They chose as their captain and chief pilot John Davis, who had already acquired a reputation as a bold and skilful mariner.
From his frequent visits to the English post at Fort Churchill he had acquired the name of the 'English Chief.
Its currents and its temperature, its relation to the land masses which surrounded it, acquired a new importance in the light of geological and physical research.
By degrees she acquired a fair skill and a confidence in her game which was not altogether borne out by results.
From the time she had put her hair up every man she had met had grovelled before her, and she had acquired a mental attitude toward the other sex which was a blend of indifference and contempt.
The Argentine Republic is repeating now the same phenomenon, with this difference that it can observe itself and be guided by the experience acquired elsewhere.
The youth of the Plate Valley were attracted to the University of Chuquisaca, where, amidst its cloisters, they acquired a grave and disputacious manner.
In the central, more mountainous region also, the interbreeding of the races produced very definite results and the creole population of the rural districts acquired traits as though living closely associated with the gauchos of the pampas.
The latter are not those who give the least alms for its useful preservation, and that from the product of some estates which they have rented out, and which they acquired by their economy.
They are so many councils or parliaments, in which common interests are discussed, and useful knowledge acquired and communicated.
The plaintiffs had a legal property in this charter; and they had acquired property under it.
The plaintiffs cannot now hold the property acquired by themselves, and which this article says they have a right to hold.
Whatever benefit has beenacquired is likely to be retained, for it consists mainly in the acquisition of more enlightened ideas.
The twelve trustees were the sole legal owners of all the property acquiredunder the charter.
Queries in the affirmative; it being common to see in Virginia slaves, or free people who have been slaves, with names acquired in the manner suggested: e.
Policies effected with this Company for the whole term of life, when they have acquired an adequate value.
His questions speedily exhaust my small stock of acquired information.
The imperial coinage bore her name and an inscription, "Gold has acquired a new value since it bore the name of Nur Jahan.
Among these was one famous diamond which had been acquired by Sultan Alaeddin.
The old tradition laid down that it must be acquired by fair means, and not by force or fraud.
He is a visible manifestation of the divine energy acquired by his piety and self-devotion.
It struck him that there must be much virtue in the air of a place where a timid animal acquired such courage.
But as the Greek Daemon acquired a less respectable meaning in the later ages of the history of the nation, so Bhut has now come to imply a malignant evil spirit.
Many caves, again, have acquired their sanctity by being occupied by famous Hindu and Muhammadan saints.
Why hadn't sheacquired this knowledge of herself long ago?
Now it seemed that he had mysteriously acquired a starting point and a goal.
Individuals and corporations own land and timber which they have never seen, sources of material wealth acquired cheaply, with an eye to the future.
When he reflected upon what a difference the possession or lack of money might mean to himself and Doris, before long, all his acquired and cultivated knowledge of business affairs began to spur him to some action.
You appear," Hollister said a little grimly, "to haveacquired certain definite ideas.
I believe he's a hang-over from that prehistoric time when men didn't believe that any woman had a soul--that a woman was something in which a man acquired a definite property right merely by marrying her.
But though I acquired it at such a cost, thou hast given it back to me as if it were a recompense on thy part for the labours I have endured for Thee.
This Lamont hadacquired a reputation for being careful of his skin.
At last, with a little jerk of his shoulders, which was a trick he had acquired from Lamartine, he turned and went back to the lighted room again.
He flung an arm up, and hailed them, for he had acquired a working acquaintance with several Latin languages on the fever coast.
From your point of view I've no doubt I acquired a certain responsibility.
Still, it was a consolation to Ormsgill that they had, at least, left nobody behind, and he acquired a certain confidence in their guide.
Goes along with an inherited or As often as not occurs in persons acquired nervous temperament, with no special neurotic which is obvious.
I am in no condition to decide what the nature of this predisposition is; I feel sure it is heightened by an inherited or acquired gouty taint, but I have seen it in people whom there is no reason to suspect of gouty tendencies.
But he had acquired a good deal of self-mastery in the course of his varied experience, and few of those with whom he came in contact would have guessed that his heart was perpetually repeating the words, "What disclosures await me?
He was too young to have acquired much worldly wisdom, but he was full of the high spirit which arises from thorough conviction and the sense of personal consecration conferred by the mission on the man.
Country towns of any size usually possess at least one manufactory of agricultural implements, and some of these factories have acquired a reputation which reaches over sea.
