Outlined

Examples

• The general scheme, briefly outlined, is to prepare a model and plans of the house to be cast, and then to design a set of molds in sections of convenient size. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• After weeks of work he brought his teacher a remarkably exact map of the world, drawn to scale, and outlined in ink on paper pasted on linen, and fastened on two rollers. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Moreover he outlined and partly drafted an epic poem on the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I could see his black figure clearly outlined against the green behind him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The track of a horse was plainly outlined in the soft earth in front of him, and the shoe which he took from his pocket exactly fitted the impression. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The epoch of good clothes for the people, with all that it means in the fight upward from degradation, began in this century, and it was due to the inventions which have been above outlined. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The first time thou outlined it I understood it as well as I will ever understand it, Pilar whispered to him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The laboratory note-books do not always tell the whole story or meaning of an experiment that may be briefly outlined on one of their pages. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• You gave me a bad half minute my friend, he continued, after I had briefly outlined my adventures since parting with him in the arena at Warhoon. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• All was still and dark, save only that brilliant yellow screen in front of us with the black figure outlined upon its centre. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• At length Lily withdrew her hand, and moved away a step, so that her white-robed slimness was outlined against the dusk of the branches. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• And now, having outlined a definite path, Edison was all afire to push ahead vigorously in order that he might enter in and possess the land. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• This neutralized the tailing effect by clearing the line between pulsations, thus allowing the telegraphic characters to be clearly and distinctly outlined upon the tape. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The general principles of quadruplex telegraphy are based upon the phenomena which we have briefly outlined in connection with the neutral relay and the polar relay. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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