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Example sentences for "dan"

Lexicographically close words:
damsel; damsell; damsels; damson; damsons; danari; dance; danced; dancer; dancers
  1. De creeturs 'uz all hail feller wid ole Brer Tarrypin, en no sooner is he seed Brer Mink dan he bow 'im howdy.

  2. But no sooner is Brer Buzzud crope in de bumbly-bee nes' dan Brer Tarrypin take'n roll a great big rock front er de hole.

  3. Thomas's works, and part of the mansion--down; the manager was obliged to take up his quarters under a shed.

  4. He whose reckless ambition sighed for worlds to conquer, is himself conquered by the strong hand of death.

  5. Before their conversion to Christianity, the Africans firmly believed that after death they would return to Africa, and there enjoy uninterrupted felicity.

  6. The life of a glacier is dependent upon the continued deposition of snow in aggregate amount in excess of that which is lost by melting or by other depleting processes.

  7. Near the Whirlpool it has been in part excavated by Bowman Creek, thus revealing walls that are well glaciated.

  8. Series of diagrams to illustrate the evolution of ideas concerning the uplift of the lake region since the ice age.

  9. Diagrams to show the nature of delta deposits as exhibited in section.

  10. Coast of California (after a photograph by Fairbanks).

  11. An explanatory list of abbreviations used in the reading references follows the List of Illustrations.

  12. Map to show how a fault may be indicated by abrupt changes in strike and dip 61 46.

  13. Usually before any satisfactory geological map can be prepared, a contoured topographic map of the district to be studied must be available.

  14. Borax deposits upon the floor of Death valley, California (after a photograph by Fairbanks).

  15. Such a depression in the ice surface about the margin of a nunatak, from its resemblance to a trench about an ancient castle, has been designated a moat (Fig.

  16. Map of the Great Lakes region to show isobases and hinge lines of uptilt.

  17. Map of the north polar regions, showing the area of drift ice and the tracks of the Jeannette and the Fram (compiled from various maps).

  18. One of the most distinguished of American geologists, Dr.

  19. Recent Changes of Level in the Yakutat Bay Region, Alaska, Bull.

  20. Don't mind what Dan says; you'll have to stay.

  21. There was a particularly choice spot for fishing at a distance of three-quarters of a mile from Dan Dunn's outfit, and I travelled the road to it half a dozen times.

  22. I did not know until the next morning how severely their systems were strained; but it happened at sunrise on that day that I was at my ablutions on the edge of the river when Dan Dunn's gong turned the silent forest into a bedlam.

  23. Illustration: THE MESS TENT AT NIGHT] If you came upon Dan Dunn on Broadway, he would look as awkward as any other animal removed from its element; yet on a forest trail not even Davy Crockett was handsomer or more picturesque.

  24. Yet Dan Dunn was distinctly a cleanly man, fond of frequent splashing in the camp toilet basins--the Kootenay River and its little rushing tributaries.

  25. Illustration: DAN DUNN ON HIS WORKS] More tremendous force is used in railroad blasting than most persons imagine.

  26. But a fairly representative bit of mountain work is that which I found Dan Dunn superintending, as the factotum of the contractor who undertook it.

  27. Het was haar niet duidelyk geweest, of hy in die kroeg geraakt, dan wel gebleven was onder de volksmenigte die er vóór stond.

  28. Styntje moest toch weten dat-i de funktie van zieleherder die ze hem zoo gul opdroeg, niet geheel onwaard was, en ook dat-i meer wist dan hy in z'n kort leventje met eigen oogen kon gezien hebben.

  29. By deze gelegenheid dan had ze haar koets verlaten, en was van haar gevolg afgeraakt.

  30. Menigeen toont zich wat wulpscher dan noodig en behoorlyk is, omdat-i te weinig te doen heeft, of te .

  31. Het "nil humani alienum" moge dan al niet juist in wysgeerigen zin 'n artikel in hun dagelykschen kathechismus wezen, toch is dat woord op hen van volle toepassing in stoffelyke en maatschappelyke beteekenis.

