Advances

Examples

• His services, with rare exceptions, grow less valuable as he advances in age and nervous strain breaks him down. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Cautious, very cautious, thought Emma; he advances inch by inch, and will hazard nothing till he believes himself secure. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Scornfully she snatches the dagger out of Aegisthus's hand and advances to the bed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• If they had only shown signs of meeting my advances halfway how well it might have been done! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It was the orthodox theology that the new scientific advances had compromised, but the angry theologians declared that it was religion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• All advances into the city were thus attended with much danger. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In the year 1896 three important advances were made in man's mastery of his environment. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• If he advances the tax, therefore, the buyer must generally repay it to him. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Not only were the cities outwardly more splendidly built, but within the homes of the wealthy there had been great advances in the art of decoration. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The electric furnace, stimulated into higher heat by the dynamo than can be otherwise obtained, has brought about many valuable discoveries, and made great advances in various arts. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The inventions and improvements in optical instruments gave rise to great advances in the making of lenses, based on scientific principles, and not resting alone on hard work and experience. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Constantinople was invested, trenches dug, and advances made. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The writings that have been attributed to Geber show the advances that chemistry made through t he experiments of the Arabs. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He had since tried her, in his own unknown person and supposed station, and she not only rejected his advances but resented them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The bank of England generally advances at an interest, which, since the Revolution, has varied from eight to three per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The science of agriculture and agricultural chemistry, for instance, made quite parallel advances during the nineteenth century. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The knights and spectators are alike impatient, the time advances, and highly fit it is that the sports should commence. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Were the goddess of beauty to woo me, I could not meet her advances. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She had rejected these advances; and the time for such exuberant submission, which must be founded on love and nourished by it, was now passed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• In the application of hydraulic power to machine tools great advances have been made. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Upon which, the chemist advances it under the nose of Mortimer, who looks round at him, and says: 'What's this? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Nor was the effect of such great advances as those made by Edison limited to the electrical field. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Later he invent ed simple pendulum devices for timing the pulse of patients, and even made some advances in applying his discovery in the construction of pendulum clocks. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• In medicine they made great advances over the work of the Greeks. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Here he predicted most important advances. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Vegetation has made great advances in the art of living out of water. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Now, my water-shoe must be made to spread itself open, when the foot is extended, and close as it advances. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It was not in Bertha's habits to be neighbourly, much less to make advances to any one outside the immediate circle of her affinities. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• There had been very considerable advances in gastronomy and the arts of entertainment. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I beg to be informed at your earliest convenience, what advances you have made my son. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

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