Use within in a sentence
Sentences starting with within
- Within a few years a distinguished Scotch clergyman made a fortune by diluting a paragraph written by Saint Paul. [4]
- Within the Hellespont we saw where the original first shoddy contract mentioned in history was carried out, and the "parties of the second part" gently rebuked by Xerxes. [5]
- Within three minutes we caught sight of the party ahead of us, and stopped to observe them. [5]
- Within doors supper was now ready, but we, as beseemed us, kept out of the way. [10]
- Within the cabin was a great fireplace of stones, where our cooking was done, and bunks set round for the men in cold weather and rainy. [9]
- Within the fort was a big common dotted with forest trees, where such cattle as had been saved browsed on the scanty grass. [9]
- Within its stern walls Nathaniel Durrett had made a model universe of his own, such as the Deity of the Westminster Confession had no doubt meant his greater one to be if man had not rebelled and foiled him.... [9]
- Within there was very little that pretended to be attractive. [6]
- Within the pleasant Vale of Loe Beside the Sea of Var, The Daughter of our ancient foe Dwells where her people are. [11]
- Within easy range, Trafford swung his gun shoulder-wards to fire, but at that instant a cloud of snow rose up between him and his quarry so that they all were blinded. [11]
Sentences ending with within
- When the old woman uses the litter the cover will be removed and people will see her; when it is closed, the most sharp-sighted can not discover who is within. [10]
- He was not within. [11]
- Something is stirring within. [10]
- Other voices mingled with hers--lamenting, cursing, and entreating; for now the rainclouds burst, and through the window-openings poured a cold flood, chilling and wetting the drunken mob within. [10]
- Mingling with these were the angry outcries of those whom the lictors or guardians of the peace had laid hands on, or their indignant companions; and the thunder outside rolled a solemn accompaniment to the mutinous tumult within. [10]
- What food and water were there within? [11]
- The front door was open, and a nice savour of boiling fruit came from within. [11]
- The King's flag was flying from the roof of one of the cottages, and His Majesty was probably within. [5]
- How calm it was even with the fury within! [11]
- In the eye was a penetrating but abstracted look, and the countenance had the gravity of a priest lighted by a cheerful soul within. [11]
Short sentences using within
- My heart burned within me. [11]
- His soul raged within him. [5]
- Liberty ran riot within her. [9]
- Return we within the Guildhall. [5]
- Ambition stirred within me. [9]
- Within the week he died. [5]
- Within was silence. [9]
- Hawkins stepped within. [5]
Sentences containing within two or more times
- I said that you would leave England within twenty-four hours, and that you would not return within three years. [11]
- So it was warm and snug within, though bleak and raw without; it was light and bright within, though outside it was as dark and dreary as if the world had been lit with Hartford gas. [5]
- When we got up in the morning, we found that the fire had burned small pieces of drift wood within six feet of our boat, and had made its way to within 4 or 5 steps of us on the South side. [5]
- You have been to New York twice; you were there within these three months--" "And was asked to leave within these three months--banished, as it were. [11]
- The writers of the within are good men, residing within the land district. [7]
- To whatever extent the enlistment and drafting, one or both, of colored troops may be found necessary within the State, it may be conducted within the law of Congress; and, so far as practicable, free from collateral embarrassments, disorders, and provocations. [7]
- They found the sharp new heap they were seeking, and ensconced themselves within the protection of three great elms that grew in a bunch within a few feet of the grave. [5]
- Where could they raise such Saint-Michael pears, such Saint-Germains, such Brown-Beurres, as we had until within a few years growing within the walls of our old city-gardens? [6]
- An ocellus consists of a spot within a ring of another colour, like the pupil within the iris, but the central spot is often surrounded by additional concentric zones. [1]
- I suppose a man who lived within hearing of a murmuring brook would find his life shortened if a sawmill were set up within earshot of his dwelling. [6]
More example sentences with the word within in them
- This light within your youthful hearts has beamed, Ripening the germs of all things good and fair; I also fostered them, and joyous dreamed Of future progress to repay our care. [10]
- You would have your legs under the Round Table and a 'Sir' in front of your names within the twenty-four hours; and you could bring about a new distribution of the married princesses and duchesses of the Court in another twenty-four. [5]
- Now, you set your foot on shore In Novo Orbe; here's the rich Peru: And there within, sir, are the golden mines, Great Solomon's Ophir!---- B. Jonson The supper at Col. [5]
- You cannot keep your enthusiasms down, you cannot keep your emotions within bounds when that soaring bubble of marble breaks upon your view. [5]
- I'll be with you within a week. [5]
- For every fleece you thieved I'll have you flayed with bow-strings if ever I sight your face within my boundaries. [11]
- Genius has given you the freedom of the universe, why then come within any walls? [6]
- The world says, You shall have latitude enough to swing in freely, but you must keep within the code. [11]
- If pride within you secretly abides That, forced by the elixir's charm, The Sooth You needs must speak--be wholly pure in thought, Despising not the teachings wise, of old; When Truth with equal earnestness was sought If speech be silver, silence then is gold! [10]
- Sure enough, when you saw the shut doors and open windows of those empty houses, all white without in the sun and dark within, and not a human to be seen, you could believe almost anything. [11]
