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Example sentences for "conveys"

Lexicographically close words:
conveyers; conveyeth; conveying; conveyor; conveyors; convict; convicted; convicting; conviction; convictions
  1. The same air that under certain conditions ruffles the pool or wrecks buildings, under other conditions purifies the blood and conveys thought.

  2. For the latter conveys explicitly the sense of operativeness, actuality.

  3. But humility conveys the notion of a penal evil, according to Ps.

  4. First, it conveys to his intellect a definite meaning through the content of the words that are employed; and secondly, it conveys to his sensibilities an indefinite suggestion through their sound.

  5. Whenever such a word is used, it conveys to the reader or the listener not only the specific meaning intended by the momentary context, but also a subsidiary and subconscious recollection of many phases of his personal experience.

  6. By saying one thing directly, the egoist conveys another and a different thing indirectly to the reader.

  7. The high outer rampart, with its massive abutments and frequent towers, still in a great measure entire, conveys at once a clear impression of the great extent of the fortress.

  8. The trade of the place is much facilitated by its fine river, which conveys ships of a good size up to the bridge.

  9. It takes hold of this piece by its mandibles, and conveys it to the situation on the under side of its own or another leaf, whichever is found most appropriate.

  10. Shakespeare conveys no idea of the wealth and many-sidedness of his gifts.

  11. To me the former conveys the idea of a temporary shortness of funds; the latter of a chronic state of want.

  12. That phrase conveys to the mind impressions not easy to be defined, not easy to be forgotten.

  13. It is barely possible, however, that he may not choose to resist her,--if that conveys anything to your intelligence.

  14. He knew of my family, Mrs. Spofford, if that conveys anything to you.

  15. He then conveys him to the banks of the Tigris, and giving him a magic horn, starts him upon his dangerous enterprise.

  16. An extended delay in passing or bidding one Spade also conveys an obvious suggestion.

  17. The picturesque Northern Cape of Celebes contains a population differing in origin and character from all other races of the vast island, and conveys the idea of a distinctive country.

  18. Headless and overthrown figures, broken tees, mutilated carvings, and shattered chapels abound, but the vast display of architectural features still intact conveys an impression of permanence rather than of ruin.

  19. One who, or that which, conveys or carries, transmits or transfers.

  20. That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.

  21. Language is not language unless it not only expresses fairly definite and coherent ideas, but unless it also conveys these ideas to some other living intelligent being, either man or brute, that can understand them.

  22. From the foregoing you will observe that, to say a man is a Democrat conveys no distinct idea of his politics except that he is not a Whig; and the Whigs also have their divisions on the Slave question.

  23. One of the first sights I witnessed was a funeral, but not the solemn, imposing ceremony which that word conveys to English ears.

  24. Like other males, the bull sometimes suffers from inflammation of the canal which conveys the urine through the penis, and a whitish mucopurulent discharge forms in consequence.

  25. To the head of the house is given a name which may be translated as administrator, major-domo, or director of works, but conveys no idea of relationship.

  26. The word vanity conveys to us a disagreeable idea.

  27. The foremost section of the ventral vessel henceforth always conveys blood from the heart, and so acts as an artery; the hind section of the same vessel brings the blood from the body to the heart, and so becomes a vein.

  28. Also that alcoholism in the parents conveys a predisposition to the child.

  29. Sometimes the denomination is correct and sometimes incorrect, and very often, even when correct, it conveys a wrong impression.

  30. In a variety of actions which, from a human standpoint, seem meaningless and frivolous, he conveys to her his love, and the boundless appreciation of her worth.

  31. There is no single English word that conveys exactly the same idea.


  32. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "conveys" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.