Provides

Examples

• Society provides a remedy for these three inconveniences. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Hence it provides a further push to social progress. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Monsieur has seen me reading them a hundred times, and knows I have not so many recreations as to undervalue those he provides. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He provides the pitch, and I handle it, and it sticks to me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• A great rascal provides for his wife and family. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He often provides also for himself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And how he provides now for an old woman who nursed his mother, and never tells anyone, but is just as generous and patient and good as he can be. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Each of these heating pads is covered with a high-grade cover of eiderdown which provides a soft contact for the skin. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• There is a strong temptation to assume that presenting subject matter in its perfected form provides a royal road to learning. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Nature provides salt for us in three different forms. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Nature provides for the denizens of the deep that make these beautiful gems. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is equally true that that government is best which provides most. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Marian Halcombe is nothing now but my eldest sister, who provides for our household wants by the toil of her own hands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In later years the rolling of screws, instead of cutting the threads by a chasing tool, has attained considerable importance, and provides a simpler and cheaper method of manufacture. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• When I say a benefactor to it, I mean a person who provides it with all sorts of expensive things to eat and drink and look at. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Heat causes rain and wind, fog and cloud; heat enables vegetation to grow and thus indirectly provides our food. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

Edited by Janet