Puts

Examples

• When the bottle is nearly full, the operator quickly withdraws it with one hand, and having a cork ready in the other, he puts it in before the water can rush out. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• He puts his trust in a snow-cloud; the wilderness, the wind, and the hail-storm are his refuge; his allies are the elements--air, fire, water. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• As he shuffles downstairs, Mr. Snagsby, lying in wait for him, puts a half-crown in his hand. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It puts the student in the habitual attitude of finding points of contact and mutual bearings. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It is a dead weight upon the action of one of the great springs which puts into motion a great part of the business of mankind. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• When he foresees that provisions are likely to run short, he puts them upon short allowance. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Mr. George, entirely assenting, puts on his hat and prepares to march with Mr. Bagnet to the enemy's camp. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• So when their report puts at its head that absolute annihilation of prostitution is the ultimate ideal, we may well translate it into the real intent of the Commission. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Mr. Arnold Bennett puts forth a rather curious hybrid when he advises us to treat ourselves as free agents and everyone else as an automaton. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• So saying, the trooper puts his lips to the old girl's tanned forehead, and the door shuts upon him in his cell. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• She sits, in her stately manner, holding her hand, and regardless of its roughness, puts it often to her lips. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• When a National Committee puts a megaphone to a man's mouth and tells him to yell, it is difficult for him to hear anything. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Mr. Jobling approving, Smallweed puts himself under the tall hat and conveys it out of the dining-rooms in the Guppy manner. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• When you come across one of these, she naturally puts on airs. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She puts the book down, takes another book up, turns the leaves, and presents the portrait to Twemlow. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• What puts Mrs. Pryor into your head? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The old girl, says Mr. Bagnet, puts it correct--why didn't you? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Intensely astonished, Twemlow puts his hand to his forehead, and sinks back in his chair meditating. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Puts a man in mind of the country house in the Woodpecker-tapping, that was known by the smoke which so gracefully curled. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• His bath concluded, he proceeds to dress, and maybe puts in his false teeth, or straps on an artificial leg. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Reflect: is not the dreamer, sleeping or waking, one who likens dissimilar things, who puts the copy in the place of the real object? Plato. The Republic.
• It is an explanation of the same order as the famous saying that opium puts men to sleep because of its dormitive power. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Silas puts his point in the improved form of 'What will you take for me? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Of a sudden, in the height of his misery, he puts Mr. before it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The operator puts the receiver to his ear and listens for the message, which the telephone renders audible in the Morse characters. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It puts me in mind of mother, he said to Miss Ophelia. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Sir Leicester puts her letter in his hands and looks intently in his face while he reads it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He imprudently puts himself into the power of the young man and his older associate. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• You see, the path ain't over light or cheerful arter dark; and when I'm here at the hour as she's a comin' home, I puts the light in the winder. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The trooper puts his hand into his breast and answers with a long breath, I must do it, sir. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

Edited by Beverly