Serves

Examples

• An electric pad serves the same purpose as a hot water bag. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Ordinarily a combination of products best serves the ends of the physician. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• There was, if my memory serves me, but one small steamer to transport troops and baggage when the 4th infantry arrived. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• A cheap pump is then attached to the upper end of the drill pipe and serves to raise the water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In Europe, corn is the principal produce of land, which serves immediately for human food. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Another and cheaper product experimented with is the pith of the cornstalk, which is much lighter than the cocoanut fiber and serves the same purpose. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This, if my memory serves me correctly, broke through the only pontoon bridge we had in all our march across the peninsula. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• But this beauty serves merely as a guide to birds and beasts, in order that the fruit may be devoured and the matured seeds disseminated. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• This organization of murder as a sport and show serves to measure the great gap in moral standards between the Roman community and our own. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• First, there is the image of the waves, which serves for a sort of scheme or plan of the book. Plato. The Republic.
• It occupies a particular place in life; it serves its own end, which cannot be supplied by a substitute. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• He loves the idol he serves, and prays day and night that his frenzy may be fed, and that the Ox-eyed may smile on her votary. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• To unite and interlace the fibres the wire cloth belt is given a lateral oscillating or shaking movement, which serves to interlock the fibres. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I know several women, who have made most excellent wives after a slip or two, which I assure you madam often serves to fortify our virtue afterwards. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• For example, New York City serves as the center of the garment-making industry for the entire country, there being fully a quarter of a million garment-trade workers in the Greater City. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is true that _P_, the load raised, will be less than _W_, the force exerted, but if speed is our aim, this machine serves our purpose admirably. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• It serves him right for having a drunken coachman. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• There is furnished also a reflector which is so designed that it serves equally well as a cover for either dish and makes a very choice griddle for baking hot cakes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• All whom God takes into the kingdom, he taught, God serves alike; there is no distinction in his treatment, because there is no measure to his bounty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The elevated mountain lake serves as a source of water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• No man serves him but me. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He stopped, smiled darkly, and added, in a low, vindictive tone, 'It serves him right! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• An earthenware jar, _a_, serves to hold the solution of copper, which should be maintained in a saturated state by the addition of crystals of the salt. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• It serves for something finally, Sordo said to him in his deep, throaty voice. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Fighting stock serves best for that purpose economically. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• As matter of fact, science serves all these purposes, and it would be an arbitrary task to try to fix upon one of them as its real end. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• He suggests that this serves not to form an image, but only to concentrate the luminous rays and render their perception more easy. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Finally comes one of Tycho's hunting dogs--very faithful and sagacious; he serves here as a hieroglyph of his master's nobility as well as of sagacity and fidelity. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Your doctrine, in short, depends on your purpose: a theory by itself is neither moral nor immoral, its value is conditioned by the purpose it serves. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• If an inclined plane is pushed underneath or within an object, it serves as a wedge. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

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