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Lexicographically close words:
earless; earlie; earlier; earliest; earliness; earmark; earmarked; earmarks; earn; earned
  1. Zabern, his somewhat grim and hard nature touched by Trevisa's early and mournful ending.

  2. A romance of Detroit in the time of Pontiac, of which the Philadelphia Times says: "A very interesting work, and one that gives a vivid picture of life among the early settlers on the frontier.

  3. If you aver that you are in reality Barbara Lilieska, the elder daughter of Thaddeus, what answer will you give to those who challenge you to produce the proofs of Thaddeus's early marriage?

  4. The Czernovese were not disposed to retire early on such a festal eve as this.

  5. My early faith," murmured Barbara to herself, "has never changed.

  6. Cannot," continued the premier, fixing a wistful look upon the face of the young princess, "cannot your Highness be persuaded to return to your early faith?

  7. Early this morning the Convent of the Transfiguration was seized and occupied by a regiment of the Paulovski Guards.

  8. A sabre-cut marked his left cheek, for he had known fighting from early days.

  9. Then we may expect the Czar's envoy at an early date," he replied.

  10. Who will believe your word, unsupported by evidence, that the late Prince Thaddeus had contracted an early and secret marriage?

  11. Early on the morning of the day prior to the coronation, Radzivil and Zabern sought the presence of the princess.

  12. Early in the siege the major in command, with two or three officers, yielding to a spirit of fear strange in English soldiers, proposed in council an unconditional surrender.

  13. My reading, in early youth, had been extremely miscellaneous.

  14. Among the favourite authors of his early years were the heroic poets of Italy.

  15. She early contracted a friendship for the little Emily, who was indeed for the most part committed to her care.

  16. The sentiments of friendship which early disclosed themselves between me and the member of this amiable family daily became stronger.

  17. These early modes of reflection were by no means indifferent to my present enquiries.

  18. At this early hour every thing was quiet; no sound of any thing human saluted my ear.

  19. At an early age I attracted the favourable notice of Mr. Collins, this gentleman's steward, who used to call in occasionally at my father's.

  20. His father led him, from early youth, to the labours and the sports of the field, and there was little congeniality between his pursuits and those of Laura.

  21. When I had proceeded as far as the early pages of my third volume, I found myself completely at a stand.

  22. A form eminently athletic is, perhaps, always well proportioned; and one of the qualifications that women are early taught to look for in the male sex, is that of a protector.

  23. I was therefore extremely surprised to find it called out of its order, early on the morning of the second day.

  24. In early life my mind had been much engrossed by reading and reflection: my intercourse with my fellow mortals was occasional and short.

  25. Like most young men of his class, Lord Selbie was rather wild at Oxford, and displayed a certain amount of diablerie in London during his quite early manhood.

  26. Lady Wolfer looked at her curiously, with an expression which Nell did not understand at that early period of their acquaintance.

  27. As the train left the station, the boys from the book stall came along with the early edition of the evening papers.

  28. He came, therefore, to the conclusion that she must be the offspring of some early and unfortunate attachment on the part of Thirlby, whose remorse might naturally be the consequence of his culpable conduct at that time.

  29. When he grew calmer, it was arranged that all should be in readiness at an early hour on the following morning; that a couple of horses should be provided; and that Amabel should be let down fully equipped for the journey.

  30. I therefore give you notice, that you may acquaint Leonard Holt with the dangerous situation of the poor girls, and contrive their escape in the early part of the night.

  31. One night, in the middle of November, Mr. Bloundel signified to his wife his intention of going forth, early on the following morning, to satisfy himself that the plague was really abating.

  32. His majesty's arrival has thrown everything into confusion, and if I do not look after the supper, which is commanded at an early hour, it will never be ready.

  33. She was a native of Holland, and came to England early in life, where she married Blaize's father, who died soon after their union.

  34. The old man informed them that his master had been summoned on a case of urgency early in the morning, and had not yet returned, neither was he aware whither he was gone.

  35. With this view, he proceeded to detail the piper's mysterious conduct as to the packet, and concluded by mentioning the piece of gold which Nizza wore as an amulet, and which she fancied must have some connection with her early history.

