Spreading

Examples

• 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.
• Brotherhood through sorrow, sorrow for common sufferings and for irreparable mutual injuries, is spreading and increasing throughout the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Indeed, you are doing a very unkind thing in spreading the report, and you will find that you have though you will not believe me now. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• 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.
• But how your practice is spreading! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• One of the difficulties in silo construction is to avoid spreading of the building, which sometimes occurs through lateral pressure of the contents when settling. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Its top is spreading, and is ornamented with a thick and glossy foliage. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• If well spiked there will be no danger from spreading at the corners. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• It almost made him sick to see the wave of a table-cloth when the servants were spreading it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In semi-civilised countries, with little free communication, the spreading of a new sub-breed will be a slow process. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• There is no occasion for spreading the disappointment; say nothing about it yourself. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• This contributed much towards spreading a knowledge of Franklin's principles in France. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Spreading the fruit in the air and letting the sun and air do the rest is now a crude process. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In the Trade Union movement which was spreading over the world, he believed he saw this development of class-conscious labour. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Amidst this spreading vegetation of the lower plains the reptiles were increasing mightily in multitude and variety. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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