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Example sentences for "cuneus"

Lexicographically close words:
cuncta; cuncti; cunctis; cuneate; cuneiform; cunners; cunning; cunningest; cunningly; cunny
  1. The garrison consists of a cuneus equitum Dalmatarum, a cuneus equitum Constantianorum, and some equites sagittarii.

  2. After a short time the friend stopped and Cuneus took hold of the chain to lift it out, when to his astonishment he received a shock which knocked him over, broke his flask and sent him to bed to recover.

  3. In the year 1748 a Dutch experimenter named Cuneus thought he would try to electrify water.

  4. Unwittingly Cuneus had invented what became known thereafter as a Leyden jar, Leyden being the town in which he lived.

  5. Among the amphibians, at least Hypopachus cuneus nigroreticulatus, Eleutherodactylus rostralis, and Syrrhophus leprus are known to seek shelter in the mulch.

  6. Nocturnal amphibians that are terrestrial include Bufo marinus, Bufo valliceps valliceps, Eleutherodactylus rugulosus rugulosus, Syrrhophus leprus, and Hypopachus cuneus nigroreticulatus.

  7. The Anthocoridae are nearly related to the Cimicidae, but the wings are usually well developed and the forewing possesses cuneus and embolium as well as corium and clavus.

  8. The forewing in this family has a cuneus (fig.

  9. To prove this he poured some water into a glass flask, put it into communication with the prime conductor of an electrical machine, and for fear of accidents judiciously handed it over to Cuneus to hold.

  10. The shock received by Cuneus soon led up to the jar as we now know it.

  11. When they thought it was charged enough, Cuneus tried to disconnect the chain from the conductor, and thereupon received such a lively shock in his arms and chest that he dropped the bottle and smashed it to pieces.


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