But the Devas, wishing to save him from the results of such a noble deed, brought him presents of nuggets of gold with which to satisfy the demands of those who daily asked him for alms.
She worked for them, helped them to evade the demands of their former masters, and often sent them on their way toward the goal of their hopes and efforts, the mysterious North.
In no other way could it meet the increased demands upon its resources, for the sphere of the Sanitary Commission's usefulness had now extended to remotest States, and its vast machinery for distribution had become more and more expensive.
Finding the supply of work from this source inadequate to the demands for it, the Committee decided to obtain work from Government contractors, and to pay the women double the price paid by the contractors.
Thus an old man, when his pleasures abandon him, pretends to priority; and being convinced by fair trial that a bad habit is irrevocably lost, he firmly demands that he and his vice shall part.
It was chiefly his intimate friends, and his servants, who had demands against him: the wrong suffered by each was referred to the scales, and an equivalent given from the merits of the angry man.
This true demand would, of course, be based not only upon mere numerical excess of calls for labor over demands for jobs, but would also take into account the nature of the work, working conditions, and above all the prevailing level of wages.
The time had arrived when the syndicalists believed themselves able to compel the public to submit to any demands they might see fit to make.
The deepest interest attaches to many of the more complex exercises, while some of them make large demands on the courage and endurance of the young people.
But, as necessity demands intelligence from the historian, I must beg leave to mention the streets and their supposed number of houses.
Some of the first words after the creation, increase and multiply, are applicable to Birmingham; but as her own people are insufficient for the manufactures, she demands assistance for two or three miles round her.
If he demandsmoney from you, and you are minded to give it to him, let him have it in moderation.
But I find that this is not so; and of course I excuse you, because women so seldom know when or how to do that which business demands of them.
Her happiness demands it, and it is partly my fault that it is so.
If you'll think of it, how could they do it with all the demands they have on their time?
She never hesitated in her demands through bashfulness.
These testimonies only show, that conscience, in its unregenerate state, demands that the sinner be punished, and does not care whether that punishment does him good or harm, makes him better or worse.
Our clergy are generally pure-minded, well-intentioned men, less selfish and worldly than most men; but they are not equal to the demands of their position.
Conviction demands utterance; actions speak louder than words; but love is accustomed to hide itself away in the heart, and to be known only to its object, and that indirectly.
Therefore the Church only demands obedience, which it is in the power of all to render.
So that, after all, the plenary inspiration of the apostles does not bestow that infallibility upon our English Bible which this theory demands in order to give it authority.
A critical review of the Bible demands a consideration of the apocryphal as well as the canonical books, and the subject will be made more intelligible to the reader by giving a list of both.
For moderation in one's demands affords a way out of all difficulties, but it is the very nature of contentiousness that it cannot accomplish any of the objects which are essential.
And after writing down in a document such demands as nobody would have supposed that Belisarius would accept, they gave it to Stephanus.
To plead before a tribunal of such a nature and on such interests evidentlydemands qualifications of a special kind.
Now it is very difficult to satisfy the demands of duty to the poor by money alone.
I chose him because of his intense interest in the work, his intense desire to be of the party, and his evident mental and physical fitness for the rigorous demands of the Arctic.
In spite of my years, I felt fit for the demands of the coming days and was eager to be on the trail.
Man and the Eskimo dog are the only two machines capable of such adjustment as to meet the wide demands and contingencies of Arctic travel.
Such a hive, with us, as it does not furnish the honey in convenient, beautiful and salable forms, would not meet the demands of our cultivators.
Demands for perfection may be constant or occasional , realistic or otherwise while dealing with human or technological limitations .
A perfectionist can be one who demands perfection from oneself and/or from others.
The mind has to live up with the demands of the heart?
If she demands purity on the part of her male friends--sooner or later it will be accorded to her--if she insists upon it in her lover, her Prince Charming will come forth with the quality.
Vedic study; that which he owes to his manes, and which he relieves himself of by the perpetuation of his name in a son; and last, that which he owes to mankind, and which demands his incessantly practicing kindness and hospitality.
There is no other earthly possession with which it can be compared; consequently, we cannot be too careful in seeing that our lives conform to the necessary demands of the nature of this passion.
While feeling a security in its sense of ownership of the one loved, yet it asks and demands nothing, and can only bud, blossom, and ripen into its fullness in the atmosphere of kindness and absolute liberty.
The reciprocal relation of friendship demands sincerity, just in proportion as it becomes intimate, and this applies to all friendships, of whatsoever character.
One of the first demands of the young commonwealth in the woods was that its vigorous, passionate life should be regulated by the usages of civil law.
At parties and weddings, at picnics in the summer woods, he was the soul of melody; and with an eye to the high demands upon his art, he widened his range of selections and perfected according to native standards his inimitable technique.
And yet there is nothing that even religion more surely demands than the fostering of the sense of beauty within us, and through this also we work towards the civilization of the future.
And now, my Lord Savelli, for my question, which I pray you listen to; it demands all your wit.
I also receive very many letters of introduction, which of course make large demands upon my time.
All the essential demands of the papacy were refused, and thus was forever ended the papal power of laying an interdict upon a city or a people.
The demands for rapid transit had become more and more imperative as the years went by, and it was fair to assume that neither the courts nor the municipal authorities would be overzealous to find a narrow construction of the laws.
It is readily seen, then, that combinations of trains in motion may at certain times occur which will throw enormous demands for power upon a given section of the road.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "demands" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
