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Example sentences for "aid"

Lexicographically close words:
ahora; aiant; aiblins; aich; aidance; aide; aided; aider; aiders
  1. Nevertheless, to those who are timid or inexperienced in judgment of color, a careful study of Chevreul or Hay will not be without advantage, and though it will not create the power to color harmoniously, it will aid in its development.

  2. The second base can give material aid to the pitcher by backing him up closely, and not suffering a ball to pass them both if possible to stop it.

  3. To aid the free circulation of money and facilitate trade, the government grants subsidies for the establishment of co-operative warehouse companies with bonded warehouses.

  4. The Whigs bargained aid in New York city for "American" support in the state, and charged that the latter was not given.

  5. In May 1894 a more important insurrectionary rising than usual led the king to ask armed aid from China.

  6. He will become acquainted with the general character of the books, as well as know the scholars, that he may intelligently aid them in their selections.

  7. This will give active employment to the children--a thing which they delight in, and it will aid the teacher in the difficult but sublime work of teaching divine Truth.

  8. Simultaneous reading and making of ellipses, leaving the children to fill in a word at the close of the sentence or lesson, will aid in securing attention.

  9. By aid of the Bible references, and a good dictionary, be careful to get the clear, exact meaning of the important words of the lesson, in words adapted to your class.

  10. Word-painting by the aid of the imagination and ample details; the power of describing scenes and incidents, so as to appear real to the child's imagination, will assist you in gaining his attention.

  11. It is simply calling to our aid the eye.

  12. Thus let the freshest and most prominent object in the school-room aid the teacher and superintendent, through the use of the eye, in their great work.

  13. It is calling the eye and senses to our aid in affecting the mind and heart.

  14. These are usually formed for a definite object--generally to support missionaries; to plant Sabbath-schools in destitute sections; or to aid in supplying poor schools with libraries.

  15. Seek the proffered, willing aid of God's Holy Spirit believingly, and the work is done.

  16. Initial measures at the aid stations consisted of treatment for shock, stopping hemorrhage, administering plasma, applying splints, and dressing wounds.

  17. At the forward aid stations the wounded soldier received only initial treatment necessary before evacuation to the collecting station.

  18. In the afternoon a platoon of amphibian tractors and another of amphibian tanks were sent to the aid of the battalion, and engineers from the 13th Engineer Battalion constructed temporary bridges over the river when necessary.

  19. After the Navy beach parties had established aid stations the medical units cleared casualties through them.

  20. A medical officer and several enlisted men from the 7th Division gave medical aid to large numbers of civilians who were treated for minor wounds, injuries, tropical ulcers, and other ailments.

  21. The guerrillas rendered invaluable aid to the 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry, throughout the Kilay Ridge episode by furnishing intelligence and protecting the rear of the unit.

  22. Because of the swamps and steep hills in the 96th Division sector, the time lag in evacuation from the forward aid station to the clearing station varied from one hour to thirty hours.

  23. These were greatly needed, since the Japanese had not given the people any medical aid and had stopped all preventive medical measures.

  24. All of the guerrillas declared that their primary purpose was to aid the civilians, maintain peace and order, and keep the Japanese from abusing the people.

  25. The battalion was to proceed immediately to the aid of the two companies of the 11th Airborne Division in the Buri airfield area.

  26. To aid the effect due to simplicity of conception steps in the Far Oriental's wonderful technique.

  27. For that the art may attain a high degree of excellence for itself and much distinction for its professors, without calling in the aid of imagination, is evident enough on this side of the globe, without travelling to the other.

  28. Not that it promises much aid to vexed metaphysical questions, but as a study in sociology it may not prove so vain.

  29. From high descends the virtue, by whose aid I to thy sight and hearing him have led.

  30. My master said and paus'd, "so that he may Ascend, who journeys without aid of wine?

  31. It is giving aid to reopen solvent banks which have been closed.

  32. The appropriations for the continued speeding up of the great Federal construction program have provided direct and indirect aid to employment upon a large scale.

  33. The construction works already authorized and the continuation of policies in Government aid will require a continual expenditure upwards of half a billion dollars annually.

