Measured

Examples

• Rivers and pipes have their metres, so that now the velocity and volume of rivers and streams are measured and controlled, and floods prevented. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In effect, the voyage of the voice across the continent is instantaneous; if its speed should be accurately measured, a fifteenth of a second would probably be nearly exact. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The speed with which sounds travels through the air, or its velocity, was first measured by noting the interval (54. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Every event was measured by the emotions of the mind, not by its actual existence, for existence it had none. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• You can speak of her in that measured way, as simply a beautiful creature--only something to catch the eye. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I mean, as to the worth and value of her friend,' Mrs Lammle explained, in a measured voice, and with an emphasis on her last word. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• When the gas cock is closed, the mercury stands at the same level in both arms, but when the cock is opened, the gas whose pressure is being measured forces the mercury up the opposite arm. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The ground was measured, and preliminaries arranged. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Surely the hedges are shaped and measured and their symmetry preserved by the most architectural of gardeners. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I asked leave to-- He lapsed away, even for minutes, ringing those measured changes on his hands the whole time. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• But now a factory and its engines and machines became a vast and costly thing, measured by the scale of the worker's pocket. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I don't think any of our heads would have come up to his shoulder, and I am sure that he could not have measured less than six and a half feet. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I saw her busied for a moment at a little stand; she poured out water, and measured drops from a phial: glass in hand, she approached me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I measured her stature and calculated her strength. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She recovered her position, and lifting her face towards him, and addressing him exclusively, she said: 'Have you measured the rooms? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• After the current has flowed for about an hour, the amount of silver which has been deposited is measured. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• They taught also how the gas should be distilled, condensed, cleaned, scrubbed, confined in retorts, and its flow measured and controlled. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The hour had measured like most other hours. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The night was silent too; only the church clock measured its course by quarters. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She herself measured out the milk, and distributed the bread round the cosy circle now enclosing the bright little schoolroom fire. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The duration of each lesson was measured by the clock, which at last struck twelve. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• A good life is not measured by any biblical span. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• In it hangs the lamp whose measured swing suggested to Galileo the pendulum. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Gathering, gathering along the narrow street, came a hollow, measured sound; now forcing itself on their attention. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Later the general standard of value in the Eastern world became silver, measured by weight. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There was a nearer, though a muffled, sound on the road below the churchyard--a measured, beating, approaching sound--a dull tramp of marching feet. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• There is an ascendant feeling among the people that all achievement should be measured in human happiness. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The energy of the sun can be measured in heat units. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Without pedestal--so high--' he measured with his hand--'with pedestal, so--' He looked at her steadily. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• All distances in the East are measured by hours, not miles. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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