A swamp at the upper end was entirely covered and afforded water transportation from a large grove of poplar trees, which without the dam could not have been reached.
Some years later, a beaver house, the side of which had been cut away, affordedan opportunity for us to learn how our white-headed friend finished the inside of his castle.
You must have too much time upon your hands for a mind so active as your's, if tolerable health and spirits beafforded you.
And, indeed, most seasonable consolation has your kind letter afforded me.
The Garrya is hardy enough in many gardens, but in exposed or cold situations profits by being afforded the shelter of a wall or other screen.
The early Irises are not difficult to grow in moderately light and well drained soil, but they should usually be afforded a warm and sheltered site.
For a better survey, he retreated to a bit of high ground at the right of the house which afforded a narrow glimpse into Conscience's room, though at an unsatisfactory range.
He knew that in a moment she would regain control sufficiently to face even the fuller publicity inside, but during that moment she had the right to the limited privacy afforded by the dark shadow of the tiled veranda.
In the sea of moonlit brightness this strip of trees afforded a margin of soft, almost sooty obscurity, save where here and there darts of light fell through the raggedness of the foliage.
The large chimney was his next point of investigation; and although the flue seemed somewhat narrow, Geoffrey decided that it afforded some slight chance, provided he had the means of descent when once he reached the roof.
We had found a gulley washed out by an autumn storm, and it afforded a little protection against the wind.
I employed the leisure afforded me by my assignment as an extra rider in hunting excursions, in which I took a keen delight.
The rapidity with which we got into the ravine, and the protection its banks afforded us, enabled us to get away without losing a man.
The empire of the Fatimides in north Africa, whose chief town was Kairuan (afterwards Mahadia), at least afforded the principal conditions for the development of Judaism, and might well have become one of its chief centers.
The Arabs were thus in intimate intercourse with the Jews, and the sons of the desert, whose unpoetical mythology afforded them no matter for inspiration, derived much instruction from Judaism.
Before his death (about 560) Samuel could look back with pride on his chivalrous life and on the protection he had afforded the weak.
He also afforded them many other means of protection, and inflicted punishment upon some murderers of innocent Jews in Lorch.
For the congregations in Austria, Emperor Rudolph confirmed the statute in favor of the Jews passed by Archduke Frederick the Valiant, which afforded protection against persecution and murder.
Emperor Conrad III was powerless; the citizens who had as a rule taken the part of the Jews during the first crusade, and had afforded them protection, were now, at the beginning of the second crusade, prejudiced against them.
The humiliation of the Jews afforded great pleasure to the lower grades of the people, who were rejoiced to behold a class of human beings, sunk yet lower than themselves, against whom they could use their clumsy wit and rough fists.
The misdeeds of the Emperor Phocas afforded the Jews an unexpected opportunity to give vent to their deep resentment.
The enthusiasm for David Alrui had spread, especially among the Jews of Bagdad, and afforded two knaves an opportunity for defrauding the ignorant populace of their property.
The peculiar constitution of Visigothic Spain afforded them the means of escaping their pressure.
After long reflection he resolved at last to go to his friend's village, where he had been staying when he afforded opportunities for the contrivance of this complication of misfortune.
An example of lightning-like displacement of population is afforded by the steel and iron center at Granite City and Madison, Illinois.
The ford allowed the peons to stagger through at mid-leg on the uneven pavement afforded by the large pebbles of the bed.
Doubtless in its day this structure was considered an engineering feat worthy of such posthumous immortality as is gained by an epitaph, and afforded such convenience for transportation as was needed by the commercial activity of that era.
Sir, there is not so remarkable a chapter in our history of political events, political parties, and political men as is afforded by this admission of a new slave-holding territory, so vast that a bird cannot fly over it in a week.
So when they were so much alone that all reserves were overcome, Armine had comfort in his cousin that no one else in the place could have afforded him.
Let me here express my warm gratitude for all the refreshments afforded by the friendships it commemorates, and which makes the name most truly appropriate.
He loved quiet and hated noise, and the four interpreters of the melody and harmony of Beethoven affordedhim as much delight as so many crying children would have done.
This spectacle afforded no aid to devotion, and not even his music could draw the mind or eyes of the lover from Ferdinand, whom he began to regard as being an open rival.
Each being disappointed by the other's immobility and quiet, a gradual sense of awkwardness grew up between them, and this was becoming acute when Ezra appeared, and afforded a diversion.
A few tears perhaps might have afforded her some relief, but she chose rather to deny herself that comfort, than to give her husband so much satisfaction.
Her natural vivacity hurried her away, from being seemingly lost in thought, into sallies of wit, which afforded him hopes that she would soon forget Jermyn, and remember that his own passion was the first she had encouraged.
This, however, afforded him some opportunity, as he thought, of discovering a resemblance between Horace and Hamilton, in which he equally failed.
I have already touched upon Niebuhr's method of investigation, and Sir George Lewis's dislike of it: it supplies us with as apposite an instance of a difference in first principles as is affordedby Mr. Grote and Colonel Mure.
There was no real hotel at Westford, only a sort of tavern, but it afforded the luxury of rest.
Also there was another reason; neither the subject treated nor the environment of labor had affordedthat lofty inspiration which glorified every step of the Quaker City journey.
These circumstances afforded the only excuse that can be made for a fresh attack upon Bhurtpoor.
The slippery poles were some six inches apart and, slanting as they did, afforded so poor a foothold that the Malays were forced to stand between them, on the narrow ledge between the palisading and the ditch.
This afforded an opening sufficiently large for them to pass through and, keeping the hut between them and the guard, they made their way through the plantation, and dashed into the forest.
The possession of this place was of great importance, because it was situated close to the Nizam's frontier, and afforded great facilities for future operations.
It was a pity, for it afforded good shelter when the northeast monsoon was blowing, and partially so from the southwest monsoon.
They were granted a special audience with Queen Anne, and were permitted to kiss her Majesty's hand, and were assured from her own mouth of the satisfaction afforded by their deliverance.
In any case the screen has now been entirely torn aside and documentary evidence is afforded which proves beyond all doubt that no real mystery attaches to the "Man with the Iron Mask.
Roger Carbury did not in the least begrudge the hundred pounds which he had already sent to his cousin; but he did begrudge any furtherance afforded to the iniquitous schemes of Sir Felix.
Mr Alf explained that this had been put in by the sub-editor, and that it only afforded such news as the paper was bound to give to the public.
But then it was essential that Felix should know how great and certain was the opportunity afforded to him.
In spite of the very bitter words which had been spoken in the morning she would have done so had Sophy afforded her the slightest opportunity.
It is reasonable, hence, to believe that our Lord would have afforded the greatest facility for the reception of so essential a Sacrament.
Indulgence which afforded Luther a pretext for his apostasy.
It was precisely because they had not the boon of tranquillity afforded them by subjection to the English that they turned at last with a sigh of despair to the French.
It was to them a matter of supreme indifference which crown was supposed to exercise authority and afford protection where they went, for neither possessed any real authority, neither afforded the smallest protection.
Capua itself, on the left bank of the river, afforded them a means of moving forward to the attack of the Garibaldians.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "afforded" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
