Portions

Examples

• A large part of the remaining portions of the book read like good Scripture, however. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The object now is subjected to the blast, and as the sand will not penetrate a softened material sufficient to abrade a surface beneath, the exposed portions alone will be cut away. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The rovings at one end were attached to the spindles and their opposite portions held together and drawn out by a clasp held in the hand. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The portions were handed round; those who liked took a draught of the water, the mug being common to all. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• It may be necessary to have dykes on portions of the seashore; they may be superfluous elsewhere. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• All the portions covered with black are, on the contrary, absolutely invisible in the glass, and the spectators cannot see that they exist. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Accuracy and finish of detail can be insisted upon in such portions of a complex work as are within the pupil's capacity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• A vast shadow, in which could be dimly traced portions of a masculine contour, blotted half the ceiling. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• That a northerly course would quickest lead me toward the more settled portions of the planet immediately decided the direction that I should steer. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Settlers in the newer portions of the country are often deprived of many comforts which are easily accessible in long-settled places. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The plate is next subjected to the mechanical operation of routing out or cutting away the undesirable portions by a routing machine, seen in Fig. 214. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• They buried their dead, but before they buried them they cut up the bodies and apparently ate portions of the flesh. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The unacted upon portions are dissolved out by dilute hydrochloric acid, leaving a black permanent image. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Interruptions were made in the foil by cutting small portions away, at which points brilliant sparks appeared when the jar was discharged. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• This goes down your throat, and portions of it lodge by the way, and produce a tickling aggravation that keeps you barking and coughing for an hour. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In the meantime I had to look after other portions of my command, where things had not been going on so favorably, always, as I could have wished. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It had been written in portions, at different times. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Whether they were the young, or merely portions of a composite creature, I did not know. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Owing to the shape of the earth and its position with respect to the sun, different portions of the earth are unequally heated. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• It is Adeimantus who is the respondent in the more argumentative, as Glaucon in the lighter and more imaginative portions of the Dialogue. Plato. The Republic.
• But the world was still wanting a time-keeper to record smaller portions of the day than the hour and a more accurate machine than Vick's. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In more recent times the design was cut in relief on hard wood, the relief being then daubed with coloring matter and applied by hand to successive portions of the cloth. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• She may occupy more than one place in the scene, and different portions of the group might be made to gaze upon one or other of the visions before them. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• They occur on the Mississippi and other rivers, being portions of the banks detached by the force of the current and carried down the stream, often bearing trees. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The tythe of the church is divided into such small portions that no one of its proprietors can have any interest of this kind. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Touch the middle of a wire with the finger or a pencil (Fig. 182), thus separating it into two portions and draw a violin bow across the center of either half. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The pilgrims took down portions of the front wall for specimens, as is their honored custom, and then we departed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The string vibrates in three portions. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Tar then distils, with some portions of gas, consisting of hydrogen and ammonia. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Sectional steam boilers made in detachable portions fastened together by packed or screw joints also represent an important development. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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