  36. My daughter was hurried into an early grave by a villain who won her affections and betrayed her.

  37. The church bells, which should have been tolling to early devotion, were now loudly ringing the alarm, while their towers were crowded, as were the roofs of most of the houses, with persons gazing towards the scene of devastation.

  38. According to his promise, Doctor Hodges visited the grocer's house early on the following day, and the favourable opinion he had expressed respecting Stephen Bloundel was confirmed by the youth's appearance.

  39. Prayers, as usual, concluded the day, and the family retired to rest at an early hour.

  40. Its surface was spotted, even at this early hour, with craft, while innumerable vessels of all shapes and sizes were moored, to its banks.

  41. Brought up together from an early age, the grocer's daughter and the young apprentice had at first regarded each other as brother and sister.

  42. To-morrow, at as early an hour as you can make convenient, I shall hope to see you.

  43. This discourse, however, insensibly took a serious turn, and the grocer became fully convinced that his daughter was not merely reconciled to the early death that to all appearance awaited her, but wishful for it.

  44. He left this afternoon; came and stayed but a little time, and left so early that there has been time and to spare for him to get back to Clavering Close a dozen times over.

  45. Wondered how the dickens you came to be there, and what on earth had called you back home so early after you'd told me not to expect you until twelve.

  46. He left to come over here early this afternoon, and said he would not be long, but he did not return even for dinner.

  47. When we recall that magic prime, We needs must weep its early death.

  48. Thus Murray's early youth was passed in the mingled influences of Unitarianism at home, and of Cathedral services at York, and in the church where Becket suffered martyrdom.

  49. Others have followed this well-beaten road to the same early and quiet end as his.

  50. We learn that Mr. Kipling's early tales were written as part of hard daily journalistic work in India; written in torrid newspaper offices, to fill columns.

  51. TEARS Mourn that which will not come again, The joy, the strength of early years.

  52. Early in the present century the old ruinous college buildings of St. Salvator's ceased to be habitable, except by a ghost!

  53. Very early in 1891 he visited Egypt, where it was thought that some educational work might be found for him.

  54. Early in October he decided to give up proof-reading: the confinement had already told on his health.

  55. Early in his letters he speaks of bad colds, and it is matter of tradition that he despised flannel.

  56. He fell early in love with a city, with a place--he lost his heart to St. Andrews.

  57. All things seemed pointing in one direction; and early on Monday morning, Madame de Groot asked leave of Madame Deventer to send back the chest of books to Gorcum.

  58. It irked him to think that an Orkney man should have sunk to the level of Gow, and the very fact of having known him in his early days made him the more anxious to bring him to justice.

  59. The travellers set off early in the morning, and now began the holiday of both governess and pupil.

  60. Quite early Emilie was at her post, and was grieved to see that Miss Webster still looked haggard and suffering, and as if she had not slept.

  61. From what I have told you already, you will easily perceive that Emilie was accustomed to command her temper; she had been trained to do this early in life.

  62. The Countess of Exeter died greatly beloved and respected at the early age of twenty-four, having been married nearly seven years.

  63. Having completed his New Testament, he returned early in the latter year to Antwerp to get it printed.

  64. Peel was an inveterate gambler, and an admittedly fine whist player, and even so late as the early eighties might be seen daily at the Turf Club at the 2 and 10 table, and a pony on the rub.

  65. It was one morning early in 1860 that I proudly saw my name in the Gazette—as a full-blown ensign.

  66. Henry Plantagenet Hastings was gathered to his fathers at the early age of twenty-six, and almost before the howls of the mob had ceased to ring in one’s ears.

  67. Great excitement meanwhile prevailed at the Tower; the route had come, the mess was closed, and everybody was packing in preparation for an early departure for Ireland.

  68. Whilst on the fascinating but occult science of racing, the licence invariably accorded by an indulgent public will not it is hoped be here withheld if one jumps for a moment into the early seventies, an era, alas!

  69. Men seldom returned but in parties of twos or threes, and so it was that the Major’s “lady” found herself constrained to hug the walls of the grim old fortress during the early hours of that memorable night in the long-ago sixties.

  70. This ancient Castle was doubtless a stronghold of the Saxons in very early times, for it was found in the possession of Edwin of Mercia at the Norman Conquest, and was granted by William the Conqueror to his nephew, Hugh Lupus.

