Converting

Examples

• For converting the grain into flour, the inventors of the Nineteenth Century have made revolutionary changes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Ah, but I don't suppose that: haven't I told you that your genius lies in converting impulses into intentions? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The pious purpose of converting them to Christianity sanctified the injustice of the project. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The process of converting the precious metals into coins is an interesting one. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The strong-minded Lady Southdown quite agreed in both proposals of her son-in-law, and was for converting Miss Crawley off-hand. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• We then went to the dynamo-room, where I pointed out the machines converting the steam-power into electricity, appearing later in the form of light in the lamps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We had thought of converting it into a studio. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• In the seventh century Christian missionaries were converting the English, both in the north from Ireland and in the south from Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• When the river is full water runs through it, converting the point of land into an island. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Heat has the effect of converting the crystallized sugar into the uncrystallized variety, and hence the evaporation must, to prevent this, be conducted at a low temperature. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• There, however, was no profit except in the saving of flour by converting it into bread. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I am exceedingly gratified, said Bingley, by your converting what my friend says into a compliment on the sweetness of my temper. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• ELECTRIC BOUDOIR SET THREE-POUND IRON Stand for converting the iron into small stove, curling tongs heater, felt bag. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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