Use usually in a sentence
Sentences starting with usually
- Usually the books were Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, the morals of which were not regarded as wholly exemplary. [5]
- Usually the light went out before nine o'clock. [11]
- Usually it is unfortunate that a young lady should be observed for the first time at table. [4]
- Usually subjects summoned to the presence of the king were kept waiting for hours, but the Hebrew's patience was not tried long. [10]
- Usually she liked to dress slowly, thinking meanwhile of many things which stirred her soul. [10]
- Usually she distinguished them in dreams, but they often came to her also in solitary hours, when she was deeply absorbed by thoughts of the past or the future. [10]
- Usually so exact, so certain of his target, some care had not been taken, he had miscalculated, and there had been the Error of the Day. [11]
- Usually death would result in fifteen minutes. [5]
- Usually they were persuading him to tell stories, and when he condescended to do so, older ones flocked around him too, and they were never disappointed. [10]
- Usually merely a part of a boat's company survive--officers, mainly, and other educated and tenderly-reared men, unused to hardship and heavy labour; the untrained, roughly-reared hard workers succumb. [5]
Sentences ending with usually
- They call it the Fountain of Jezreel, usually. [5]
- So I inquired about this thing; asked what resulted usually? [5]
Short sentences using usually
- Macrinus usually knows his. [10]
- I usually left a winner. [10]
More example sentences with the word usually in them
- When I was young, husbands and wives usually went to parties together. [9]
- Some of these young ladies came from other cities,--New York and Philadelphia and elsewhere,--and their fathers and mothers were usually people to be mentioned as a matter of course--were, indeed, frequently so mentioned by Miss Sadler, especially when a visitor called at the school. [9]
- Mr Brass, after writhing about, in a great many strange attitudes, and often twisting his face and eyes into an expression like that which is usually produced by eating gooseberries very early in the season, was by this time awake also. [12]
- Every letter Comyn writ me was nine parts Dolly, and the rest of his sheet usually taken up with Mr. Fox and his calamities: these had fallen upon him very thick of late. [9]
- And when a woman begins to admit that a man has force, her curiosity usually increases. [9]
- He must have witnessed something very terrible, for his face was as pale as death, and his usually confident and swaggering manner had given place to a stricken and care-worn air. [10]
- Learning goes usually with uprightness, broad views, and humanity; so the learned voters, possessing the balance of power, became the vigilant and efficient protectors of the great lower rank of society. [5]
- Envy and ill will would also have a share in this affair, and the usually benevolent King knew no mercy where crime against his own person was concerned. [10]
- How dishevelled, nay, wild, Barbara, who was usually so well dressed, looked! [10]
- But Ernst Ortlieb, who would usually have been very susceptible to such an advance from a young and aristocratic lady, could not now succeed in smoothing his brow. [10]
- He and Alexander, who usually were such united friends, now both were in love with Agatha, and what could come of that? [10]
- The young fellow, who usually had behaved no worse than the other Ephebi, had always returned from such festivities with a flushed face and unsteady steps, but to-night he had not even reached his room in the upper story. [10]
- But the Ethiopian, who usually came to meet her with words of welcome, took her veil and wraps, and removed her shoes, was absent. [10]
- It was Euphrasia who took matters in her own hands and killed the fatted calf, and the meal to which they presently sat down was very different from the frugal suppers Mr. Vane usually had. [9]
- For a little while every day, Mrs. Maturin read aloud, usually from books of poetry. [9]
- In Zorrillo's tent, which was usually brightly lighted until a late hour of the night, only one miserable brand was burning, beside which sat the sleepy bar-maid, darning a hole in her frieze-jacket. [10]
- After a period which was no briefer than that usually occupied by Bob's letters, Cynthia took the other one from her lap, and stared at it in much perplexity before she tore it open. [9]
- His blue eyes, which usually sparkled so brightly, now looked dull and bleared, and there were white spots on his copper-coloured cheeks. [10]
- The brilliant illumination which usually shone through the darkness would have attracted the attention of the Alexandrians. [10]
- The long mustache, which usually curled so arrogantly upwards, now drooped damp and limp over his mouth and chin, and his long reddish hair fell in dishevelled locks around his bloated face. [10]
- The manner in which he had attempted to rid himself of the rival seemed criminal enough, yet the nocturnal attack had scarcely concerned him personally, and he would not condemn the man who was usually so calm and sensible without having heard him. [10]
- What usually happens when a poor fellow is put in the pillory for some little offense that didn't amount to anything in the world? [5]
- When she confessed what withheld her from doing so, he at first tried to convince her by opposing reasons, but usually strength to continue the interchange of thought soon failed him. [10]
- If that is what he thought, he was not wise, for no one usually is so self-confident and insolent as just such an idiot. [10]
- Five minutes later Wetherell saw the Speaker descending again, the usually impressive quality of his face slightly modified by the twitching of a smile. [9]
- Anger and surprise were depicted on his countenance, which was usually so happy. [10]
