Cords

Examples

• This machine had eight or ten spindles driven by cords or belts from the same wheel, and operated by hand or foot. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The sounds produced by the vocal cords are transformed into speech by the help of the tongue and lips, which modify the shape of the mouth cavity. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The cords of the tents were of the same colour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The birds use their vocal cords to beautiful advantage in singing, far surpassing us in many ways, but the power of speech is lacking. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In very early times men must have used some kinds of cords or lines for fishing, for tying animals, at times for tying men. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Ropes, cords, coarse bands of leather were the common provisions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• A piano gives out sound whenever a player strikes the keys and sets in motion the various wires within the piano; speech and song are caused by the motion of chest, vocal cords, and lips. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• No cords or chains can keep him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Tribes of savages still have in use cords made of various materials and some of them very well made. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In ordinary breathing, the cords are loose and are separated by a wide opening through which air enters and leaves the lungs. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The difference between a soprano and an alto voice is merely one of length and tension of the vocal cords. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Successful singing is possible only when the vocal cords are readily flexible and when the singer can supply a steady, continuous blast of air through the slit between the cords. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In the middle of the boat were two storage batteries connected with the motor by two cords that both served to cover the conducting wires and work the rudder. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It had been long his ambition to stand in a bar of his own, in a green coat, knee-cords, and tops. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• To him she imparted those mysterious intimations which the soul feels, as the cords begin to unbind, ere it leaves its clay forever. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Editor: Sheldon