Constructing
[kən'strʌktiŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Construct
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Examples
- Emphasis is placed upon the devising, adapting, constructing faculties. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He was also rapidly getting out the materials and constructing the boats for a third bridge. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The cost of constructing these railways had been £286,000,000. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- As to constructing toys for the Minders, out of nothing, he had done that daily. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Henry of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station we are enabled to present full instructions in regard to constructing and filling a silo. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I know it will be impossible without constructing additional roads. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The enemy did not harass us much while we were constructing our batteries. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The work of constructing a roadway for the troops was but a short matter, and, later, rails were laid for cars. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Edison employed this peculiar property by constructing a small machine in which a pivoted bar is alternately heated and cooled. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In constructing the Britannia Bridge, Mr. Stephenson took advantage of a rock midway from shore to shore, whereon to erect the central pier. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- To a student of to-day all this seems simple, but in those days the art of constructing dynamos was about as dark as air navigation is at present. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- My means were very limited--so limited as to preclude the possibility of constructing an apparatus of such mechanical finish as to warrant my success in venturing upon its public exhibition. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Bauer and K?nig succeeded in constructing a machine, which was erected at the _Times_ office, that produced 1,800 impressions an hour; and it continued in use till 1827. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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