- Judge Tileston died, you remember, within a month after he had his great ball, twelve year ago, and some thought it was in the natur' of a judgment. [6]
- I yield to you from necessity too; from policy besides; and because of feelings that have been a pretty long time working within me. [12]
- By ingenious fetters you force the mighty winged intellect to content itself within the narrow world of reality. [10]
- They swarm about you at every step; no single foot of ground in all Jerusalem or within its neighborhood seems to be without a stirring and important history of its own. [5]
- It sounded absurd, yet it did not repel her: something within her responded to it. [9]
- For within five years Paris fell--1436--and our King marched into it flying the victor's flag. [5]
- The artist nature, yearning to create, began to stir within more ceaselessly than ever before. [10]
- And even the year before, a bill for Nebraska itself was within an ace of passing without the repealing clause, and this in the hands of the same men who are now the champions of repeal. [7]
- The grand total would have been twice as large, but the streets were very narrow, and hundreds who wanted to bid could not get within a block of the stand, and could not make themselves heard. [5]
- 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]
- Thus she was wont, at the most unexpected moments, to betray the passion within her, the passion that made him sick with desire. [9]
- Madame Gravois, elderly, wizened, primp in a starched cotton gown, opened the door herself, fell upon Monsieur Vigo in the Creole fashion; and within a quarter of an hour I was installed in her best room, which gave out on a little court behind. [9]
- A thousand voices within warn me that I am about to do an unworthy deed and a ruinous--ruinous for myself, for thee, the kingdom and our house. [10]
- Thy kingdom is within us, Thou art ever-present. [5]
- When he was within twenty paces, and Nicholas could clearly distinguish every detail of his handsome, happy young face, he experienced a feeling tenderness and ecstasy such as he had never before known. [2]
- It was now within three-quarters of an hour of noon, and in that house all was as still as before; the Patriarch, however, might be expected to be punctual, and she had done nothing towards dressing but putting on those gilt sandals. [10]
- When they were within three hundred yards he deliberately led Wrangle out into the trail. [13]
- News comes that within this week Siam has acknowledged herself to be, in effect, a French province. [5]
- When they were within thirty yards of me they let their long lances droop to a level, depressed their mailed heads, and so, with their horse-hair plumes streaming straight out behind, most gallant to see, this lightning express came tearing for me! [5]
- When it got within thirty steps of Higbie I was so excited that I fancied I could hear my own heart beat. [5]
- I was dressed within the ten minutes, and came out. [5]
- So again, species within the same large genus by no means resemble each other to the same degree: on the contrary, some of them can generally be arranged in little groups round other species, like satellites round planets. [1]
- It is, however, within the range of practical convenience to confer with the governments of States, while it is quite beyond that range to have correspondence on the subject with counties and cities. [7]
- It is quite within the probabilities that this same thing was happening all over the South. [5]
- It is quite within the probabilities that a century hence she will be the most imposing figure that has cast its shadow across the globe since the inauguration of our era. [5]
- It is quite within the possibilities that, a century hence, people would wonder and say, "How did your predecessors come to bury their great dead in this deserted place? [5]
- It is quite within the possibilities that two or three nights like that night of mine could drive a man to suicide. [5]
- It is only within the past few years that our colleges and universities have begun to teach modern economics, social science and psychology--and this in the face of opposition from trustees. [9]
- My studies began within the hour of my arrival. [9]
- He stood just within the hollow of a cavern so immense that he had no conception of its real dimensions. [13]
- Her name spoken within the hall startled Virginia from her reverie, and she began to walk rapidly down the winding drive. [9]
- Then we passed within the great doors, and it seemed that the riches of the world were before us! [5]
- I had stood within the fort watching him. [11]
- But we were within the enemy's country now, so there was no help for them, they must continue the march, though Joan said that if they chose to take the risk they might depart. [5]
- Drawing keeps us within the bounds assigned to what is true and beautiful. [10]
- The spectators crowded within the bar and surrounded Laura who, calmer than anyone else, was supporting her aged mother, who had almost fainted from excess of joy. [5]
- Does it come within the act? [11]
- This town ain't within ten miles of the railroad. [9]
- And then anon within six strokes Sir Launcelot had stricken them to the earth. [5]
- We were now within six leagues of the King, who was a the Castle of Chinon. [5]
- If I were within sight of Jolicoeur's saloon, I should be drinking hard this minute. [11]
- The Redan was within rifle-shot of the Malakoff; Inkerman was a mile away; and Balaklava removed but an hour's ride. [5]
- He knew that within reach of Paula, and condemned to live with her, he could never recover his peace, but must suffer constant pangs. [10]
- It is not within our best-fenced churches and creeds that the self-governing American is like to find the religious freedom which the Concord prophet asserted with the strength of Luther and the sweetness of Melancthon, and which the sovereign in his shirt-sleeves will surely claim. [6]
