In a village called Darque, on the banks of the Lima, there lived a farmer whose goodness and ignorance were only equalled by those of his wife.
Down in Adams county, Ohio, on the banks of Brush creek, there is a great mound, called the serpent mound.
But my mother, my own real mother, she died, long, long ago, on the banks of the great river.
The tangledbanks of dripping bush shone freshly green in the misty light.
Ames and Company had advanced to the English banks of Shanghai and Hongkong half this amount, loaned on the opium.
Beyond the fact that Simití lay somewhere behind the liana-veiled banks of the great river, perhaps three hundred miles from Cartagena, the priest knew nothing of his destination.
The emotional appeal of the great river and its forest-lined banks did not at first affect him.
And, suddenly, he came upon another mound near the banks of a great river.
Down the long lagoon the canoe drifted, keeping within what scant shade the banks afforded, for the sun stood now directly overhead.
Egypt gave the Hebrews at least a part of the story of Joseph, as embodied in the hieroglyphics which may be read on the banks of the Nile to-day.
March felt the trembling of the ship stop as the Diesels were shut off and the electric motors switched on again, taking their current from the hugebanks of storage batteries under the deck of the ship.
The battery room did not hold their attention for long, although the two banks of huge cells were impressive, but the torpedo room fascinated them.
They saw the engine room, with its two banks of heavy Diesels, now quiet and at rest as the ship traveled under water.
For instance, it has been observed that they seek all the branches which they want on the banks of the river, higher up than their construction, so that having once got them conveyed to the water, they are easily floated to it.
When I reached the spot, I discovered the cause of all her anxiety; her lamb had unfortunately fallen into the brook, whose steep banks prevented it from making its escape.
At this time Turner was indulging in the singular freak of living, under the name of Mr. Booth, in a small lodging on the banks of the Thames.
The wool of which the cloths and rugs of Babylonia were made was derived from the flocks which fed on the banks of the Euphrates, and a large body of artisans was employed in weaving it into tapestries and curtains, robes and carpets.
The elephant was still hunted on the banks of the Euphrates near the city of Carchemish, and lapis-lazuli was furnished by the mountains of Persia.
Aramaic merchants were settled on the banks of the Euphrates and Tigris, and conveyed the products of Babylonia and Phœnicia from one country to the other.
Each year, after the rains of the winter, the banks had to be strengthened or re-made and the beds of the canals cleared out.
The Tel-el-Amarna letters show that in the fifteenth century before our era a similar postal service was established throughout the Eastern world, from the banks of the Euphrates to those of the Nile.
In fact, naturalists tell us that Babylonia was the primitive home of the cultivated cereals, wheat and probably barley, and that from the banks of the Euphrates they must have been disseminated throughout the civilized world.
In the second scene John the Baptist is seen and heard preaching on the banks of the Jordan, in whose waters he baptizes Jesus.
To the door of her cottage, embowered on the banks of a quiet stream, comes Iris.
Women come down to the banks of the river and sing pretty metaphors as they wash their basketloads of muslins.
Batiste, terrified by this movement, ran toward his farm, bending over, in order to pass unnoticed along the shelter of the banks or the high mounds of straw.
And thus the human hunters went on, groping through the dismal darkness, until in a turn of the canal, they came out to an open space, where the banks were clear of reeds.
Along the slopingbanks passed interminable rows of cigarette-girls and silk-mill workers, each with a hamper on one arm, while the other swung free.
From the high banks which walled it in the surface of the island sloped gradually towards a common centre, through which rushed the little stream.
Toward sunset they descended the hill and walked along the picturesque banks of the lake.
The banks of the moat opposite the gate had been made shelving, so as to afford a means of retreat to the besieged, without giving any advantage to the besieger.
Once upon the soil of Saxony, Henry swept the country with fire and sword to the banks of the Elster.
He had deployed twelve thousand peasants to cut off the two dukes, and advanced with the rest of his force to the banks of the Strewe.
North and west, as far as Pereau, under the North Mountain, the rich Acadian country of Canard lay upon the banks of the four rivers, fronting always the meadows of marsh that spread away from the swift tidal streams.
Far asunder, on separate coasts, the Acadians landed; 670 Scattered were they, like flakes of snow, when the wind from the northeast Strikes aslant through the fogs that darken the Banks of Newfoundland.
In that delightful land which is washed by the Delaware's waters, Guarding in sylvan shades the name of Penn the apostle, Stands on the banks of its beautiful stream the city he founded.
Far to the north and east, it said, in the Michigan forests, Gabriel had his lodge by the banks of the Saginaw River.
Then glad voices were heard, and up from the banks of the river, Borne aloft on his comrades' arms, came Michael the fiddler.
