Compared

Examples

• The shortness of the mercury column as compared with that of water makes the mercury more convenient for both experimental and practical purposes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Compared with the vast gilded void of Mrs. Hatch's existence, the life of Lily's former friends seemed packed with ordered activities. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• To be man was as nothing compared to the possibilities of the creative mystery. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• When rotating at the rate of 788 revolutions in a minute, and lifting the water 19·4 feet, the greatest practical effect, compared with the power employed, was attained. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• For then you are dealing with living ideas: to search his text has its uses, but compared with the actual tradition of Marx it is the work of pedantry. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The motion, compared with that of an ordinary land engine, was thus inverted. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Notwithstanding the late hour, he turns over to the next page and goes on to write his deductions from this result as compared with those previously obtained. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• How insignificant compared with the wonder wrought by this one machine seems indeed any of the old seven wonders of the world! William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• All fresh water basins, taken together, make a small area compared with that of the sea or of the land. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It is compared to the wavelets produced by a stone dropped in w ater, only that in the case of sound the waves are not confined to one plane. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• It is rough compared with a polished mirror. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Independently of the question of fertility, the offspring of species and of varieties when crossed may be compared in several other respects. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• At teatime they compared notes, and all agreed that it had been a delightful, though unusually long day. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Compared with the massiveness of the task, these books do indeed seem poetical and scholarly and flimsy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The popular fear of engrossing and forestalling may be compared to the popular terrors and suspicions of witchcraft. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• But this only means that they are, as compared with some other attitudes, central:--that they carry other attitudes with them. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• There were three sitting-rooms; don't you remember how we laughed at the number compared with the three bed-rooms? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• How white her lustre is, compared with the deep red of the bonfires! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The Seven Wonders of the ancient world have often been compared with the wonders of invention of this present day. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I compared it with the money-lender's name and address as recorded in my pocket-book, and identified it at once as the writing of Sergeant Cuff. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Learning has very often and very aptly been compared to a torch passed from hand to hand. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• But what was the grandfather's pleasure compared to Amelia's ecstacy? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The tale has certainly an oriental character, and may be compared with the pilgrimages of the soul in the Zend Avesta (Haug, Avesta). Plato. The Republic.
• For the ideal must always be a paradox when compared with the ordinary conditions of human life. Plato. The Republic.
• Why, Jo, your stories are works of Shakespeare compared to half the rubbish that is published every day. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I compared her placid epistles with the burning ones of Adrian. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The Vesuvius of today is a very poor affair compared to the mighty volcano of Kilauea, in the Sandwich Islands, but I am glad I visited it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• And now he paid his respects to Mrs. Pryor, and paid them well, with a grave modesty that became his age compared with hers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• These two phaenomena are remarkable in themselves, but much more so when compared. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I thought I was lazy, but I am a steam-engine compared to a Constantinople dog. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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