Applied

Examples

• As I read, however, I applied much personally to my own feelings and condition. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• As Mrs. Bardell said this, she applied her handkerchief to her eyes, and went out of the room to get the receipt. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• We have applied this test to three general aims: Development according to nature, social efficiency, and culture or personal mental enrichment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Go to Mr. Moore, ask Mr. Moore, was her answer when applied to for orders. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Luffey retired a few paces behind the wicket of the passive Podder, and applied the ball to his right eye for several seconds. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Have you applied to his lordship on that subject? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• However, in 1657 Christian Huygens applied the pendulu m to weight clocks of the old stamp. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• This preparation needs to be applied only once or twice. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The gas first evaporating is nitrogen, and a lighted match applied to the surface of the liquid is quickly extinguished, since nitrogen does not support combustion. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• She had often vainly applied to her parents, as well as to her uncle, Lord Carysfort, who only wrote to load her with reproaches. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In a recent and more restricted sense, it is applied to a machine that cuts grain, separates it into gavels, and binds it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In short, not altogether liking the words my dear, as they had been applied to me by her husband, she thought it monstrous vulgar! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Thus as to steam it was first applied to the raising of water from mines and then to road vehicles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Let _him_ be applied to, if you please, for it will be less unpleasant to me than to have a perfect stranger. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• As a result, fragmentary investigations can be brought together and applied to the work of statecraft. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• From one to two drachms in one-half pint of water, applied by means of a douche. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• This awful revolution, wrote Gibbon of the Western collapse, may be usefully applied to the useful instruction of the present age. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The first source of information to which I applied was the journal kept at Blackwater Park by Marian Halcombe. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• To stop the locomotive, the armature circuit was opened by the main switch, stopping the flow of current, and then brakes were applied by long levers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• At all events, Miss Ophelia knew of nothing else to do; and, therefore, applied her mind to her heathen with the best diligence she could command. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• These pieces were then crushed by power directly applied. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• As she sat down, her eyes once again encountered those of the gallant beadle; she coloured, and applied herself to the task of making his tea. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Instead of telling business men not to be greedy, we should tell them to be industrial statesmen, applied scientists, and members of a craft. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The drill of the student involved chiefly the acquisition of the special signals employed in railway work, including the numerals and abbreviations applied to save time. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Those duties, when applied to such purposes, are most properly imposed according to the bulk or weight of the goods. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• After that, I put it by in my mind, and applied myself, single-handed, to the case. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The printing ink is applied with large rollers, and the damped paper having been placed carefully upon the stone, with blankets at the back, it is passed through the press. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Your reproof, so well applied, I shall never forget: 'had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• When restoratives had been applied several of the men regained consciousness, and then the whole story was told. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Priestley applied this process to the analysis of common air, which he discovered to be complex and not simple. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.

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