  71. In following his course we will be led to observe the early stages of his changing opinions on great questions of State, and to trace the causes which led to his present advanced views as well as to his exalted position.

  72. It was early in life that he distinguished himself as an author, as well as an orator and debater in the House of Commons.

  73. He was fortunate in his parentage, but no less so in his early associations, both in and out of school.

  74. The custom was observed in Mr. Gladstone's early days even more than at the present.

  75. Arthur Hallam wrote: "Whatever may be our lot, I am confident that he is a bud that will bloom with a richer fragrance than almost any whose early promise I have witnessed.

  76. Early in the morning of June 8th the momentous division took place, and it was found that the Government, instead of getting a majority, was defeated by thirty votes.

  77. The Glynnes lived in Oxfordshire till early in the eighteenth century, when they built themselves a small house, which was on the site of the present Castle.

  78. It is a tribute to the memory and worth of one of his early friends at Eton.

  79. Gladstone, until he leaves the parental home for school, which he does in 1821, at the early age of eleven.

  80. Early next morning, I saw a fine black duck fluttering upon the line.

  81. Going early one morning to fodder the cattle, John found Uncle Joe feeding his cows with his master's hay, and as it had diminished greatly in a very short time, he accused him in no measured terms of being the thief.

  82. Gentle child, of coarse, unfeeling parents, few shed more sincerely a tear for thy early fate than the stranger whom they hated and despised.

  83. We slept at the house of kind friends, and early in the morning resumed our long journey, but minus one of our party.

  84. He went early this morning to get the wheat ground at the mill.

  85. Strange as it may appear, these men made good farmers, and steady, industrious colonists, working as well above ground as they had toiled in their early days beneath it.

  86. Oh, the days when I was young, A playful little boy, When my piping treble rung To the notes of early joy.

  87. As the early sun streamed upon the most prominent of these, leaving the others in deep shade, the effect was strangely novel and imposing.

  88. This seemed strange to me in the early part of September, but it is very common in Canada.

  89. Early in the morning I had the satisfaction of finding that it had risen high above the rim of the pot, and was surrounded by a fine crown of bubbles.

  90. I had heard distant thunder from an early hour in the morning, which, from the eastward, is rather an unusual occurrence.

  91. The night was intensely cold, and I did not rise so early as usual in the morning.

  92. And yet it is difficult to suppress the impression one receives that much in Egyptian art and in the Egyptian religion suggests early outside influences.

  93. Colonel Sutherland was out of doors early next morning, as was his wont.

  94. Everything was early this year, he thought to himself, as with a calm and placid pleasure he enjoyed the air, the light, and the cold yet dewy and sparkling freshness of the morning.

  95. This terror and compunction worked its way silently as the early wintry night came on.

  96. In the early days of ironclads there were various theories as to the best fighting-formations.

  97. This system of fighting enabled Sir John French to report, quite early in the campaign, that "The British Flying Corps has succeeded in establishing an individual ascendancy which is as serviceable to us as it is damaging to the enemy.

  98. Illustration: Early Breech-loading Cannon The first was an Armada weapon.

  99. Early in the first day I saw a sail dimly outlined in the misty air.

  100. The icebergs coming down on the Arctic Current hold the season back, and early June on the Banks is much like April on the Massachusetts coast.

  101. As I slowly brought our boat alongside, some of the crew were in evidence, getting ready for their day's work, and they seemed perplexed to account for our early morning call.

  102. So, one Sunday morning in early April, I drifted down to his home, as I had done so many times before.

  103. Her immoderate love of music was the cause of the early modification of her voice.

  104. In the early days of the opera it certainly was charming to see the skaters come on accompanied by a pretty chorus and a rhythm from the violins regulated by that of the dancers.

  105. Furthermore, he wrote badly, for his early education was neglected.

  106. At a council of ministers, held early on the 9th, M.

  107. The latter came to ask satisfaction of Vaillant for having dared to disturb a personage of the Prince's importance at so early an hour.

  108. He endeavoured to remedy the defects in a roundabout way as early as October, '66, by appointing a commission to draw up a plan for the reorganization of the army.

  109. They either chose to forget, or were ignorant of the fact, that a novel of that kind, especially in the early days of serial feuilleton, was not delivered to the editor bit by bit.

