Conspicuous

Examples

• In the transportation building of the World’s Fair at Chicago in 1893 one of the most conspicuous objects of attention was the model of the great Bethlehem Iron Co. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A characteristic trend of the present age is toward increased speed in everything, and the most conspicuous example of accelerated speed in late years is the bicycle. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The most conspicuous element in this is the wide-spread acceptance of the X-ray as a necessary tool of the medical profession. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Conspicuous among the early planing machine patents in the United States was that granted to William Woodworth, December 27, 1828. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He would rather walk with me in the evening than in the daylight, for he said that he hated to be conspicuous. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Through his extraordinary energy and enterprise the business made enormous strides, and Mr. Rathenau has become one of the most conspicuous industrial figures in his native country. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I never came in contact with him in the war of the Rebellion, nor did he render any very conspicuous service in his high rank. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I chose it as a conspicuous part of the house. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Show that badge conspicuous, or I'll report you! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• When he heard the good news he promoted all the officers of any considerable rank for their conspicuous gallantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The wounded, sardonic young man moved away, ignoring his bleeding hand in the most conspicuous fashion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But the factory system gathered up all this infantile toil and made it systematic, conspicuous, and scandalous. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is most conspicuous when the illuminated part of the disc is at its smallest, as soon after new moon. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• So full is the daily life of these things, and so much of a necessity have they all become, that their commonplace character dismisses them from conspicuous notice. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The officers were conspicuous through the wondrous magnificence of their resplendent trappings. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• For quick action, nicely adjusted machinery, and showy finish the steam fire engine is a familiar and conspicuous application of steam power. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• There are other particulars of this system, wherein we may remark its dependence on the fancy, in a very conspicuous manner. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• She takes up such odd people--she seems to like to make herself conspicuous. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Less conspicuous but still eminently useful were his discoveries and labours in other directions, in the expansion of gases, evaporation, steam, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The most conspicuous example of this identity of interest is given in New York itself. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• But there are conspicuous dangers attendant upon the transition from indirect to formal education. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It's a pity Lily makes herself so conspicuous. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Why shouldn't she be conspicuous if she chooses? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• As they approached it, a figure, conspicuous on a dark background of evergreens, was seated on a bench, sketching the old tree. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He was a man of very conspicuous personal appearance. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In Germany it centred upon the crown; its noisiest, most conspicuous advocate was the heir-apparent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• One conspicuous phase of these German troubles was the Anabaptist outbreak. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In order to prove this, we must have recourse to two principles, which are very conspicuous in human nature. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The beginnings of such things are never conspicuous. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Her extraordinary fixity, her conspicuous loneliness, her heedlessness of night, betokened among other things an utter absence of fear. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

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