By degrees he acquired a reputation as the most just of landlords.
The fellow 'hung about,' and doubtless occasionally put in practice the tricks he had acquired from his nomad friends.
His labourers had acquired a happy-go-lucky style, and did their work anyhow or not at all, having no one to look after them.
There he was obliged to work, began to walk upright, and acquired that peculiarly marked air of deference which at first contrasts rather pleasantly with the somewhat gruff address of most labourers.
He taught that civil authorities and their ordinances were distinctly of God, and by these ordinances he understood, according to the Apostle's words, the different laws of different States, so far as they had anywhere acquired stability.
His features, especially the mouth, now showed more plainly even than in earlier life the calm strength acquired by struggles and suffering.
By this means they acquired in a few months so much knowledge, that they ventured to dispute, not only with Catholic laymen, but even with masters and doctors of theology, about faith and the gospel.
The earliest personal accounts that we have of Luther's parents, date from the time when they already shared in the honour and renown acquired by their son.
Her husband, Konrad or Kunz, was one of the most influential citizens of the town, and sprang from a noble Italian family who had acquired wealth by commerce.
The former acquired there that thorough knowledge of Latin which was then the chief preparation for University study.
His acquaintance with the latter did not commence until years after he had joined the Order, and had acquired independently an intimate knowledge of the Bible.
From this conception as a starting-point, Luther acquired fresh strength and energy for advancing in the fight, whilst the pious mystic remained passively and quietly behind.
The reason we do not know; we only know that he entered the theological faculty there as professor, receiving, at the same time, the recognition of the academical rank he had acquired at Wittenberg.
But the one who at this time acquired by far the most potent, wholesome, and lasting influence upon Luther, was the Vicar-General, John von Staupitz.
In 1680 he began the publication of his almanac, the Merlinus Liberatus, a book that acquired literary celebrity largely through the witty comments upon it by such writers as Swift and Steele.
She was only twenty-five when she acquired fame by her Evelina, or a Young Lady's Entrance into the World.
Although bound to a shoemaker in his early boyhood, he had acquired enough Latin at the age of eighteen to read the works of the astrologers.
She insisted on a trial, and soon acquired a remarkable knack: she had a fine light hand: and it is an art easily learned by an attentive and careful woman.
Nearly all of them had associated with white men, and had thereby acquired crude ideas of American political economy.
It had never been ceded to the Government, neither acquired by conquest, but was set apart by an act of Congress for the benefit of the several tribes of the Willamette valley.
Marcel might have broke his heart, before his pupil had acquired three steps of a minuet.
The Doctor soon after received a pension from the most unfortunate of all Statesmen, a Statesman whom North Britons ought to mention as seldom as possible, and his name acquired additional splendour from the dignity of Independence.
No man's reputation has ever yet acquired him the laurel, without some particular application from a courtier.
So you see, dear Anna, that our parents hold very different opinions on a very grave question, and between natural affection and acquired veneration I scarcely know which to receive.
But the knowledge of character that had been acquired by the hard experience of thirty years, was not to be unsettled by the gratitude of a moment.
The palace was built by Michelozzo for Cosimo, who lavished his wealth to such an extent that the title he acquired of Pater Patriae was perhaps no misnomer.
In 1407 the Banking Company which practically ruled commercial Genoa acquired it as their headquarters, and its name was changed to that of the city's patron saint.
On the north side, which is exposed to the bitter tramontana wind from the Monti Pisani, the marble is blistered and scored, and has acquired an ashen white that in this sunny land is not pleasant.
In spite of his careful training he found that he had not acquired the endless flow of frivolous talk which was popular at court.
Fritz tried to do his duty as captain of the regiment, and gradually acquired something of a military bearing.
It took him a long time to learn, but when he had once acquired anything it stayed by him permanently.
In Physical Geography, in Geology proper, in Geographical Distribution, and in Palaeontology, he had acquired an extensive practical training during the voyage of the Beagle.
From associating with these men, and hearing them play, I acquired a strong taste for music, and used very often to time my walks so as to hear on week days the anthem in King's College Chapel.
That which he needed, after his return to England, was a corresponding acquaintance with Anatomy and Development, and their relation to Taxonomy--and he acquired this by his Cirripede work.
But with the working ant we have an insect differing greatly from its parents, yet absolutely sterile, so that it could never have transmitted successively acquired modifications of structure or instinct to its progeny.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "acquired" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
