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Example sentences for "aid the"

  • There, for a while, the French fleet was blockaded by the British, and the troops remained to aid the fleet in case of necessity.

  • American ships were seized, our citizens arrested; American property in Cuba was destroyed or confiscated; and our ports were used to fit out filibusters to aid the Cubans.

  • These are to be learned, as reading is learned, partly from example, and partly from such books as show or aid the pronunciation of words.

  • When Gods and demons fought of old, Thy lord, with royal saints enrolled, Sped to the war with thee to bring His might to aid the Immortals’ King.

  • He hastened to the car and lent His hand to aid the priest’s descent.

  • The President announced that Mrs. Patten headed the subscription list to aid the association in its work for the coming year with $50.

  • Although we shall sorely miss their genial and inspiring presence, they will continue by the munificent provisions of their wills to aid the cause.

  • There was no "public effort" contemplated in such a meeting, although funds were to be solicited to aid the South.

  • In it there was renewed the threat of a servile war if Europe attempted to aid the South, and again it is the materialistic view that is emphasized.

  • If any of the states comprised in this convention with the King attack the King's country, the rest shall stop them and aid the King to the best of their power.

  • Incidentally, he pursued a wise and conciliatory policy, as he understood it, toward the whites, for he saw that this was the best way to aid the negro.

  • He sent a few veteran troops to aid the garrison, but did not slacken from his attack on Persia.

  • He was too cautious to stir a finger to aid the Hungarians, for he knew that if he once offended the Sultan his days would be numbered.

  • The passive resistance of the faithful was not to be overcome, and in 1299 Philippe le Bel felt obliged to denounce the persistent multiplication of the Talmud, and to order his judges to aid the Inquisition in its extermination.

  • The deceptive nature of the sounds are the result of certain natural principles, which are called in to aid the experimenter.

  • These teeth are moved or rolled on each other by a peculiar action of the muscles of the jaw, so as to aid the process.

  • Mr. Waterton, the venerable naturalist, remarks that in former days he tried to aid the cause of humanity by his example, and rode a horse with a proper allowance of tail and with uncropped ears.

  • This is intended to aid the learner in leaping, and the mode by which this object is accomplished is seen in fig.

  • These are fixed in a groove of the tiller-sweep in large ships, to aid the tiller-ropes, and prevent friction.

  • Songs are also used to aid the men in keeping time when pulling on a rope, where a fife is not available.

  • An officer appointed in sea-ports to aid the consul in affairs relating to merchant vessels.

  • Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham," being sent as a military commander to aid the Duke of Burgundy.

  • Its mistress was by no means pleased with George's disobedience; but, as he was otherwise a good boy, and she was pledged to aid the Greylocks, she would help him out of his difficulty this time.

  • His excuse for exacting tribute from the churches to aid the kingdom is that he undertook the war as much for the freedom of the Church as for the safety of the kingdom.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "aid the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    abdomen white; aid him; aid the; annual fish catch about; associate partner; axial rotation; cannot stop; catch cold; certain districts; drill press; enjoy the; laid before the house; left foot; obiter dicta; our eyes; remove every; shall need; she always; the third; what appeared; whole story; wife and; world power