Sides
[saɪd]
Examples
- As shown in the original designs, Fig. 116, she is a double ender, whose sides were to be 5 feet thick. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The marriages of either were discussed; and their prospects in life canvassed with the greatest frankness and interest on both sides. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It will then be publicly seen that, on both sides, we meet only as common and indifferent acquaintance. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- At the foot of the throne these two parties separated and halted, facing each other at opposite sides of the aisle. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Many varieties of coal produce a quantity of fine dust which settles in the roadways, on roof, and sides, and floor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When the bed is finished, the strips are clamped with steel clamps, the turned-up ends of which firmly grip the sides of the bed, thus preventing warping or spreading. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Secondly, A certain number of sides, which are supposed indifferent. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- There were trees along both sides of the road and through the right line of trees I saw the river, the water clear, fast and shallow. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- On the bright hill-sides was a subdued smoulder of gorse. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- At the pins end of the bed, this forms one of the sides and the bottom of the pit. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is not sufficient that the bottom be strong; the sides likewise must support their strain, and hence must be increased in strength with depth. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Round two sides of it, the sides nearest to the interior of the church, ran heavy wooden presses, worm-eaten and gaping with age. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Whereat Miss Bella laughed a scornful little laugh and said: 'Quite enough about this, I am sure, on all sides. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A more satisfactory arrangement to both sides could not possibly have been adopted. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There is a layer of felt nailed to the sides, ceiling, and floor of the room, and on this is nailed the sheet iron. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The hole at the bottom of the lowest was covered with a small pot, into the sides of which had been bored a number of holes. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It was fortified both on the top and on the rocky and precipitous sides. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Therefore, the lady's eyes are set very near to the sides of the nose. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- After a short silence on both sides, Mrs. Jennings, with all her natural hilarity, burst forth again. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Then, I saw that his head was furrowed and bald, and that the long iron-gray hair grew only on its sides. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- A very desirable connection on both sides, and I have not a doubt of its taking place in time. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Fulton was now forty-two years old, and famous on both sides of the Atlantic. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Electroplating became an art, and telegraphy sprang into active being on both sides of the Atlantic. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They are divided into two great classes, single and double acting engines, accordingly as the water is admitted to one side of the piston only, or to both sides alternately. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I held it on both sides, sitting astride the handle hooked over the seat. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- This cross wall should be so worked into the side walls as to hold them securely, and thus prevent the silo from spreading on the sides. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I speak, of course, in ignorance of the details, and they may be unsuitable on both sides. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The appeal on both sides was to literary documents. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- There was a pause on both sides. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- After making her fast, they swarmed the sides and searched the vessel from stem to stern. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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