Occupies

Examples

• At the foot of this slant is the walled town of Gibraltar--or rather the town occupies part of the slant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• When the gas holder is full it is buoyed up by the lighter gas, and occupies an elevated position, and as its supply is used up, the gas holder settles down into the water. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It's something to be agreed with, on a subject that occupies so much of one's thoughts. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It occupies a particular place in life; it serves its own end, which cannot be supplied by a substitute. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• A gentleman,' Mrs Wilfer answered, qualifying the low expression, 'undoubtedly occupies our first floor. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mrs. Blinder is entirely let, and she herself occupies poor Gridley's room. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• If it is disturbed from this position, it will slowly swing back until it occupies its characteristic north and south position. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Each farmer occupies a certain quantity of land, for which he pays rent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• A quantity of water which occupies 100 cubic feet of space will, on becoming ice, need 109 cubic feet of space. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The body department occupies the greatest amount of space, requiring, with the upholstering department, most of the three upper floors. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As it expands and occupies more space, its pressure falls and it exerts less force against the matter with which it comes in contact. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Information is vitalized by its function; by the place it occupies in direction of action. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The mixture flows through the apertures in the partition, and occupies the lower part of the generator. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The _present_ always occupies you in such scenes--does it? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• According to them, man occupies the highest place in the scheme of animate existence. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It is interesting to note the position which Edison occupies in the telephone art from a legal standpoint. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I know the room which the creature occupies perfectly well. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Gaunt House occupies nearly a side of the Square. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The Pope Manufacturing Company, which occupies the leading place, employed in 1888 about 500 hands. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A large circular fish-pond with stone sides, and an allegorical leaden monster in the middle, occupies the centre of the square. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• For this purpose, see Fig. 63, a continuous switchboard is arranged along the side of a large room and occupies most of that side of the wall. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Fort Henry occupies a bend in the river which gave the guns in the water battery a direct fire down the stream. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• You know that you left me to Flintwinch, and that he occupies your place. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• In one sumptuous bed they had all slept in succession, but no one occupies it now. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• This room is not well adapted for a cell, and Mr. Patrick Cairns occupies too large a proportion of our carpet. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Selden, No. 549,160, occupies a prominent place. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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