Renders

Examples

• Agriculture is the proper business of all new colonies; a business which the cheapness of land renders more advantageous than any other. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Still better, however, is nitric acid, which if painted upon a colored spot of this kind first renders it more distinctly yellow, then orange-brown. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The tremendously complex nature of the chemical reactions which take place in the lead-acid storage battery also renders it an easy prey to many troublesome diseases. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Can you not give me some understandable reason for this melancholy which renders your life so bitter? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Gentle usage renders the slave not only more faithful, but more intelligent, and, therefore, upon a double account, more useful. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• This renders them liable to destruction in times of drought. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Again and again he crosses and obscures the disc I want always to see clear; ever and anon he renders me to you a mere bore and nuisance. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But grief renders one childish, despair fantastic. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It renders their superiority greater, or their inferiority less, than it otherwise would be. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The cheapness of gold and silver renders those metals rather less fit for the purposes of money than they were before. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The absence of all valves renders it very suitable for draining marshes, and for other similar purposes, as the muddy water and suspended matters will not obstruct its action. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The operator puts the receiver to his ear and listens for the message, which the telephone renders audible in the Morse characters. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We all know that leather is the skins of animals, dressed and prepared for our use by tanning, or some other process, which preserves them from rotting and renders them pliable and tough. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• That is what precipitates violence, that is what renders social co-operation impossible, that is what makes catastrophes the method of change. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The great experience of this judicious merchant renders his opinion of considerable weight. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The nature of the commodity renders it not quite so proper for being transported to distant markets as wool. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Coldness of heart renders all this easy and natural. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• But the constitution of joint-stock companies renders them in general, more tenacious of established rules than any private copartnery. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• To transfer the drawing from paper on to the stone, the paper is first sponged with diluted nitric acid, which decomposes the size, and renders it bibulous. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• I feel unsafe; she renders me miserable. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I suppose he has more than once behaved in this way, thought Caroline to herself, and that renders Shirley so distant to him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• In our condition of life, we sometimes couple an intention with our--our fancies which renders them not altogether easy to throw off. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The wire-drawing of metals depends on the property of solid bodies, which renders them capable of being extended without any separation of their parts, while their thickness is diminished. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It gives an interest in the applications of knowledge, offers a clue to the complex civilization of the present, and renders the mind hospitable to new discoveries and inventions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• But Dr. Squills and I were thinking that our amiable friend is not in such a state as renders confinement to her bed necessary. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It is the combination of men, in a system of conduct, which renders any act of justice beneficial to society. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Often a drop of irony into an indifferent situation renders the whole piquant. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I have an impending engagement, said I, glancing at Wemmick, who was putting fish into the post-office, that renders me rather uncertain of my time. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It furnishes not only an elastic bearing which cushions the jar, but also makes a broader tread that renders cycling on the soft roads of the country at once practical and delightful. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I think,' faltered Mr. Winkle, 'that Sam would have had no objection to do so; but, of course, his being a prisoner here, renders it impossible. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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