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Example sentences for "became interested"

  • Mr. Henry was a Shorthorn enthusiast and bred Shorthorns until 1884, when he became interested in Herefords.

  • Mr. Ponting had not been in the Shorthorn business very long until he became interested in Herefords.

  • Miller, than a business man in Chicago, who owned a farm at Beecher, Will county, Illinois, became interested in Hereford cattle.

  • About forty years ago Hermann Jaeger, of Neosho, Missouri, became interested in the horticultural possibilities of the wild grapes of his neighborhood.

  • When about twenty-five years of age he became interested in fruit culture and was soon one of the leading fruit-growers in his section.

  • Among other of his ventures was the growing of castor beans, and toward the end of his life he became interested in viticulture.

  • In his boyhood he became familiar with the grape-growing operations of his father and uncle, and about 1860 became interested in hybridizing as a means of originating new varieties.

  • He became interested in the "Washingtonian" temperance movement in Portsmouth in 1841, and whenever opportunity offered gave his word and work to promote the cause of total abstinence from all intoxicants.

  • In 1827 and onward he became interested in political affairs, which for a time lessened his influence as a preacher.

  • For a time he became interested in the Swedenborgian Church, and entered its ministry, but without changing his views as to the final destiny of men.

  • Mr. Bever located in Cedar Rapids in April, 1852, and for a number of years was engaged as a merchant, after which he became interested in banking and was the head of the private banking house of S.

  • But after all, the spirit of progress was abroad in the community, and in spite of failures, it did a great thing for the people who became interested.

  • Early in life he became interested in the study of astronomy, and at the age of twenty-five received an appointment as professor of this science at the University of Bologna.

  • After spending some years in the office of a London solicitor, he set out in search of employment in Ceylon, but passing through Western Asia, became interested in the work of excavating the remains of ancient cities.

  • British Embassy at Stockholm, where he became interested in Scandinavian literature and mythology.

  • Ayr, was engaged in commercial pursuits in India, where he became interested in the architecture of the country, and pub.

  • With unusual ability for mechanical construction, and a mind that quickly grasped all opportunities for developing the resources of the country, he became interested in railroad projects.

  • He was educated in the public schools of Brooklyn, and then, after a few years of reporting for the city papers, became interested in a newspaper venture in New Orleans.

  • In Deckertown he became interested in journalism and edited the Sussex Independent for several years.

  • He became interested in real estate in Iowa and Chicago.

  • With the growth of manufactures in the city, he became interested in that direction also, connecting himself with the Etna Iron and Nail Works enterprise.

  • In the earlier years of his business in Cleveland, he became interested in the construction of the canal around the rapids of Saut St. Marie, and during the progress of the work had a store open at the Saut.

  • It seems further probable that shortly after this work he became interested in globe construction, in which line of activity he made for himself a place of first rank.

  • Here he became interested in the construction of mechanical and astronomical instruments, and soon won the favor of the Emperor Maximilian II, which favor he enjoyed to the end of that Emperor's reign.

  • At this time he became interested in a little girl, Catarina Calcagno, to whom he gave lessons on the violin.

  • During her first tour she played at Nice, where a wealthy Russian lady, Madame Rosen, became interested in her, and provided the means to go to Paris, where she was placed under Massart.

  • The actual owner of the land, who had come forward to assert his rights, became interested in the scheme, and was willing to sell the land at a low price, but Ole now had no money.

  • While living in Boston, he became interested in the lady who was subsequently to share his fortunes and build his house.

  • In addition to his engagements in the settlement of large estates, he became interested in banking, manufacturing, and railroads, holding various offices of labor and responsibility in these institutions and corporations.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "became interested" 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:
    became apparent; became bishop; became chief; became conscious; became customary; became editor; became first; became interested; became king; became minister; became more; became professor; became the; became very; became vicar; being only; district judge; education must; fair start; family prayer; great mind; inguinal hernia; matter and; mechanical origin; roman letter; sinking heart