Sentence Examples

1. The one hundred and twenty miles between these cities were accomplished in six hours, and towards midnight, while fast asleep, the travellers passed through Sacramento so that they saw nothing of that important place, the seat of the State government, with its fine quays, its broad streets, its noble hotels, squares, and churches.
2. After all, there was nothing like making a noble sacrifice for the House.
3. The mountainous and craggy islets intercepted the beauties of this noble island from the view of the travellers.
4. This noble lord, who was fastened to his chair, would have given his fortune to be able to make the tour of the world, if it took ten years and he bet five thousand pounds on Phileas Fogg.
5. It was formerly defended by a noble fort, which has since become a state prison its commerce has dwindled away, and Passepartout in vain looked about him for such a bazaar as he used to frequent in Regent Street.
6. I have no idea how Celestino keeps up the noble fight.
7. A quarter of an hour later found Fix, with a small bag in his hand, proceeding on board the Mongolia and, ere many moments longer, the noble steamer rode out at full steam upon the waters of the Red Sea.
8. Aouda retired to a waiting-room, and there she waited alone, thinking of the simple and noble generosity, the tranquil courage of Phileas Fogg.
9. He was not lavish, nor, on the contrary, avaricious for, whenever he knew that money was needed for a noble, useful, or benevolent purpose, he supplied it quietly and sometimes anonymously.
10. Your tasks may range from preventing goblin abductions, capturing wild dog-dragons and calming down drunken yetis, to the more serious threats of shadow-drinkers, noble gliders and any Moonlight races gone rogue.