Use thoroughly in a sentence
Sentences starting with thoroughly
- Thoroughly convinced that he was doing right, and ashamed of having so long neglected what the duty of a son commanded, he implored his mother's soul for forgiveness. [10]
Sentences ending with thoroughly
- But Pretty Pierre was at Fort Luke when the battle occurred, and, before and after, he sifted the business thoroughly. [11]
- We enjoy it thoroughly. [5]
- He knows Rome thoroughly. [10]
- I have conned them well, studied them patiently and thoroughly. [5]
- He spoke upon the theme which he had mastered so thoroughly. [7]
- I realized then the situation thoroughly. [5]
- This was really the first holiday in my life, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. [11]
- In fact, it spoiled two hours of it quite thoroughly. [5]
- He took his ship out gallantly, but the flag-ship dare not attempt it--Dibbs was the only man who knew the passage thoroughly. [11]
- How his rage seethed in him, and yet could not break out fairly and thoroughly. [10]
Short sentences using thoroughly
- Is that thoroughly understood? [9]
- Mr. Hopper was thoroughly healthy. [9]
- They examined the room thoroughly. [5]
- She thoroughly understood him. [4]
- This is thoroughly exasperating. [5]
- He was thoroughly disgusted. [11]
- How thoroughly England _is groomed_! [6]
Sentences containing thoroughly two or more times
- It is thoroughly Syrian, and that is to say that it is thoroughly ugly, and cramped, squalid, uncomfortable, and filthy--just the style of cities that have adorned the country since Adam's time, as all writers have labored hard to prove, and have succeeded. [5]
More example sentences with the word thoroughly in them
- How thoroughly this young diplomat understood men! [10]
- The thoroughly un-Hellenic wrapping up of the legs proved that. [10]
- The narrator's expressions would only be intelligible to a select few, and, I should have done my Margery injustice, had I left the ideas and descriptions, whose meaning I thoroughly understood, in the clumsy form she had given them. [10]
- Nothing in the world could have made the impulse which moved me more powerful, more masterful, more thoroughly irresistible. [5]
- But, still, the works which his great and untiring hand had already thoroughly finished will remain to attest his learning and genius, --a precious and perpetual possession for his country. [6]
- Not a serious word had reached his ears from the wanton lips of the Lesbian, while Althea at once desired information concerning his art, and showed that she was thoroughly familiar with the works and the aspirations of the Alexandrian sculptors. [10]
- Slender date-palms covered with golden fruit were scattered in every direction over the fields, which were thoroughly irrigated by means of canals and ditches. [10]
- Yet, thoroughly imbued with a reverence for the guaranteed rights of individuals, I was slow to adopt the strong measures which by degrees I have been forced to regard as being within the exceptions of the Constitution, and as indispensable to the public safety. [7]
- Here even the windows were thoroughly protected from the storm. [10]
- Do you understand why it is, Mr. Henderson, that one can enjoy the whole day and then be thoroughly dissatisfied with it? [4]
- He chose Verdun, where Pestalozzi was then living, as his place of residence, and made himself thoroughly familiar with his method of education. [10]
- Several people who were thoroughly familiar with Alexandria had acted as guides. [10]
- And during the week that followed he lacked the moral courage either to discuss the subject of Quicksands thoroughly or to let it alone: to put down his foot like a Turk or accede like a Crichton. [9]
- I suppose that we all who are thoroughly interested in this world have this desire. [4]
- What he wanted was to get her thoroughly interested in himself, and to maintain her in a receptive condition until such time as he should be ready for a final move. [6]
- But now he was thoroughly frightened. [9]
- His moral nature was thoroughly aroused his conscience was stirred to the quick. [7]
- Still the delay was not wholly unproductive, for it took all that time to get Sandy thoroughly wonted to the new thing, she being so close to it, you know. [5]
- The land is very nourishing, the water is thoroughly wholesome. [5]
- But he insisted upon grammatical correctness, and never lost sight of his maxim, "The school should teach its pupils to do thoroughly whatever they do at all. [10]
- She caught herself up with a start after one of these silences to realize that Mr. Grainger was making unwonted and indeed pathetic exertions to entertain her, and it needed no feminine eye to perceive that he was thoroughly uncomfortable. [9]
- Nitetis, however, had understood him thoroughly, and answered: "My mother Ladice was the pupil of Pythagoras, and has told me something like this already; but the Egyptian priests consider such views to be sacrilegious, and call their originators despisers of the gods. [10]
- We maimed him too thoroughly for that. [9]
- He was struggling to rear a durable monument of fame; and he well knew that truth and thoroughly sound reasoning were the only sure foundations. [7]
- Before he went to Prebrunn, Dr. Mathys had counselled him not to forget during the disagreeable reception awaiting him that he was dealing with an irritable invalid, and the thoroughly noble man resolved to remember it as an excuse. [10]
