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Example sentences for "armory"

Lexicographically close words:
armorers; armorial; armories; armors; armorum; armour; armourbearer; armoured; armourer; armourers
  1. Was also armory keeper, keeping the guns and equipage in perfect order.

  2. At about 7 o'clock we were in sight of home and soon at the Depot, here we were received by a large number of citizens and marched directly to the Armory where we were welcomed home in a short speech by M.

  3. The furniture of the Armory will compare, we think, with any room in the Library.

  4. The beautiful Armory and Drill-Room now occupied by the Company, are mainly due to his indefatigable efforts.

  5. The Company assembled at the Armory at 6 o'clock, A.

  6. French, the foot; in French armory it is called pieu.

  7. I mean Randle Holme's 'Academie of Armory, or a Storehouse of Armory and Blazon.

  8. But the cross has been so modified by the varying tastes of different ages, that Dame Juliana Berners, at a time when armory was comparatively simple, declares that "crossis innumerabull are borne dayli.

  9. It is probably one of those importations from the East which the Crusades introduced, both into the elements of armory and the nomenclature of the science.

  10. Yet his sub-treasury measure, so beneficent in its aims that its theory was not lost in the necessities growing out of the Civil War, proved the strongest weapon in the armory of his opponents.

  11. The piece was presented by the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island to Governor Sprague, who placed it in trust with the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery, in whose armory it is now kept.

  12. A large number of names were enrolled that night as members of the new company, and arrangements were made to have the armory open daily, for the purpose of obtaining additional signatures to the roll of membership.

  13. A greater number than the capacity of the armory would admit of drilling at one time, presented themselves daily.

  14. The suggestion met his views, and he at once published a notice that a meeting for the purpose would be held that evening at the armory of the Marines, on Benefit Street.

  15. As soon as the United States troops had evacuated the place, the citizens and armorers went to work to save the armory as far as possible from destruction, and to secure valuable material stored in it.

  16. The machinery at Harper's Ferry Armory had been saved from the flames by the heroic conduct of the operatives, headed by Mr. Armistead M.

  17. This project preceded that of a general armory for the Confederacy, and was much nearer completion.

  18. She imagined them sitting in the pleasant armory chatting over the day's adventures and most likely forgetting all about her.

  19. I steal into the armory sometimes in the dusk, for I do so hope some of the chain-armor will rattle.

  20. Then several boys and girls would investigate the tower and would roam through the armory and the old picture-gallery.

  21. And in the evening Aunt Grizel says she will have the armory lighted, and we children may play there and have charades and tableaux and anything we fancy.

  22. Meanwhile Mrs. Lovel, taking Phil's hand, had led him out of the armory and to the foot of the winding stone stairs.

  23. He is in the armory with the other children.

  24. The original machine is preserved in the United States Armory at Springfield, to which Blanchard was attached for many years, and where scores of the descendants of his copying lathe may be seen in action today.

  25. The first floor was the armory and drill-room.

  26. Of the Vigilante posse only Bovee and Barry remained, but these two pursued the fleeing Law and Order men to the very doors of the armory itself.

  27. A huge and roaring mob accompanied them, followed them, raced up the side-streets to arrive at the armory at the same time as the first files of the military force.

  28. Ashe, as commander of the armory and leader of the besieged party, offered to surrender to the Executive Committee of the Vigilantes if protected from violence.

  29. On receiving this assurance, Ashe threw open the doors of the armory and the Vigilantes marched in.

  30. Terry and Maloney were taken charge of and the armory was quickly swept of its contents.

  31. All were turned back and were given the impression that the armory was already in charge, of the Vigilantes.

  32. Colonel Lee reports to them, in all frankness, that it is impossible for them to escape, that the Armory is surrounded by troops, and that if he is compelled to take them by force he cannot answer for their safety.

  33. Satisfied of the seriousness of the attack when he saw two armed white men lead three negroes holding pikes in their hands into the Armory gate, he saddled his horse and rode to his neighbors in town and country and gave the alarm.

  34. Day was dawning as the strange procession on its return passed through the Armory gate.

  35. Brown ordered one of his prisoners, Captain Dangerfield, a clerk of the Armory Staff, to secure the fastenings.

  36. Not a shot had been fired and they were masters of the town, its two bridges, the United States Arsenal, Armory and Rifle Works.

  37. Colonel Lee, United States Army, commanding the troops sent by the President of the United States to suppress the insurrection at this place, demands the surrender of the people in the Armory buildings.

  38. He did not omit the Armory or the Rifle Works.

  39. Enfield, while the Springfield Armory and the Rock Island Arsenal produced the United States rifle, caliber .

  40. Meanwhile we were building up the working staffs of the Rock Island Arsenal and Springfield Armory and speeding the production of Springfields.

  41. When the war with Germany ceased, the graduates of the Springfield Armory machine gun school were found in almost every line of endeavor connected with arms, ammunition, and kindred subjects.

  42. The Enfields sent to the Springfield Armory test were not standardized at all, but were largely hand fitted.

  43. The result was that the Rock Island Arsenal had ceased its production of Springfields altogether, while the output of rifles from the Springfield Armory had been greatly reduced.

