Increased
[ɪn'kriːst]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Increase
Typist: Yvette
Examples
- So there it was, in the haze yonder; and it increased and multiplied. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Move the lens so that its distance from the candle is increased, and then find the image on a piece of paper. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Her surprise increased with her indifference: he almost fancied that she suspected him of being tainted with foreignness. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- This increase of evaporative power increased the speed the engine could attain. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In six years his royalties increased from $300 a year to over $200,000 a year. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- As we advanced the light increased until presently we emerged into well-lighted passageways. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- This idea increased my melancholy, for I hate, and always did hate, anything like London in miniature. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It is not sufficient that the bottom be strong; the sides likewise must support their strain, and hence must be increased in strength with depth. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The power and efficiency of a dynamo are increased by employing the devices previously mentioned in connection with the motor. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Galileo soon thereafter greatly improved and increased its capacity, and was the first to direct it towards the heavens. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Numerous offences had been committed in the neighbourhood; the perpetrators remained undiscovered, and their boldness increased. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This would have lengthened the average reign of each Pope, and enormously increased the continuity of the policy of the church. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For the purpose of increased lucidity we will first show a plain multiple-series system. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- 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.
- At any rate, he has property there, which has very much increased in value since Milton has become such a large manufacturing town. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- In 1890 this was increased to 3,000 self-binding harvesters, 4,000 reapers, and 2,000 mowers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- With their wealth, their views increased; their want of a larger house, their inclination for more company. Jane Austen. Emma.
- They are tried first with short distances, which are then gradually increased. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- By this means the instrument suits all eyes, without requiring adjustment, and the field of view is increased. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- An incident of evaporation is the passing from the limited volume of a liquid to the greatly increased volume of a gas. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But the revenue of idle people, considered as a class or order, cannot, in the smallest degree, be increased by those operations of banking. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This gives a much increased field, and also an increased stereoscopic effect, or conception of relative distance, by having the object glasses wider apart than the eyes of the observer. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The strength of a motor may be increased by replacing the singly coiled armature by one closely wound on an iron core; in some armatures there are thousands of turns of wire. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The advice was followed readily, for the feverish symptoms increased, and her head ached acutely. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Soon he increased his speed, to which I easily adapted my pace. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Thus the digging they did counted in making a depression to stand in, and increased the elevation in front of them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- When the current was reversed the friction was greatly increased over what it was when no current was passing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- From the moment that Tom saw him approaching, he felt an immediate and revolting horror at him, that increased as he came near. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- His admiration of the widow increased as she spoke. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- These jetties so concentrated the flow of waters into a narrow channel as to cause its increased velocity to wash out the mud and silt and deepen the channel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Typist: Yvette