knowledge misled her mother as to her power of discernment and her strength of character. [4]
First and last, Shelley emptied into that rapacious mendicant's lap a sum which cost him--for he borrowed it at ruinous rates--from eighty to one hundred thousand dollars. [5]
If you are sensible and resign from St. John's now I will settle on Alison a sufficient sum to allow you both to live in comfort and decency the rest of your lives. [9]
I very cheerfully send you the twenty dollars, which sum you say is necessary to save your land from sale. [7]
These poor creatures seldom obtain any great sum by thieving and cheating. [10]
That is to say, a company had bought the privilege of taking from the mine 5,000,000 carloads of blue-rock, for a sum down and a royalty. [5]
Hodder, who had saved a certain sum in past years, would take nothing for the present . [9]
Twenty-one rubles," he said, pointing to the figure twenty-one by which the total exceeded the round sum of forty-three thousand; and taking up a pack he prepared to deal. [2]
Do I not remember that glorious moment when the late Mr.---- we won't say who,--editor of the--we won't say what, offered me the sum of fifty cents per double-columned quarto page for shaking my young boughs over his foolscap apron? [6]
It was half relined, half buried in desert sand when an enterprising inn-keeper had bought the elegant structure with the adjacent grove for a very moderate sum. [10]
Love's usury has reckoned such a sum Of my indebtedness, that I can make No lien large enough to overtake Its value--and before it I am dumb! [11]
The usual net receipts of a performance were from nine to ten pounds, and this was about the sum that Elizabeth paid to companies for a performance at Whitehall, which was always in the evening and did not interfere with regular hours. [4]
The books he read were chiefly historical, and on these he spent a certain sum every year. [2]
It adds G. Ragsdale McClintock's to the sum of the republic's imperishable names. [5]
Shortly after this purchase--the next week, in fact,--The Paris had alluringly and craftily displayed, for the tempting sum of $6.29, the very cloak ordained by providence to "go" with the hat. [9]
And what we propose to do with the American public is to give it twenty-four books like this a year--a complete library--for the absurd sum of six dollars. [8]
I made a pretty sum enough, and worked hard enough to earn it. [6]
He was so popular at home, and so trusted--during his sober intervals --that he was enabled to use the name of a principal citizen, and get a large sum of money at the bank. [5]
If my Apelles pleases him, he will give ten talents for that alone, and if he buys it for only the half or even the tenth of that sum, I will make you enjoy yourself for once, Selene. [10]
Her father will pay her the money--from the sum he owes me. [10]
But the Masdakite patted his sleeve, in which he carried a good round sum in gold pieces, and exclaimed cheerily: "It is all here, and enough for two travellers to the East.--My little wife, by your leave; the time has come, little pigeon! [10]
When you start out to "do" the Falls you first drive down about a mile, and pay a small sum for the privilege of looking down from a precipice into the narrowest part of the Niagara River. [5]
To sum up, on the whole I am satisfied with things the way they are. [5]
He had fixed on that number because forty-three was the sum of his and Sonya's joint ages. [2]
It amazed me often to hear her sum up a thing in some pregnant sentence which, when you came to think, was the one word to be said. [11]
The cash sum offered looked very large to Mark Twain, and he was sorely tempted to accept it. [5]
Consider the vastness of the sum--" "Hang the vastness of the sum! [5]
And the sum of the doctrine contained in these words is this: Bless those that curse you, pray for your enemies and repent for those who persecute you, for 'if ye love them that love you what thank have ye? [10]
For the sum of sixteen dollars I had the scarred and tarnished splendors of 'her' main saloon principally to myself, for she was not a creature to attract the eye of wiser travelers. [5]
By the laws of sentiment, I ought to have made the ignoble sum five francs, at least. [6]
John Wilson Mackenzie, of Rotterdam, Chemung County, New Jersey, deceased, contracted with the General Government, on or about the 10th day of October, 1861, to furnish to General Sherman the sum total of thirty barrels of beef. [5]

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