- I should like to live long enough to see the course of the Tiber turned, and the bottom of the river thoroughly dredged. [6]
- It is necessary to know rural England to enter into the spirit of this literature, and to appreciate how thoroughly it took hold of life in every phase. [4]
- Massi had listened to her rapid words in warm; nay, he was thoroughly startled. [10]
- In restoring Richemont to France, Joan made thoroughly secure the successful completion of the great work which she had begun. [5]
- It was surprising to find in the desolate wilds of our country a man so thoroughly acquainted with everything useful to know in his line of life, and yet of such inferior rank and unpretentious bearing. [5]
- I now refused to attend any labor, and did not till April 21st, when, having thoroughly cleansed myself, I resumed my practice, and had no more puerperal fever. [3]
- I have nothing to add to the ninth edition of "An Egyptian Princess" except that it has been thoroughly revised. [10]
- From time to time I'm thoroughly ashamed of being connected with such a charlatan. [8]
- While she was thus engaged, Mr Swiveller looked on with a grateful heart, very much astonished to see how thoroughly at home she made herself, and attributing this attention, in its origin, to Sally Brass, whom, in his own mind, he could not thank enough. [12]
- To harden them thoroughly, institutions work in the same groove as nature. [4]
- He knew her thoroughly, and was aware that her desire to follow the man she loved into the realm of death was sincere; nay, that it dominated her whole being. [10]
- I like it thoroughly, and mean to be here earlier next year. [4]
- He knew him thoroughly, and had watched his development with increasing warmth of sympathy, the more so as many a trait of character which he recognised in Heinz reminded him of his own nature and aspirations at his age. [10]
- The inquisitors were thoroughly vexed and dissatisfied. [5]
- He was not thoroughly up in the backhanded stroke, but it was very gratifying to his numerous friends to know that, in time, practice would have overcome this defect. [5]
- Where that is thoroughly trained for life and work, externals may be left to themselves, and will supplement the other. [10]
- Moreover, he was thoroughly the great noble. [10]
- I know how thoroughly in earnest you are, but I dare not even leave you hope--I neither can nor ought. [10]
- He was never thoroughly happy unless he was taking the machine apart or setting it up again. [5]
- He was a thoroughly good-hearted being who could not bear to hurt any one, and who found it equally hard to disturb a fellow-man in his pleasures or amusement. [10]
- It is a thoroughly fresh and original book. [6]
- And yet--eternal gods!--how thoroughly dissimilar the two were! [10]
- He was pretty thoroughly bewildered; he had come home, a jubilant prodigal, expecting to find everybody wild with joy over his return; and instead had got the cold shoulder and a jail. [5]
- The magistrate was thoroughly aware of the course of affairs, and talked to the maid with the gentle manner, pervaded with genuine kindness of heart, which was one of his characteristics. [10]
- Before he was thoroughly awake next morning everybody had already left the hut. [2]
- We wanted something thoroughly and uncompromisingly foreign--foreign from top to bottom--foreign from center to circumference--foreign inside and outside and all around--nothing anywhere about it to dilute its foreignness --nothing to remind us of any other people or any other land under the sun. [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]
- We soon got thoroughly acquainted with the Lake and all its peculiarities. [5]
- He wished for this very much, as he could not thoroughly understand her behavior the day before, and was uneasy at the strict watch set over her. [10]
- Nitetis was by this time so thoroughly awakened from the effect of the fresh morning air, that she did not care to lie down again. [10]
- Certainly, never was there such a sweet knuckle-one, or one that was so thoroughly appreciated .... [5]
- If you stand there already like a dumb sign-post, how will it be when I thoroughly turn your head like all the rest with my singing? [10]
- Napoleon, without giving them a glance, turned to Balashev: "Assure the Emperor Alexander from me," said he, taking his hat, "that I am as devoted to him as before: I know him thoroughly and very highly esteem his lofty qualities. [2]
- She thoroughly realized the wrong he had done Sonya, felt herself to blame toward her, and imagined that her wealth had influenced Nicholas' choice. [2]
- And Froebel touched the sensitive spot in the young minister, who was thoroughly imbued with the sacred beauty of his life-task, yet certainly knew the Gospels, his classic authors, and apostolic fathers much better than he did the world. [10]
- Now in Europe, the same as in America, when a man has kept a hotel so thoroughly well during a number of years as to give it a great reputation, he has his reward. [5]
- I tell you, the railway management is about the only thoroughly European thing here--continentally European I mean, not English. [5]
- The effect of the laudanum had been intensified by the thoroughly exhausted condition of the body. [11]
- The fact that the Italian teacher had, or thought he had, seen Maurice ten years before was circulated and made the most of,--turned over and over like a cake, until it was thoroughly done on both sides and all through. [6]
