Shortly after Monroe's inauguration he made a tour through the country, visiting the principal cities, and contributing by his pleasing manner greatly to his popularity.
The tact of the United States forces in that section held the State true, a patriotic speech of General Hancock contributing greatly to the same end.
There was no manner of employing wealth which seemed so appropriate to procure influence and popularity to its possessors, as that of contributing to enhance the magnificence of the national and religious festivals.
Then the plenipotentiaries, with many bows, congratulated each other on having had the honour of contributing to so great a work.
In addition to contributing to various classical and scientific journals, he catalogued the classical MSS.
Hour after hour rolled by, the rain pattering upon the roof, and the heavy plash of the horses' feet contributing their mournful sounds to the melancholy that was stealing over me.
To his personal attractions, such as they are, he has never been solicitous of contributing by the meretricious aids of dress.
My bouquet was gathered; the gentian of the Alps, which is found here, also contributing its evidence to show where I had been to seek it, and I turned home.
Few but hirelings have a seat in the Assembly, who protract time for the sake of their wages, at a great expence to the Province, without contributing anything material for its welfare, credit, or safety.
In this vehicle it had been his custom to carry stores for the wounded--it had never been used for articles contributing to his personal convenience.
I found to my disappointment that Tolstoy is not contributing materially to the political revolution that is taking place in Russia.
Just now Bohemia is the Mecca for violinists, America contributing her quota of students.
A loan was accordingly thought of, and the nobles resolved to request the towns to make up the sum, they themselves contributing nothing.
Milton's nephews, though reared in his house, were writing satires against Puritan hypocrisy and contributing to collections of filthy songs.
Ditmar did not mention them, but no doubt they existed, along with the cigars and the White Seal champagne, contributing to the amenities.
Yet an insistent voice urged her on, whispering that to remain at home, inactive, was to go mad; salvation and relief lay in plunging into the struggle, in contributing her share toward retribution and victory.
Prominent among the qualities contributing to his success was open-mindedness, "a willingness to be shown," to scrap machinery when his competitors still clung to older methods.
I feel an ambition to arise in me of contributing to the instruction of mankind, and of acquiring a name by my inventions and discoveries.
He was then told the names of the authors and the plan of the work; but it was not continued long enough to allow of his contributing any articles.
For several years the Christian connection furnished a considerable proportion of the students, and took a lively interest in the establishment and growth of the school, althoughcontributing little or nothing to its pecuniary support.
Its work has been mainly social and philanthropic, contributing reading matter to penal institutions, money for the care of the poor of the city, and aiding every new Unitarian church in the State.
But without myself contributing anything towards effecting the change, I find on my return that your mind is entirely delivered from the black vapour which disturbed it.
But another very potent cause contributing to this result was the burden imposed by Rome's foreign wars.
The dramatist has to represent characters affected by the progress of an action in a particular way, and contributing to it in a particular way, because, if consistent with themselves, they must be so affected, and must so act.
On the Apostles' Creed, composed that formula bycontributing each a single sentence.
Again, unity of action, while excluding those unconnected episodes which Aristotle so severely condemns, does not prohibit the introduction of one or even more subsidiary actions as contributing to the progress of the main action.
I should like one of these days to talk with you about the possibility of contributing a romantic--not musical--series of little sketches upon the Creole songs and coloured Creoles of New Orleans to some New York periodical.
Near to Shrewsbury the latter were overthrown; Sir John, by his great bravery and address, mainly contributing to the success of the engagement.
She felt her soul expand with the desire ofcontributing to his ultimate escape.
Either for purposes of plunder, or for the more ostensible design of contributing to their preservation, sundry packages were occasionally conveyed away, subsequently to an eager examination of their contents.
By contributing to their refinement, and protecting them from the inroads of the Picts and Scots, the Romans were regarded in a friendly light by the ancient inhabitants, and their departure was much regretted.
During the administration of this chief, various proclamations were issued to arouse the people to take part in the war, by enlisting and by contributing their means.
What I believe is, that in realizing his own Good a man is also contributing to that of the race.
Nor has the book lived merely by its gorgeous rhetoric and high emotions, though these have beencontributing elements.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "contributing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
