Conveys

Examples

• This impression of my senses immediately conveys my thoughts to the person, along with all the surrounding objects. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Mr. Jobling approving, Smallweed puts himself under the tall hat and conveys it out of the dining-rooms in the Guppy manner. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The disc stove conveys the heat to the food by the principle of conduction, _i. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The passage from doubt and agitation to tranquility and repose, conveys a satisfaction and pleasure to the mind. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Intrigue is such a shocking word, and conveys a more determined idea of loose morals than a mere accidental slip. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It conveys nothing to my mind. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• A very play or romance may afford us instances of this pleasure, which virtue conveys to us; and pain, which arises from vice. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Surrounded by poverty, decay and ruin, it conveys to us a more tangible impression of the former greatness of Pisa than books could give us. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The sketch must be very grand, if it conveys so much, said Dorothea. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The exchangeable value of every thing must always be precisely equal to the extent of this power which it conveys to its owner. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• This pump is fixed on an axis, to which rapid rotary motion can be given; and it is fitted into a case connected with the pipe that conveys the water to the discharging orifice. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• We rode across the Valley of Hinnom, between two of the Pools of Gihon, and by an aqueduct built by Solomon, which still conveys water to the city. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Mr. Smallweed, approving of what is set before him, conveys intelligent benignity into his ancient eye and winks upon her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• We use the term 'feudal system' for convenience' sake, but with a degree of impropriety if it conveys the meaning 'systematic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• One single object conveys the idea of unity, not that of identity. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Possession during a long tract of time conveys a title to any object. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.

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