- The government of the island, therefore, never allows a stick of it to be exported without being accompanied by a piston with which its cavity may at any time be thoroughly swept out. [6]
- He had had the house thoroughly renovated and furnished it anew, and kept it open in summer for a few boarders. [6]
- We are having the Fort Pillow affair thoroughly investigated; and such investigation will probably show conclusively how the truth is. [7]
- I thoroughly enjoyed the feeling of immediate contact with all the world of yesterday, until I read among the minor items that Patrick Donahue, of the city of New York, died of a sunstroke. [4]
- He thoroughly understood the advantages of delay. [4]
- If they read that thoroughly, they have time for nothing else. [4]
- It was said that the expedition, owing to difficulties, had not thoroughly explored a part of the country lying about the head-waters, some four thousand miles from the mouth of the river. [5]
- Miss Eschelle says that she is thoroughly American in her tastes. [4]
- I forgot to tell you how thoroughly I enjoyed your account of the country printing office, and how true it all was and how intimately recognizable in all its details. [5]
- Some particularly pretty, tall, or well-dressed figure would give rise to a smile or an exclamation of approval, but before one sight had been thoroughly enjoyed the inquisitive eye was seeking a fresh one. [10]
- After a hearty supper we waited until it was thoroughly dark and then started to the crater. [5]
- That the chaplain's successor must be a good artist, thoroughly familiar with Netherland and Italian music, was a matter of course. [10]
- He was thoroughly subdued, and thenceforth submitted to Lincoln his despatches for revision and amendment without a murmur. [7]
- These pieces are strangers to each other, and it takes a century, more or less, to make them thoroughly acquainted. [6]
- If an ocean steamer had hit it, or a freight tram, it couldn't have been more thoroughly demolished. [9]
- He found the sovereign so thoroughly out of tune that he could not think of inviting him to his banquet. [10]
- But we were soaked and my shoes full of water, so we ate at once, stripped and went to bed for 2 1/2 hours while our traps were thoroughly dried, and our boots greased in addition. [5]
- These men are so thoroughly acclimatised to their cold and lofty abode, that when formerly carried down by the Spaniards to the low eastern plains, and when now tempted down by high wages to the gold-washings, they suffer a frightful rate of mortality. [1]
- Yet a satisfied smile hovered around his stern mouth as he noticed how thoroughly the people had performed their work. [10]
- She had only slept for a short time, but when, once more thoroughly awake, she rubbed her eyes, she thought her dream must have lasted for hours. [10]
- You go beyond simplicity when you attempt to appropriate more than your wants, your aspirations, whatever they are, demand--that is, to appropriate for show, for ostentation, more than your life can assimilate, can make thoroughly yours. [4]
- They desired to show the people by their verdict and the severity of the procedures how thoroughly in earnest they were. [10]
- She believed that she understood him thoroughly, but she could not take the next step until she had seen him. [4]
- Mrs. Mavick, who seldom lost her head, was thoroughly frightened and upset, and it was a rare occasion that could upset the equanimity of the late widow, Mrs. Carmen Henderson. [4]
- He hopes to search into the plans and works of the architects of fortifications and makers of maps and, by no means least, he is anxious to become thoroughly familiar with the inventions of mechanicians, which have so long aroused his interest. [10]
- I forgot to say that among the collections already thoroughly examined by me is that portion of the Simancas archives still retained in the Imperial archives of France. [6]
- Perhaps I could say more, but it doesn't do to believe in yourself too thoroughly when you get up early. [9]
- The flat, plastered roof is garnished by picturesque stacks of fresco materials, which, having become thoroughly dried and cured, are placed there where it will be convenient. [5]
- He refused to reopen the question of March's fitness with him; he said they, had gone into that thoroughly, but he recurred to it with Mrs. March, and confirmed her belief in his good sense on all points. [8]
- But cases thoroughly recorded and mathematically analyzed would always be available for future use, and when accumulated in sufficient number would lead to results which would be trustworthy, and belong to science. [6]
- Let him thoroughly realize that he is answerable for any real breach of order. [10]
- The pirates thoroughly ransacked the vessel, opened all the trunks and portmanteaus, but found little that they wanted except brandy and provisions. [4]
- There is no question whatever that the Southern commissioners have been thoroughly snubbed in London and Paris. [6]
- I'll settle down presently; but it's a thoroughly useless business turning over old stock. [11]
- Nobody but a practised legislator can read the bill and thoroughly understand it, and I am not a practised legislator. [5]
- I quote a passage from it: "As far as I know my own mind, I am thoroughly a republican, and attached, from complete conviction, to the institutions of my country; but I am a republican without gall, and have no bitterness in my creed. [4]
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