- The young wife went out on the balcony with him, and he showed her in the south, where usually nothing but a green plain met the eye, a wide expanse over which a light mist was hovering. [10]
- Hardly a month went by without one of these tramps arriving; and generally loaded with a tale about some princess or other wanting help to get her out of some far-away castle where she was held in captivity by a lawless scoundrel, usually a giant. [5]
- In fact, Joan went but little into detail herself, usually merely saying, "That is not true--passez outre"; or, "I have answered that before--let the clerk read it in his record," or saying some other brief thing. [5]
- Those in the wealthy quarter are spacious; painted snow-white usually, and generally have wide verandas, or double-verandas, supported by ornamental columns. [5]
- With what edification we, too, listened to the old Minorite whom we picked up by the wayside, at the tavern where we usually found pleasure in nothing but drinking, gambling, shouting, and singing! [10]
- Dinner at Weathersfield we youngsters had usually found rather an oppressive ceremony, with its shaded lights and precise ritual over which Mr. Kyme presided like a high priest; conversation had been restrained. [9]
- The summer--or what we call summer in the North, which is usually a preparation for warm weather, ending in a preparation for cold weather --seemed to me very short--but I have noticed that each summer is a little shorter than the preceding one. [4]
- His voice, which was usually low and full of melody, could be something terrible when it rose in denunciation of sin. [4]
- The town tax was so strictly enforced at that time at all the gates of Berlin that even hacks entering the city were stopped and searched for provisions of meat or bread--a search which was usually conducted in a cursory and courteous manner. [10]
- Not till that was over did the guests usually adorn themselves with wreaths, wash their hands with Smegma or Smema (a kind of soap) and begin to drink. [10]
- This noble desire was not usually accompanied by artistic discrimination, and the land is filled with monuments and statues which express the gratitude of the people. [4]
- The young gem-cutter was not usually a frequent visitor to his parents' house, but since the return of the hapless Pollux he called there almost daily. [10]
- I think he was genuinely fond of birds, but, so far as I know, he usually confined himself to one a day; he never killed, as some sportsmen do, for the sake of killing, but only as civilized people do,--from necessity. [4]
- By daylight it was easier to avoid the sand-banks; but how narrow was the water-way-at this season usually overflowing! [10]
- Everything was plainly visible, for the desert tract of the Nekropolis, where at this hour utter darkness and silence usually reigned, was brightly lighted up. [10]
- Barop, though usually very strict in the observance of religious duties, never demanded anything for the sake of mere appearances. [10]
- His Majesty usually uttered exactly the opposite of his real opinions, and therefore, in the outline of his abdication speech, he twice emphasized how great a debt of gratitude Don Philip owed him for the Heritage which while still alive he bequeathed to him. [10]
- I avoid it, usually, but in this case it was absolutely necessary, else every reader would be applying the atmosphere of his own or sea experiences, and that shirt wouldn't fit, you know. [5]
- The visitors were usually young men, terribly respectful, but cherishing, as he imagined, ideals and opinions chasmally different from his; and he felt in their presence something like an anachronism, something like a fraud. [8]
- Her judgments were usually well founded, and her prophecies had so often come to pass that Anne often believed in them for no other reason. [9]
- A healthy man usually thinks of, feels, and remembers innumerable things simultaneously, but has the power and will to select one sequence of thoughts or events on which to fix his whole attention. [2]
- The morning is usually the best time; the afternoon and the evening the most feverish. [14]
- The walk, as usually taken, is two or three miles along the bold, rocky shore, but an ambitious pedestrian may continue it to the light on Point Judith. [4]
- While walking we usually sung songs, among them very nonsensical ones, if only we could keep step well to their time. [10]
- The stool, which usually stood on a wooden trestle opposite to it, now occupied a place before the table bearing the flagon of wine, and was intended for Barbara. [10]
- A few braves usually stood like statues at the corner, and in front of the door another group of hunting shirts. [9]
- The signal was usually some commonplace remark, like "Bring the tobacco. [5]
- The young knight, usually so trim, looked disordered and, as it were, thrown off his balance. [10]
- But her friend, usually so obliging, curtly and positively refused to give her any information. [10]
- There is nothing usually so dreary as your fine Palace. [4]
- Breton fishermen are usually shy of storm to foolishness, and one or two of the crew urged the drunken skipper not to start, for there were signs of a south-west wind, too friendly to the Bay des Trepasses. [11]
- The common people usually shirked the trouble of filtering it, and it was among them that the greater number died of a mortal and infectious pestilence, till then unknown. [10]
- The lad was usually no prattler, yet now, merely to boast of his master's familiar intercourse with the king, he had forgotten all caution. [10]
- These celebrated contractors usually made more money during the session of the legislature at Harrisburg than upon all their summer work, and this winter had been unfruitful. [5]
- Had "Fortune," which usually left him in the lurch when creating, aided him on this occasion? [10]