- He realised that within one life a man may still live several lives, each loyal and honest after its kind. [11]
- They were well within my salary, which recently had been raised.... [9]
- What was it within me that pressed and pressed until I thought I could bear the pain of it no longer? [9]
- Was there something within me that might eventually draw me to do likewise? [9]
- Those who come within its irresistible influence are drawn so close that it seems as if they must become one with her sooner or later. [6]
- The danger from within is not less than from without. [4]
- The winding staircase within is dark, but one always knows which side of the tower he is on because of his naturally gravitating from one side to the other of the staircase with the rise or dip of the tower. [5]
- The Burgundian was within his right. [5]
- Felion sat just within his doorway, looking out into the sunlight which fell upon the red and white walls of the little city, flanked by young orchards, with great, oozy meadows beyond these, where cattle ate, knee- deep in the lush grass and cool reed-beds. [11]
- There was now within him a judge who by some rule unknown to him decided what should or should not be done. [2]
- She had resources within herself, had what would keep her steady. [11]
- Her heart shrunk within her, and with a trembling voice she exclaimed: "I forbid this mad vengeance--do you hear? [10]
- Desire was incandescent within her breast. [9]
- Something stood sentinel within her and forbade her every joy. [2]
- We dropped anchor within half a mile of the village. [5]
- When they came within hail they cheered, and when they saw the silver the air rang with shouts. [11]
- At any rate, within five years from now there will be at least such a substantial ligament of buildings stretching between them and uniting them that a stranger will not be able to tell where the one Siamese twin leaves off and the other begins. [5]
- When he was within fifty yards of the house, four Arabs intercepted him. [11]
- When they were within fifteen yards, I sent that bomb with a sure aim, and it struck the ground just under the horses' noses. [5]
- Fortunately they are within easy reach of the highest scientific instruction. [3]
- It was probably within an hour of midnight. [10]
- He had been within an ace of losing his Katterle forever, and through no one's guilt save that of the man on whose truth and steadfastness she so firmly relied. [10]
- He came up within about ten or fifteen feet of Reeder, and called out to those with him to "look out! [5]
- Our houses are within a stone's throw, and yet in a whole day, from noon till noon, so old a friend could not find a few minutes to deliver the letters entrusted to him, or to call upon such near neighbors . [10]
- Two horsemen were within a hundred yards, coming straight at him. [13]
- You'll be famous within a fortnight, Laura. [5]
- When we were within a few rods of them, it appeared to rise from the water, was hurled on a rock, and overturned. [11]
- The brave was within a few feet of them. [11]
- Tom sat down within a few feet of her. [9]
- Had one stood within "the Hunter's Room," as it was called, a little while before, one would have seen a man's head bowed before a woman, and her hand smoothing back the hair from the handsome brow where dissipation had drawn some deep lines. [11]
- A heavy thud with the knocker rang through the silent street, and after a few short questions from within and equally curt replies from without, a small door was opened in the great gate. [10]
- The old horse-cars with the clanging chains had disappeared, and you could take an electric to within a block of the imposing grille that surrounded the Dwyer grounds. [9]
- Her dryad-like face, with its sweet, elusive smile, seemed to peer at him now wistfully out of the forest, and suddenly a new and startling thought rose up within him--after six and thirty years. [9]
- She'd run away with him to-morrow if he should come within hailing distance of her. [9]
- But Bucklaw said, with great candour, that unfortunately he had to sail for Boston within thirty-six hours, to keep engagements with divers assignees for whom he had special cargo. [11]
- I go away with feelings that may be conceived but cannot be described, feeling within myself that desolating truth that my best affections have experienced this night a stifler! [12]
- Within, a man with an eagle nose sat impassive, and I set him down for one of the king's ministers. [9]
- 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]
- They did not wish to admit foreign troops within the walls, for during the first siege they had proved far more troublesome than useful, and there was little reason to fear that a city guarded by water, walls and trees would be taken by storm. [10]
- It had glass windows and a lion on a blue shield on the door, and within it was all salmon silk, save the painted design on the ceiling. [9]
- With a fair wind they might, with all canvas set--mainsail, foresail, jib, and fore-topsail--make Rozel Bay within two hours and a quarter. [11]
- She signifies her willingness to continue it by calling again any time within twelve-months; after that, if the parties go on calling upon each other once a year, in our large cities, that is sufficient, and the acquaintanceship holds good. [5]
- His Highness Prince William, in a showy military uniform (the "true prince," this --scion of the house over-thrown by the present dynasty--he was formerly betrothed to the Princess but was not allowed to marry her), stood guard and paced back and forth within the door. [5]
- Second, those who will take the oath and be discharged and whose homes lie safely within our military lines. [7]
- It made him wild to think of all the several contingencies which might defraud him of that good-fortune which seemed but just now within his grasp. [6]
- And you, you--the wife of the man who has induced thousands to desert King Philip, the wife of the exile, who directs the resistance within these walls. [10]
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