  44. None of their immense armory of weapons is used against each other.

  45. He led Jason to an armory jammed with deadly weapons.

  46. We were immediately ushered into the Armory by the Quartermaster-Sergeant, who issued to us our uniforms and equipments, and in half an hour we were again in the ranks, ready for service in defence of Canada.

  47. Department would furnish the necessary bedding the Company would have 60 of the remaining men sleep in the Armory every night, to be ready for any emergency.

  48. The plant consists of the Armory and Arsenal on the hill, and the water shops, distant about two miles, on Mill River.

  49. He would have perished undoubtedly, had it not been for Pan Longin, who, seeing from the armory what was passing, rushed for his long sword, and hurried to the rescue.

  50. I find it recorded that when a young English couple came into the Royal Armory the girl looked impossibly tall and fair.

  51. The above models, we believe, represent the various models made at the Colt's armory at the time of writing, but there will be found in use many Colt's revolvers made up differently than those mentioned.

  52. The armory of the Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company is located at Hartford, Conn.

  53. The work produced at this armory has a world-wide reputation, and their products are sent to nearly every country on the globe.

  54. Some of the more enthusiastic of the disappointed ones offer to stay at the armory all night, to be on hand in case of anything happening.

  55. These men are instantly detailed for guard duty at the armory for the next twenty-four hours.

  56. Fifteen minutes later came: "It is impossible for us to protect the armory at Second Avenue and Twenty-first Street.

  57. While the armory was being attacked, another mob was sacking and burning houses on Lexington Avenue, near Forty-seventh Street.

  58. Towards evening word was brought to the Seventh Regiment armory that the mob had gathered in great force in First Avenue, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth Streets.

  59. We were admitted through tickets previously procured from the armory direction; as there was already one large company within, we were told to wait in the court till our turn came.

  60. In the midst of innumerable ornaments, heaped up in the armory like mountains of gold and precious stones, are two shrines of singular beauty.

  61. An inspection of this armory has a strange effect upon the antiquary.

  62. Now and then Pen met, singly or in pairs, khaki clad young men on their way to the armory for the weekly drill.

  63. On his way home from the armory it was necessary that Pen should pass through the main street of the town.

  64. It's like a bazaar, only instead of booths, there are tents all the way around the Armory except at one end where there's a little stage.

  65. I can almost believe I'm a real soldier," Marjorie confided to Constance, when at half past seven o'clock Thanksgiving evening the two girls stepped into the patriotically decorated Armory which presented a gay and busy aspect.

  66. She also decided, that she would not put in an appearance at the Armory on Saturday before going to the nursery.

  67. Her second thought was to go to Jerry, refuse to become a purveyor of lemonade and shake the dust of the Armory from her disdainful feet.

  68. Owing to a number of important letters Lucy Warner had promised to write for Miss Archer, she had also arranged to be away from the Armory until Saturday evening.

  69. I know you have to be at the Armory by half past seven.

  70. It's a good thing the Armory is such a whale--I mean, such a large place.

  71. The space reserved for the dancing had been roped in, leaving a good-sized aisle all the way around the Armory between the ropes and the booths.

  72. Utterly disgruntled she left the Armory at eleven o'clock in a most unamiable frame of mind that spelled trouble for someone.

  73. Having to drill so much lately at the Armory has kept us both busy.

  74. As the coupe drove past the armory they saw that the authorities were at last evidently taking some steps to prevent any fatal culmination of the disturbance.

  75. The great armory doors stood wide open, and a crowd of people were gathered about.

  76. His burial was attended with all the honors due a full Brigadier General, his body having lain in state in the armory of his Regiment that he had led so long and so well; it was buried in Ivy Hill Cemetery by the side of his brother, David M.

  77. Lawrence Armory with the highest military honors, many of his old comrades in arms being present; burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery; "He never shirked a duty.

  78. At the armory the meeting was called to order by Captain Hutchins and the chief feature was the presentation to General Warren of a magnificent Maltese Cross in Gold, the badge of the Fifth Corps, the cost $100.


  79. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "armory" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    achievement; annulet; archives; armory; arms; arsenal; attic; azure; badge; bandeau; bank; bar; basement; baton; bay; bearings; bend; billet; bin; blazon; boatyard; bookcase; box; brewery; button; canton; cellar; chain; charge; chest; chevron; chief; closet; cockatrice; collar; conservatory; coronet; crate; crescent; crest; crib; cross; crown; cupboard; dairy; decoration; depository; depot; device; difference; distillery; dock; dockyard; drawer; dress; dump; eagle; emblem; ensign; ermine; escutcheon; exchequer; factory; fasces; field; figurehead; file; fret; fur; garland; helmet; heraldry; hold; hutch; label; library; lion; livery; locker; lozenge; lumberyard; mace; magazine; mantle; marking; medal; metal; mill; mint; motto; ordinary; pale; park; pin; plant; pottery; quarter; quartering; rack; refinery; regalia; repertory; repository; reservoir; rick; ring; rose; sable; sawmill; scutcheon; shamrock; shelf; shield; shipyard; stack; staff; storage; store; storehouse; storeroom; swastika; symbol; tank; tannery; tartan; thistle; tie; tincture; treasury; unicorn; uniform; vat; vault; verge; wand; warehouse; winery; wreath; yard