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Example sentences for "either end"

  • Two zouaves, seated in a lounging attitude at either end of the sofa, seemed to be laughing boisterously.

  • There was only some desultory firing at long range between parties posted at either end of the streets.

  • Beneath the shelf there is at either end a slip of wood which indicates that there was once a movable desk which could be pulled out when required.

  • From this the principal court was reached by passages at either end of the hall.

  • Move the slide to the other end of the [V]s, and make a similar test, adjusting the slide to take up any play at either end.

  • Assuming the crank pin and crank shaft to be axially true, one with the other, we may proceed to show separately the cause of the heating and that of the pounding, if the crank journal is too low at either end.

  • They had not taken Harvey from the canoe, but had let him lie there, while they lifted the canoe and carried it along, two boys at either end, bearing the weight with a stick stretched underneath to support it.

  • Along the two ends were ranged tiers of bunks, three at either end, making just enough for them.

  • They could make it out quite plainly, pitching slightly in the sea, with apparently some one at either end.

  • I have seen a log of the former twenty feet long, differing not more than an inch and a half in diameter at either end.

  • At either end of the lower stage stands a little table, to which the secretaries of the Senate are set with their tufted sleeves in the habit of civil lawyers.

  • At either end was a blackboard on the wall.

  • Automobiles will be at either end of the alley.

  • There were two doors, one at either end of the room, but there did not seem to be any windows.

  • Three entrances lead to this vast interior, one in the centre of the principal or south front, and one at either end of the building.

  • Most interesting views might be obtained from galleries constructed at either end of the building and around the dome, for the admission of the public to which some small charge might be made.

  • He crossed the Brindille on a bridge consisting of a tree trunk, with a handrail of rope, fastened at either end to a stake driven into the ground.

  • The net is fastened all along a big log of wood clamped with iron and is let down by two ropes on pulleys at either end of the boat.

  • His exaggerated mustache, long and straight and tapering to a point at either end in a single blond hair that could hardly be seen, seemed to weigh down the corners of his mouth and give a droop to his lips.

  • Entrance to the Temple directly from without is afforded by four great doorways, two at either end; each of these portals occupies a court between the center tower and the adjoining corner tower.

  • Flanking the official stands at either end of this auditorium are seats for officials in the Priesthood not directly called to officiate in the services of the day.

  • The rim is reached by a flight of seven steps at either end, with balustrade and top-rail of iron; five inside steps at either end provide for descent into the font.

  • The upper stand at either end of the room is covered by a canopy, supported by columns, and bearing on its front the designation of the order of Priesthood to which the end is devoted.

  • Of these, a hundred from the southern and a hundred from the northern villages seized the long canes at either end, and dragged the coffin up and down in competition until the canes were broken, when, the grave being dug, the body was buried.

  • At either end, this disappearing beach was hemmed in by rising ground and rocks, which at its eastern termination contained a little stream and basin of good water.

  • The string is of twisted fibre, with a loop at either end, made by taking a half-hitch and then twisting in the loose end for a short distance.

  • Some three paces before the steps of the dais on which sat the self-constituted judges was arranged a barrier of strong wooden posts tipped with iron, and two soldiers with drawn swords were on guard at either end.

  • Then, having posted them at either end of the corridor in which were the chambers occupied by the two girls, he laid a straight charge, and a heavy, upon them.

  • A stick forms the seat' at either end of it is a short stirrup; garters secure the stirrup leathers to the knees; there is a belt under the arms.

  • Poles of wood are very generally used as traces; a thong, or a few links of chain, being fastened at either end, by which to attach them.

  • Where there is difficulty in "stepping" a mast, use a bar across the thwarts and two poles, one lashed at either end of it, and coming together to a point above.

  • The rods of the one shown in the first illustration are bent in the form of a hook at the upper end, and two pieces of light tire iron, with holes in either end, are hung on these hooks.

  • The clamps are made of 3/16-in strap iron, of any desired width, conforming to the shape of the balustrade and provided with a hook at either end.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "either end" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    either alone; either bank; either branch; either case; either foot strikes the; either good; either hand; either house; either parent; either party; either simple; either the; either true; for myself; graven image; hand book; hurried back; just before; live for; much from; seventy thousand; special manner; strange expression; with the result that; words used; your honor