Therein
[ðeər'ɪn] or [,ðɛr'ɪn]
Definition
(adv.) (formal) in or into that thing or place; 'they can read therein what our plans are'.
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Definition
(adv.) In that or this place, time, or thing; in that particular or respect.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. In that, in this.
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Examples
- Therein that first classe I was, thence I had been watching him; but there I could not find courage to await his approach. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Each machine was operated by a clerk, who translated the message into telegraphic characters and prepared the transmitting tape by punching the necessary perforations therein. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The commercial motorcycle is said to be gaining widespread favor, and therein lies its greatest future. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Your face is nothing to boast of, certainly--not a pretty line nor a pretty tint to be found therein. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- When he saw who sat therein he seemed to be disappointed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- This consists of a large cast-iron cylinder fitted with a plunger, which is made to work water-tight therein by means of suitable packing. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He split up the iron core of the armature into thin laminations, separated by paper, thus practically suppressing Foucault currents therein and resulting heating effect. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Come, straggling lights into the windows of the ugly houses; and you who do iniquity therein, do it at least with this dread scene shut out! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The sound-waves impinging upon the distant transmitter varied the resistance of the carbon button therein, thus causing corresponding variations in the strength of the battery current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The transverse channel through the breech is tapered, and the sliding breech block X is slightly wedge-shaped to fit tightly therein. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is safe with me, said the Outlaw, so be that this thy scroll produce the sum therein nominated and set down. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He therein also described a machine for planing metal. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Europe was all involved therein. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The vault had been lately opened to place our Alfred therein. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Yet, as great a sufferer as Port Royal was, more houses were left standing therein than on the whole island besides. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Well, therein you differ from many wise and pious men, said Mr. Shelby. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- All the white beds--the lits d'ange, as they were poetically termed--lay visible at a glance; all were empty: no sleeper reposed therein. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- On Mr. Pickwick's presenting himself at the bar, an elderly female emerged from behind the screen therein, and presented herself before him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Hence it will be seen that, as in many other arts, he made a lasting impression in this one by the intrinsic merits of the improvements resulting from his work therein. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The boring bit is a steel thimble about four inches in length, having two rows of Brazilian black diamonds firmly embedded therein, the edges projecting slightly. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Treble, tenor, and bass notes were to be found therein. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Some people revel in surroundings of hustle and bustle, and find therein no hindrance to great accomplishment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Bonajutus assures us, that of 18,914 inhabitants, 18,000 perished therein. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Without doubt these amateur sappers had been working hard, for the trench was dug, the dynamite cartridges placed therein, and the hole filled up. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Allusion was made in the last chapter to the powerful hydraulic press of Joseph Bramah invented in 1795-1800, its practical introduction in this century and improvements therein of others. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The lecturer, after showing the cabinet and causing the disappearance therein of an individual while the doors were closed, repeated the same experiment with the latter open. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- When so drawn off, the pressure in the inner cylinder is relieved, and the water therein rises to contact again with the calcium carbide and renews the generation of gas. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Its condition is recorded therein as that of heathy, furzy, briary wilderness--Bruaria. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Therein lies my métier, and it is just possible that it may be of some service in the investigation which lies before us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- At the end of the experiment the witnesses examine the cabinet again, and, finding nothing changed therein, are justly stupefied. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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