The blue centre broke and rolled back from the banks of Monocacy.
Then the old Army of the Valley had been ill-clad and curiously confident and cheerful, with Mr. Commissary Banks double-quicking down the pike, before Old Jack!
But the road went straight between banks of some height, without a feasible opening to either hand.
Virginia, watched each the other’s camp-fires on the banks of the Totopotomoy.
It had been a rainy winter, a winter of broken banksand slow, flooding waters.
I knew him, Rei, though he knew me not, and I say that my soul shook at the echo of his step, and my heart blossomed as the black earth blossoms when after flood Sihor seeks his banks again.
I came upon the tribes of the Apura by the banks of the Sea of Weeds.
Nevertheless, the moonlight poured into the centre of the hall from the clerestories in the roof, and lay there shining white as water beneath black banks of reeds.
The plan pursued was identical with that of Elam Lynds when he built Sing Sing on the banks of the Hudson.
The Roman dictator took his post at no great distance from thence at the conflux on the banks of both rivers, lines being run across between them, as far as he was able to follow by a fortification.
After these came the Salluvians, who fix themselves near the ancient canton of the Ligurians called Lævi, inhabiting the banks of the Ticinus.
He was buried, by whatever name human and divine laws require him to be called,[8] on the banks of the river Numicius.
Porsena being repulsed in his first attempt, having changed his plans from a siege to a blockade, after he had placed a garrison in Janiculum, pitched his camp in the plain and on the banks of the Tiber.
We at length arrived at the metropolis, situated on the banks of a noble river, and the emperor, attended by all his court, came out in grand procession to meet us.
Near the banks of a large piece of water, which had engaged my attention, I thought I heard a rustling noise behind; on turning about I was almost petrified (as who would not be?
Now this was very discouraging, for the river was at least three-quarters of a mile across and overflowed the banks nearly a half mile in two or three feet of water.
As might be expected, the government from the outset transferred a portion of what was deposited with the banks to the Bank of England, finding it advantageous on various grounds to do so.
In the 18th century the "money market" consisted of the Bank of England and various banks and merchants, and distinction between the two being still not complete.
The region on the rightbanks of the Amur and the Usuri, between these rivers and the coast, is occupied by several systems of mountains, usually represented as a single range, the Sikhota-alin.
On the banks of the Muskingum is a public park, facing which stood the oldest church in the state; this was burned in 1905, but was subsequently rebuilt in the old style.
This practice is not approved by the best authorities, for although it does no great harm in quiet times, the banks who follow it might find it difficult, or even impossible, to call in their loans in times of severe stringency.
The growth of these large institutions tends to facilitate combination for purposes of common concern among banks generally--e.
Along the banks of this wend thy way, until thou shalt have reached the cataract where from the Bybline mountains the Nile pours forth his hallowed, grateful stream.
You know full well these banksof bloom, The upland's wavy line, And how the sunshine tips with fire The needles of the pine.
Now midst the brilliant train Thronging the banks of Seine Now midst the splendor Of the wild Alpine range, Waking with change on change Thoughts in thy young heart strange, Lovely, and tender.
Long be it ere the tide of trade Shall break with harsh-resounding din The quiet of thy banks of shade, And hills that fold thee in.
All these sources of supply are connected with banks and trust companies that furnish money and credit for business of every kind.
Co-operative banks are a convenient means of securing capital for agricultural use, and co-operative insurance companies have proved serviceable in carrying mutual risks.
Speaking of Repartee, reminds me of a pretty scene of which I was a witness, not long since, while ruralizing for a week with an old friend and his charming daughters, at their beautiful and hospitable home, on the banks of the Hudson.
Meanwhile, here is one other anecdote for you: During my usual morning ride, one day lately, I stopped to breathe my horse on the top of a little hill, in the suburbs of one of the villages upon the banks of the Hudson.
Rome once, but has altered its course and wears away the banks here now and triturates its own atoms, the hearts, to dust in the process.
Upon thesebanks the first coltsfoot flowers in March, the first convolvulus in summer, and almost the last hawkweed in autumn.
This is especially the case in districts chiefly occupied in pasture farming, meadow land being usually found along the banks of rivers, on broad level plains, or in slightly undulating prairie-like country.
Banks Strait the passage was called, and it led from Beaufort Sea and the uncharted waters east of Keenan Land to Melville Sound and Barrow Strait.
Blond Eskimos and castaways from Franklin's expedition were supposed to people the polar shores of Banks and Keenan Land.
If he changes to the west it means that he is going to try and clear Banks Land.
According to Amiot, only a certain kind of stone found near the banks of the river Tee will serve for the making of these instruments, and in the year 2200 B.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "banks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
