Undergoes
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Examples
- Animal and vegetable matter buried in the depth of the earth sometimes undergoes natural distillation, and as a result gas is formed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I catch him coming on post, again pass him as unaware of his existence, and again he undergoes grinding torments. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When light from any luminous object falls upon books, desks, or dishes, it meets rough surfaces, and hence undergoes diffuse reflection, and is scattered irregularly in all directions. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Salicylic acid is a white, dry, crystalline powder, devoid of smell or taste, undergoes no change when kept in store, and is neither inflammable nor volatile. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Reader, if in the course of this work, you find that my opinion of Dr. John undergoes modification, excuse the seeming inconsistency. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Public loses interest and undergoes reaction. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Then we face one another, and I pass him as unaware of his existence, and he undergoes grinding torments. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As a matter of fact, industry at the present time undergoes rapid and abrupt changes through the evolution of new inventions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The gas sometimes undergoes a further purification, by passing through a gas washer, before it is forced into the water. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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