- The family was usually large, but the perspective bad. [5]
- He said he usually kept a dozen or two on hand, but he only had three now. [5]
- The torch-bearers who usually headed the procession this time were obliged to close its ranks, for the storm raging from the northeast would have blown the smoke into the people's faces. [10]
- He did not usually give much heed to his dress, yet he was glad that the rain kept people in the house, for the outgrown wrap on his shoulders was by no means pleasing in appearance. [10]
- In the taverns usually frequented by the inmates of the hospital they learned to endure a different atmosphere, which was stifling to him. [10]
- And he, who usually flees from every creature wearing a woman's robe, had never forgotten that maiden and her noble beauty; and, though he did not say so, it was obvious, from every word, that he was madly in love. [10]
- Where was his usually efficient Bias? [10]
- Her walks were usually directed toward the palace, to inquire how the recluse in San Yuste was faring, and whether any rumour mentioned her imperial son. [10]
- Master Gridley could usually detect the shifting action, but the young man's features and voice never betrayed him. [6]
- His manner was usually decisive, abrupt and self-reliant, but now he seemed to her like a clock that points to one hour while it strikes another. [10]
- But Barine, who usually could never gaze her fill at such a spectacle, did not thank her, for this sunset reminded her of another which she had lately watched at Dion's side, and she again broke into convulsive sobs. [10]
- It has been usually assumed that Strachey cribbed from Smith without acknowledgment. [4]
- Snow and ice usually appeared in our mountain valley in the latter half of November. [10]
- They were not usually absent when there was a skirmish with the heathen; but, till this moment, they had been seen only in twos or threes about the Serapeum. [10]
- The eruption is usually about two or three weeks distant; and the hotel proprietors get this information from experienced guides, who observe the action of the water in the wells; so that there can be no mistake about it. [4]
- The pony-rider was usually a little bit of a man, brimful of spirit and endurance. [5]
- As she looked up a perfectly radiant smile illuminated her usually plain face, an unworldly expression of such purity and happiness that she seemed actually beautiful to the priest, who stopped, hesitating, upon the threshold. [4]
- It's a stupid, unenlightened society that metes out most of our punishments and usually demands a senseless expiation. [9]
- Go, while I undress, to the prophet Gagabu and beg him to send the pastophorus Teta, who usually accompanies me. [10]
- People usually don't try to hurt my feelings that way. [4]
- He had a trusting nature, and was usually willing to invest money on any plausible recommendation. [5]
- Then, if the transformation does not come, they seem to think their cares and duties are at an end, and, considering their theories of human destiny, usually accept the situation with wonderful complacency. [6]
- Even the people--well-dressed, too--in the hansom cabs were usually animated and smiling. [9]
- There were men-killers, too, usually to be found in pairs, in startling costumes they had been persuaded were the latest Paris models,--imitations of French cocottes in Hampton, proof of the smallness of our modern world. [9]
- There were hoarse tones in her voice, usually so clear and musical, which betrayed the emotion raging in her breast as she assailed the young Macedonian noble with a flood of questions. [10]
- Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else,--very rarely to those who say to themselves, "Go to, now, let us be a celebrated individual! [6]
- In marked contrast to the earnestness of young Mr. Vane, who then rested, Mr. Billings treated the affair from the standpoint of a man of large practice who usually has more weighty matters to attend to. [9]
- He sometimes went to the city to buy iron or coals, but usually avoided any intercourse with the citizens, who shrugged their shoulders or pointed to their foreheads, when they spoke of him. [10]
- We all desired to secure places in the diligence, which was likely to be full, as is usually the case when a railway discharges itself into a postroad. [4]
- He was moved to return it with a little more fervor than he usually showed. [9]
- Then we turn to page 20 of the Autobiography and happen upon this passage, and that hasty suspicion stands rebuked: "I gained book-knowledge with far less labor than is usually requisite. [5]
- He had returned to Memphis the day before, and yet he had not been to see her mother, to whom he usually paid a daily visit. [10]
- We cannot pretend to keep track of the multiplicity of mines and shares which lure the gold-hunters, pecking away at the flinty ledges, usually in the snow. [5]
- This attracted men to him personally, and besides he found, as Bismarck did, that it was more serviceable to him than lying, for the crafty world usually banks upon insincerity and indirectness. [4]
- It usually intends to have 'repairs' and the vessel in the same navy-yard. [4]
- When he tried to follow his master's flight he fell after the first few strokes of his wings, and usually among nettles. [10]
- They call her to breakfast with a salvo of artillery; and usually when it thunders she looks up expectantly and says "come in....." The monument to the author of "Gloverson and His Silent partners" is finished. [5]
- Mark Twain's trips to Boston were usually made alone. [5]
- Even the youths, thy immediate attendants, are never seen to smile; though cheerfulness, that sweet gift of the gods, usually belongs to the young, as flowers to spring. [10]
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