Sending
['sendɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of causing something to go (especially messages).
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Send
Editor: Warren
Examples
- There was no harm in sending him there you know; for I can easily change my mind when he comes back, if anything which I like better occurs. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- This was done by sending a large force around our right, by the way of Dallas, to reach the rear of the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It will be seen, therefore, that this method of duplexing is practiced, not by varying the strength or polarity, but by sending TWO KINDS OF CURRENT over the wire. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They are always sending for her to come and try something on. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I alighted at Perdita's ancient abode, her cottage; and, sending forward the carriage, determined to walk across the park to the castle. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If her debts press, and she decides on sending it away, then we have our man ready, and we meet the Moonstone on its arrival in London. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Sikes, invoking terrific imprecations upon Fagin's head for sending Oliver on such an errand, plied the crowbar vigorously, but with little noise. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The sending of the wireless message requires a source of production of the electro-magnetic waves. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- As to gossip, you know, sending him away won't hinder gossip. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- On my return, I hope to be more fortunate, and if so, I shall certainly do myself the pleasure of sending you a card. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- This soon resulted in sending great quantities of rubber overshoes to Europe and America. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I hope, Mr. Pip, you will excuse my sending round. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I had myself previously recommended sending for advice to London. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This I accordingly performed, sending him a few years to school before I took him into the office. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- So, they were driven there, and Bella dismissed the chariot; sending a pencilled note by it to Mrs Boffin, that she was with her father. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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