Masses

Examples

• Now how did those masses of oyster-shells get there? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The vault above became obscured, lightning flashed from the heavy masses, followed instantaneously by crashing thunder; then the big rain fell. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• From the cooling and cont racting masses that were to constitute the planets smaller zones and rings were formed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Nobody knows how many rebellions besides political rebellions ferment in the masses of life which people earth. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The holes, which usually are about a foot deep, are made by the crab persistently digging up and carrying away little masses of mud or sand. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The masses of furze and heath to the right and left were dark as ever; a mere half-moon was powerless to silver such sable features as theirs. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• If they come in at all, it is as a concession to the material needs of the masses. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Hardly had the boat left the ship, when, caught by a huge wave, she capsized, and the waves were black with shrieking masses of humanity. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Nearly all the journals read by the masses objected from the first to the dictatorship of the group of Premiers, Mr. Wilson being excepted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Here the light was dim, and the masses of people were pretty closely packed together. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• When this high speed is attained, masses of rock weighing several tons in one or more pieces are dumped into a hopper which guides them into the gap between the rapidly revolving rolls. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The beneficent effect of their activities on the health and general welfare of the masses of the people bears witness to the sanity and worth of the culture th at prompted these activities. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• In 1913 these masses were living as they had lived since birth; they were habituated to the life they led. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There were such seas and such land masses. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Nearly all our orchidaceous plants absolutely require the visits of insects to remove their pollen-masses and thus to fertilise them. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

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