When life's shattered cordsof music Shall again be sweetly sung; Then our hearts with life immortal, Shall be young, forever young.
Thy house shall be bound with pinions To mansions of rest above, But grace shall forge all the fetters With the links and cords of love.
I turned to go; but as I turned The gloomy sea grew bright, And from my heart there seemed to flow Ten thousandcords of light.
Nevertheless, he produced deerskin cords and bound the boy's wrists, not so tightly that the cords hurt, but with ingenious lacings that Henry knew he could neither slip nor break.
If you will not suffer me to tie the cords I shall call the help of other warriors.
Long cords were fastened to those on the breast, the ends of which were tied fast, high up to the center pole.
It is held over the smudge and placed to one side, the cords untied, and the tongues taken out and distributed to all who are now in the tipi.
When undoing the cords the words are: "Buffalo I take some.
Bring him before the bar of reason, bind him with the strong cords of prayer.
The cords were cutting into my flesh, my position was torture; another half-hour and reason or life must have given way.
And it was none too soon, for the sawdust entering my mouth and nostrils when I breathed, I was pretty nigh choked--to say nothing of the oppression I suffered from the cords that pinned my arms and Rodrigues lying upon my back.
He filled the ears of his people with wax, and suffered them to bind him with cords firmly to the mast.
So saying he stripped the body of its armor, and fastening cords to the feet tied them behind his chariot, leaving the body to trail along the ground.
Cunning cords the holy Church has, Cords of softest silk they be; Put thy neck beneath the yoke, dear; Mine will follow, thou wilt see.
She was bound by cords which fettered her legs, held her arms motionless against her body, pressed the wet silk of her blouse against her breast and bruised the bare flesh of her shoulders.
The remaining captives were tied together and more cords were added to the bonds that bound Simon to the foot of the mast.
Why, you can see the very cords in his legs, where the flesh has decayed off; and the matter running out of his right eye has turned to stone.
The innkeeper immediately hurried toward them, and while Madame Danglars ordered a glass of brandy for the coachman, the latter went to the kitchen to get the nails and cords he required to fix his broken axle.
While Gratillet was talking he worked at Albert's cords with his teeth and nails, and finally succeeded in freeing him.
My right arm was sound, but the left one was broken at the shoulder joint, and on that side it was pulling on the cords and meat.
I wobbled much as a cut of wood drawn by two cords would have.
But there was no occasion for Master Trench to cry out and struggle with the cords that bound him.
The binding of mediums with cords or tapes is a "precaution against fraud" which was thoroughly exposed fifty years ago.
While she sat bound with cords in the cabinet, a decanter of wine was lifted from the table, and a glass put to the lips of each sitter.
Captain Hunt was wise enough to retire without replying, and the next morning the Indians armed with cords and switches, gave a severe whipping to the brigands, for having assumed the Comanche paint and war-whoop.
The shining naves Were silver; silver cords and cords of gold The seat upbore; two crescents[19] blazed in front.
Jerry and Mr. Glassford climbed up to a long, narrow platform, suspended above the roof of the cabin of the airship, and held up by cords attached to the net holding the gas bag.
The big gas bag tugged and swayed in the network of cords as if anxious to be free.
Across the room, above the deep fireplace, two crossed machetes dangled from cords attached to the wall.
Only a moment then was required to untie the cords which held her feet.
To Penny's surprise, Lorinda gave one of its long gold cords a jerk.
Near him again there was an arrangement like a medieval rack, only that instead of having a wheel or a lever the cords were drawn by heavy weights.
It took time, for the hussies had drawn the cords until they bit into the muscles, and maybe I was twenty minutes about getting loose.
In the night he revived, contrived to draw his knife, cut the cords that bound his hands, and make his way to an Indian village.
Some two hours before sunset Black Hawk again came to where I was bound, and having loosened the cords with which I was fastened to a tree, my arms still remaining confined, bade me follow him.
They were securely tied with cords to trees and left to meditate, but were occasionally buffeted by my young men when passing near them.
Many of these figures were doubtless worn suspended around the neck, or hung on the walls of houses, as several are pierced with holes, through which cords have evidently passed.
He made a binding covenant with me to cut the cords Of patience, when we two embraced upon the parting day.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cords" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