  32. M'n bedoeling is nagenoeg, dat 'n gezonde beenbreuk my minder gevaarlyk voorkomt dan 't stikken in vermuffing.

  33. All this sensation-mong---- DAN drowns her speech by deftly pouring the spoonful of medicine down her throat.

  34. Doesn't it all go to show-- She hears DAN return, and looks round apprehensively.

  35. They lay pretty much everything to us now," remarked Dan Martin.

  36. Nothing to shoot," said Dan Martin, "and no powder nor shot either.

  37. Or we may join the ram," remarked Dan Martin.

  38. Not before I set a match to this," exclaimed Dan Cassell viciously.

  39. For a moment Dan stood stock-still with doubled up fists and a scowl on his not unhandsome, though weak and vicious features.

  40. This appeared to enrage Dan Cassell the more.

  41. Crafty Dan Cassell was playing his cards well, for a purpose that will be seen ere long.

  42. So saying Dan took the Norwegian by the arm and led him in through a gate in a whitewashed picket fence.

  43. The next instant the pugnacious Dan Cassell found himself upon his back, regarding a multitude of constellations.

  44. He was up in a flash, but as he rose to his feet Dan Cassell, evidently excited by what he deemed a great triumph, aimed a savage blow at him.

  45. In the meantime Roy had skillfully avoided Dan Cassell's blow, and was aggressively on the defensive.

  46. This done, Dan Cassell collected several scraps of litter and made quite a pile of it.

  47. It was the northern landmark of the land, as Beersheba was its southern, giving rise to the term "from Dan to Beersheba.

  48. Hence, to show the extent of the land, they said "from Dan to Beersheba," which was 150 miles in a straight line.

  49. Us boys drove more railroad spikes at St. Sulpice dan a colonel has cooties.

  50. Dey made me de gang boss--I'se got mo' niggers dan ol' cunnel had in de Fust Service Battalion.

  51. Lily went th'oo more battles dan you has sense.

  52. They must have had a pump or well around a place like this," And while Dan discovered the broken, half-choked cistern at the back of the Old Light, Freddy watched the sick man.

  53. But, though the storm blew over, as such springtime storms will, Dan had learned a lesson, and felt that he never again wished to venture on the dizzy heights where wise heads turn and strong feet falter.

  54. I don't know your names, but I want you all to come with Dan to my party.

  55. Even Dan had a few qualms,--just enough to send him, with the sturdy sense of his rough kind, out into the widest sweep of briny air within his reach.

  56. And when at last Brother Bart did fall asleep in the grey glimmer of the early dawn, it was a very pale, shaking, dizzy Dan that crept out on the open deck beyond the staterooms for a breath of fresh air.

  57. And then as briefly as he could Dan told the adventure of the morning.

  58. She told about bright, brave, plucky Dan and Aunt Winnie, of the scholarship at St. Andrew's and of the Little Sisters of the Poor.

  59. After a moment's pause, Dan added, in a voice that had grown low and reverent: "That God was calling me to His own.

  60. Then I heard Dan come tearing through the brush.

  61. It was some time before I could persuade Dan to drop him.

  62. I stayed at that camp four days, nursing Dan and myself, before we were able to start for home; and then we had to go, for fear we'd be starved out.

  63. I set down my plate, telling Dan to watch it, seized my rod, tied on a cast of white and gray millers, and struck hurriedly through the bushes toward the other side of the cove, where I thought I could get a fair cast.

  64. I think I began by declaring that Dan was not much to look at.

  65. Papa sat down on the front bench by us instead of going over to his Sunday place in the corner, where he always sat with Captain Jones and Uncle Dan and the other men.

  66. Mama didn't say so, but I knew Papa and Uncle Dan were going to dress up Mister Ward.

  67. That's what worried me and Dan both when he got elected Justice of the Peace.

  68. Papa, the doctor, and Uncle Dan rushed on toward him, while everybody standing in the front of the church just sort of melted back against the walls-tramping one another's feet as they scrambled out of the way.

  69. Uncle Dan and Wallace Goode's papa were at the woodpile chopping kindling.

  70. As Uncle Dan and the other men started tossing in four-bit pieces, it got heavier and heavier.

  71. Doctor Elton hurried on around me, but before he could get to the door, Papa came elbowing his way down the aisle, Uncle Dan right behind him.


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

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    dance hall; dance looby; dance with; dancing girl; dancing master; dancing school; danger from; danger signal; dangerous consequence; dangerous thing; dangers from; dans les; dans son; dans une