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Example sentences for "between the"

  • Between the times of the arrival and departure of the waiter, the man discoursed to the women on the tender regard he felt for all living things.

  • Between the river's mouth and the end of the cliff, eddies of wind whirled and gusts from this maelstrom lashed the water which ran through the narrow valley.

  • For calking the seams they made oakum of dry seaweed, which was hammered in between the planks; then these seams were covered with boiling tar, which was obtained in great abundance from the pines in the forest.

  • In the third period, between the reigns of Alexander and Justinian, the oracles of jurisprudence were almost mute.

  • Between the fall of the Heraclian and the rise of the Isaurian dynasty, a short interval of six years is divided into three reigns.

  • Lastly, the looking-glass reflects Boots and Brewer, and two other stuffed Buffers interposed between the rest of the company and possible accidents.

  • Between the two, with his feet on the iron fender, sat Riderhood, pipe in mouth.

  • This the Captain, in a moment of uncommon conviviality, had confided to Walter and his Uncle, between the repetitions of lovely Peg, on the night when Brogley the broker was paid out.

  • Between the ages of 7 and 10 several sicknesses, diphtheria, measles with some cardiac complication, etc.

  • There are plenty of instances where the easily passable border between the two is permanently occupied or is at times approached.

  • Between the ages of 15 and 17 this boy showed evidences of literary talent, but was poor in mathematics.

  • The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.

  • That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.

  • The drive lies between broad white balustrades, and the moon shone down on us between the leaves of the Spanish bayonet.

  • Clay lifted him upon his knee, and crushed him closer against his breast with one arm, while he tore with his free hand at the stock about the throat and pushed his fingers in between the buttons of the tunic.

  • A sad day I passed, between the desire of regaining my liberty of action and of abandoning the wonderful Nautilus, and leaving my submarine studies incomplete.

  • Between the blocks of basalt wound long streams of lava, long since grown cold, encrusted with bituminous rays; and in some places there were spread large carpets of sulphur.

  • Between the walls of the mountains and the waters of the lake lay a sandy shore which, at its greatest breadth, measured five hundred feet.

  • She did not see that Hewet kept looking at her across the gangway, between the figures of waiters hurrying past with plates.

  • Between the spasms of the storm, Helen made the curtain fast, shook the pillows, stretched the bed-clothes, and smoothed the hot nostrils and forehead with cold scent.

  • Between the extinction of Hewet's candle and the rising of a dusky Spanish boy who was the first to survey the desolation of the hotel in the early morning, a few hours of silence intervened.

  • Note the last words: "Between the law of the Gospel and that of Antoninus there is a complete revolution in moral ideas: the slave was a thing; religion has made him a man.

  • Strike a balance, then, between the capitalist's receipts and his payments.

  • These people talked, between the acts, and I understood them, though I understood nothing that was uttered on the distant stage.

  • We sailed by the hotel in the mellow glow of sunset, and came slashing down with the mad current into the narrow passage between the dikes.

  • There was once a fine collection of old boys to be seen round the circular table at Offley’s every night, between the hours of half-past eight and half-past eleven.

  • Between the pews, in the aisle, the violent vermilion of a strip of ingrain carpet assaulted the eye.

  • At intervals, a brakeman or the passenger conductor pushed down the aisle, between the curtains, his red and white lamp over his arm.

  • Why, one day a woman, poorish looking, came in between the hatch, slapped down a penny, and wanted to go on without the change!


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "between 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:
    always had; analytical chemistry; between citizens; between decks; between different; between each; between friends; between ourselves; between the; between them; between themselves; between three; certain special; large audience; large calibre; lecture tour; lesse then; otras cosas; small hole; take from; that land; tree trunk; warm weather; what you have said; whether there; while living