  110. Few men have been so uniformly successful, but he also had his early struggles, "when perhaps I did better work than I have done since.

  111. Her candour about her early want of education increased the interest.

  112. It was generally known in France at that time that, in the early days of locomotion by steam, Queen Victoria had held a similar objection.

  113. If these notes are ever published, the reader will gather from the foregoing that, unlike many Englishmen brought up in Paris, I was allowed from a very early age to mix with all sorts and conditions of men.

  114. It gets dark early in November, and the Empress dreaded to be overtaken by darkness in the forest, even amidst a crowd.

  115. Within a comparatively short time of her husband's death, early in the seventies, Madame de Persigny contracted a second marriage, in direct opposition to the will of her family.

  116. A careful attention to the symptoms will enable us to distinguish the disease, in its early stages, in which we may undoubtedly combat it with frequent success.

  117. This occurs both in the early and late stages of the disease, and may become a formidable symptom.

  118. Melancholy, and a disposition for reverie, attend the early stages of the complaint; and there is sometimes an uncommon irritability of mind.

  119. The settlements in the early years depended exclusively upon game for their meat, and Boone was the mightiest of all the hunters, so that upon him devolved the task of keeping his people supplied.

  120. The attack was made early on the morning of August 5.

  121. Toward the early part of the day at Antietam it merely took its share in the charging and long-range firing, together with the New York and Vermont regiments which were its immediate neighbors in the line.

  122. His father was one of those men who were found on the frontier in the early days of the western movement, always changing from one place to another, and dropping a little lower at each remove.

  123. Lowell had advanced early in the morning on the right, and his attack prevented the disaster on that wing which fell upon the surprised army.

  124. Early the following morning the Merrimac, now under Captain Jones (for Buchanan had been wounded), again steamed forth to take up the work she had so well begun and to destroy the Union fleet.

  125. His family was poor, his mother was left early a widow, and he was forced after a very limited education to go out into the world to fight for himself He had strong within him the adventurous spirit of his race.

  126. In May, he went to Virginia with his regiment, where he was engaged in resisting and following Mosby, and the following summer he was opposed to General Early in the neighborhood of Washington.

  127. He defeated Early at Winchester and again at Fisher's Hill, while General Torbert whipped Rosser in a subsequent action, where the rout of the rebels was so complete that the fight was known as the "Woodstock races.

  128. Early in his youth, he embarked on the adventurous career of a backwoods surveyor, exactly as Washington and so many other young Virginians of spirit did at that period.

  129. Abraham Lincoln was born into a family who were not only poor, but shiftless, and his early days were days of ignorance, and poverty, and hard work.

  130. Early in the day he sent men, under Nichols and Herrick, to get into the rear of Baum's position.

  131. They were young men together on the Rand gold-fields in the early days.

  132. That was in the early days of Rhodes and Barney Barnato--long before I went to Canada.

  133. Having displayed musical aptitude at a very early age, he was placed in the Royal Academy of Music.

  134. Hence we find more decided contrapuntal effects, the canon and fugue forms, and even the plain, serious style of the early devotional music of the Church in the days of Gregory and Palestrina.

  135. In this sublime masterpiece, the early oratorio reached its highest form in Germany.

  136. His father was a double-bass player in the orchestra in that city, and devoted his son at a very early age to his own profession.

  137. He received his early instruction in composition from Lucas and Dr.

  138. The early composers harmonized it in various forms.

  139. He left London early in November, arriving in that city, after many delays, on the 18th.

  140. The ballet played a prominent part in all the early oratorios, and the composer has also left detailed instructions for its guidance.

  141. The buffoonery and profanity of the early exhibitions, however, gradually wore away when the Church assumed the monopoly of them and forbade secular performances.

  142. The author of the commission was one Count von Walsegg, living in the village of Stuppach, whose wife had died early in 1791.

  143. The book is particularly rich in incidents connected with the early career of Mr. Lincoln; and it is without exception the most satisfactory record of his life that has yet been written.

  144. He began his musical studies at a very early age.

  145. First, the Mowers, stooping over their scythes, and moving with measured paces through the early morning mists, interrupted at intervals by the freshening music of the whetstone.

