Insert

Examples

• In the service I mentally insert Miss Shepherd's name--I put her in among the Royal Family. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I was only angry, my dear--I may say outrageous--with the _Independent_ people for daring to insert it; that's all. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It was this statement that induced me to insert in the terms that he was to draw rations for his men from his own supplies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We shall feel free to choose among alternatives--to take this much of socialism, insert so much syndicalism, leave standing what of capitalism seems worth conserving. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• One is to insert a hot-wire current meter between the antenna and the inductance, which indicates the strength of the oscillatory current that has been established. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I will insert it here. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Insert the cork in a strong flask containing a small quantity of water and shake the bell, noting the sound produced. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Small holes a few inches apart are cut along a certain length of rock, into which steel wedges are inserted. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In the Mannlicher gun, adopted by the German army, the clip which holds the cartridges is itself inserted into the magazine, along with the cartridges. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A tube is inserted into the mouth of the retort, to carry off the products of the distillation. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Tubes are inserted into the latter for conveying the gas to the burners. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• In practice, and for measurements of a very delicate nature, the tasimeter is inserted in one arm of a Wheatstone bridge, as shown at A in the diagram (Fig. 2). Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Well, James opened the letter and inserted a note asking Arthur to meet him in a little wood called the Ragged Shaw, which is near to the school. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Beliefs and aspirations cannot be physically extracted and inserted. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Now divide the string into two equal parts by inserting the bridge midway between the two ends; and pluck either half as before. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The danger of overloading may be eliminated by inserting in the circuit a fuse or other safety device. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The slide goes forward, inserting a cartridge without any movement of the slide by hand. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The baths are made by punching a hole near the lower edge of a fruit can and inserting a cork and short piece of glass tube. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The expansion of air can be readily shown by putting a drop of ink in a thin glass tube, inserting the tube in the cork of a flask, and applying heat to the flask (Fig. 4). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• One was put to death for inserting in his history the praises of Brutus. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Then six more rows are stuck, and the operator removes the completed paper and inserts another without stopping the machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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