Reduced

Examples

• It was now reduced and confined to the original purpose of its institution. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Thus, while the force was reduced nearly one-half, the quantity of product was more than doubled. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The railways reduced this journey for any ordinary traveller to less than forty-eight hours. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Reduced to its barest, crudest terms, the proposition of magnetic separation is simplicity itself. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He was reduced to the verge of despair, when an open door attracted his attention. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I had quite lost my stomach, and was almost reduced to a skeleton. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Wickham of course wanted more than he could get; but at length was reduced to be reasonable. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The coal in the retorts is not entirely consumed, but is reduced to the condition of coke, and in this form is sold for fuel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Almost all states, however, ancient as well as modern, when reduced to this necessity, have, upon some occasions, played this very juggling trick. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It was not splintered by the shock, but entirely reduced to thin ribbands of wood. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• It was reduced to a tenth only in the course of the present century. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Finally, the fuel consumption is reduced, which in the case of the Eastern plants, with their relatively costly coke, is a very important consideration. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The complexity and expensiveness of Jacquard's loom were greatly reduced by subsequent improvements. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And in oligarchical States, from the general spread of carelessness and extravagance, men of good family have often been reduced to beggary? Plato. The Republic.
• Conflicting sensations of love, fear, and shame reduced Eustacia to a state of the utmost uneasiness. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• To make imitation maple syrup simply boil the syrup until it is reduced back to sugar again, and when it is made properly the flavor and appearance of the genuine article is obtained. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• But the silver mines of Peru are not now able to pay even this low rent; and the tax upon silver was, in 1736, reduced from one fifth to one tenth. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• They had reduced the force of earlier times by making larger quantities by better processes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Ain't they the reduced counsels, Samivel? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Even in the islands where they have settlements, they have very much reduced, it is said, the number of those trees. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Venn sat with lips impassively closed and eyes reduced to a pair of unimportant twinkles; he scarcely appeared to breathe. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Separated from any objective development of affairs, these are reduced to mere personal states of pleasure or pain. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It is said that the self-binding reaper has reduced the cost of harvesting grain to less than half a cent a bushel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Finally they passed the danger point, and Tarzan reduced their speed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• By doubling the pressure we have reduced the volume one half. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• This reduced Scott's force in the field to about five thousand men. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Artificial reservoirs are usually constructed on the near outskirts of a town in order that the frictional force lost in transmission may be reduced to a minimum. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Amy, my dear, put this dish on; Mr Clennam will excuse the primitive customs to which we are reduced here. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The ideal is not easily reduced to the conditions of actual life, and may often be at variance with them. Plato. The Republic.
• It is the great beauty of the Law that it can dispute any human statement, made under any circumstances, and reduced to any form. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

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