  146. Or if you are in time to observe them before the Sun has dried the dew from off them in the early morning, they look like robes of fairy tissue-work, gemmed with innumerable jewels.

  147. These are the chief appearances of the early part of this month which appertain exclusively to the Spring.

  148. It will be well if these early adventurers-forth do not encounter a cutting easterly blast; or still worse, a deceitful breeze, that tempts them to its embraces by its milder breath, only to shower diseases upon them.

  149. It is now much too late to stay in Town, and much too early to go into the Country.

  150. Very early the next morning he shaded his eyes with his hand and looked from his window into the darkness outside, and saw that it was snowing.

  151. Early on Monday morning they had started, two loads of them, including Abner Pickett and Gabriel, for Mooreville, the county-seat.

  152. It was early spring when Charlie's wife died; it was late August now.

  153. By the way," he said, "how early in the morning was it that you saw this line of stakes?

  154. Miss Dix has gone back to early Colonial days for the scene of her new historical novel, which brings before us a vivid picture of the trials and hardships of the early pioneers, and the heroism produced thereby.

  155. In the sitting-room, with his head resting on his hand, his face gray in the early morning light, he found his father.

  156. There was a lunch-room near by, and, remembering that Dannie had had nothing to eat since his early morning meal, he took the boy in and furnished him with food.

  157. Early in the morning she awoke Abner Pickett and told him that Dannie was ill.

  158. Early to bed and early to rise" is the rule in camp, and so when the stars came out we turned in.

  159. And his was only an extreme example of the common lot of the early generations of Christians.

  160. We left Cheyenne early in July, under the care of a paymaster of the U.

  161. Early next morning they are aroused from sleep by a tumult at their window.

  162. You spoke of my voyages just now: have you never heard the story of my early life?

  163. There is a story of some one of the great doctors of the early ages of Christianity having taught in the very ancient church which stands on the side of the piazza farthest from the Tiber.

  164. But nothing can be more lovely than the views of the hills around Rome in the fresh early hours of a May morning.

  165. The early painters can hardly be expected to delight us at first: we are shocked by the unnatural proportions, the grotesque countenances.

  166. The early Jesuits have left their traces in their churches, college squares now empty, and houses gone to wreck, while their labors in the cause of religion and civilization are recalled in the names of saints borne by the villages.

  167. Early in the next year, Tannûs Kerem of Safet was engaged as a native assistant.

  168. Before his return to the East, which was early in 1843, the Committee had expressed an opinion, that it was expedient to suspend further efforts at Jerusalem.

  169. Here the bishop slept, to be in readiness for early morning prayers, and he was pleased with the gift of a box of matches to light his lamp.

  170. Lyons and wife arrived at Beirût early in the following year.

  171. Early in the year, the parents were summoned before the vicar, and ordered to withdraw their sons from that school.

  172. The intelligence received from Adabazar early in this year, was most cheering.

  173. Hawes, visited the mission in the early part of 1844, and assisted in a meeting of the missionaries, which continued several days.

  174. It will tend greatly to strengthen the faith of Christians as to this result, to contemplate the grace of God as seen in the case of this early convert.

  175. The mission, as early as 1836, became sensible of a serious deficiency in their Arabic type.

  176. This early position of the mission is stated merely as historical truth.

  177. Mr. King's friends in Paris and in some other European cities, therefore, advanced the needful funds to enable him to start at once, and he landed at Malta early in November.


  178. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "early" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    ahead; already; anachronistic; ancient; antecedent; anterior; anticipatory; back; backward; before; beforehand; beforetime; behindhand; betimes; dated; earlier; early; elder; ere; erstwhile; first; fore; foregoing; forehand; forehanded; foresighted; former; heretofore; hitherto; immemorial; infancy; initial; late; old; older; once; overdue; past; preceding; precocious; prehistoric; premature; previous; previously; prime; primeval; primitive; prior; quondam; recent; remote; retroactive; retrospective; senior; sometime; tardy; then; unseasonable; yet


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    early autumn; early breakfast; early career; early childhood; early crop; early date; early days; early education; early infancy; early manhood; early marriage; early morn; early morning; early nineteenth; early part; early printed; early printing; early religion; early settler; early settlers; early society; early stage; early start; early summer; early work; early youth