  34. Federal aid in the construction of the highway systems in conjunction with the States has proved to be beneficial and stimulating.

  35. In connection therewith we need some authority to make enlarged temporary advances of Federal-highway aid to the States.

  36. Some proprietors cultivated their lands themselves--the poor by their own labour, the rich by the aid of some trustworthy slave whom they interested in the success of his farming by assigning him a certain percentage on the net return.

  37. Etana arising to heaven by the aid of his friend the eagle, while the pastoral scene below resembles in nearly all particulars that given above.

  38. To their unaided eyes, sharpened by practice and favoured by the transparency of the air, many stars were visible, as to the Egyptians, which we can perceive only by the aid of the telescope.

  39. She pronounced an incantation, recited her formula, and called to her aid the gods of the combat, both them and their weapons.

  40. The Chaldæans found it difficult to catch by the aid of dogs, but they could bring it down by arrows, or perhaps catch it alive by stratagem.

  41. The Tory aristocracy who had lent their aid to the fatal coalition against him were led at first by Lord George Bentinck, but the real director of the organization was Disraeli.

  42. In June, 1808, an expedition was dispatched to the aid of the Spanish and Portuguese insurrectionists, and the command was given to Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley.

  43. The number of persons receiving parish aid was enormously increased.

  44. Four vessels, therefore, were authorized to sail under the commission of the viceroy, each of which was to furnish four men for the service of Champlain in explorations and in aid of the Indians in their wars, if it should be necessary.

  45. In reality, they did not desire to part with him, but wished to avail themselves of his knowledge, counsel, and personal aid against their enemies.

  46. Among the numerous experiments performed by the aid of this battery, he instituted several, in the hope of decomposing nitrogen; and which are recorded in his Bakerian Lecture of 1809.

  47. We intend next week to endeavour to ascertain, by the aid of a delicate balance, the quantities of Light liberated in different combustive processes.

  48. Siva advances to the aid of his votary, when a combat ensues between the gods which combat Brahma descends to arrest.

  49. Rama kills Kumbhakarna, and then goes to the aid of Lakshmana; the whole of Rama's party are then overwhelmed with magical weapons, hurled invisibly by Ravana upon them, and fall senseless.

  50. It was in the earliest of these (once the property of Sir Theodore Martin) that he made his despairing appeal for pecuniary aid to save him from suicide or starvation.

  51. The Emperors Justinian and Theodoric are both reputed to have affixed their signatures by the aid of a perforated tin plate; and the mystery which attaches itself to the Epistles of Phalaris still awaits some definite solution.

  52. The modern forger obtains important aid from photography, but by way of compensation the enlargement of any given specimen by the same means is invaluable for the purposes of detection.

  53. This document will aid him when he meets Galba.

  54. I don't think that at present they like our going into their country, but they will be glad enough of our aid if the Romans come.

  55. I should say, let half your slaves aid us in carrying up your library and the valuables that come at once to hand, and then you can direct the others to pack up the goods you prize most so that they shall be ready by our return.

  56. Veric, the chief of the Cantii, went to Rome and invited the invader to aid him against his rivals at home, and not a man of the Iceni or the Brigantes marched to the aid of Caractacus and Togodamnus.

  57. Then Nero called upon the Praetorians, and the Britons ran in to the aid of their chief, and, defeating the Praetorians, escaped.

  58. Bowlders that could have got there only by the aid of ice, are found in several localities.

  59. Eminent men in nearly every department of knowledge have lent their aid to the elucidation of this subject.

  60. Our only hope is that some fortunate scholar will yet discover a key by whose aid the hieroglyphics now known may be read.

  61. By their aid we become eye-witnesses of the daily life of primitive man.

  62. Clearings necessary for pasture and agriculture must unquestionably, then, have been produced principally by the aid of fire.

  63. Supposing an angel of light was to come to the aid of our feeble understanding, and unroll before us the pages of the past, a past of which, with all our endeavors, we as yet know but little.

  64. Here are hieroglyphics in abundance, but no Rosetta Stone supplies the key by whose aid a Champollion can unravel the mystery.


  65. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "aid" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

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