Zumpt examines at greater length the axiom, which he supposes to have been assumed by Gibbon as unquestionable, "that Italy and the Roman world was never so populous as in the time of the Antonines.
In his note, Mr. Hallam examines the passage from Tacitus (Agric.
From medals, inscriptions, and historians, he examines every title separately, and traces it from Augustus to the moment of its disappearing.
Sidenote: Analysis Naturally Follows Desire] As soon as a man begins to feel a real tug of desire for anything, he examines it with new, increased interest to make sure there isn't something the matter with it.
The Chevalier Folard examines this question in his remarks upon Polybius, l.
Miss Beauchamp takes up two shades of wool and examines them critically.
When he has gone, Lilian takes up Lady Chetwoode's knitting and examines it critically.
She lays her work upon the table before her and examines it critically.
To verify the matter, his friend once more examines the books in question, which results in his agreeing with our author, and his asking him to fill up this gap in the Arabic literature of the time.
Johnson was unquestionably in the right; and whoever examines himself candidly, will be satisfied of it, though the inconsistency between principles and practice is greater in some men than in others.
The minister of the parish examines the people as to their fitness, and to those of whom he approves gives little pieces of tin, stamped with the name of the parish as tokens, which they must produce before receiving it.
On Christmas Eve in the north he goes about clad in skins or straw and examines children; if they can say their prayers perfectly he rewards them with apples, nuts and gingerbreads; if not, he punishes them.
He stops and examines their condition with a grim smile.
There is a smell of burning; she examines his clothes, and looks up inquiringly.
There is nobody who is not in agreement with this truth, whether he meditates soberly in his study, or peaceably examines the truth with his friends.
Bentham, remembering the early bullying at Oxford, examines the catechism; and argues in his usual style that to enforce it is to compel children to tell lies.
To prove this, he examines what are the actual data provided by these senses, and shows, or tries to show, that we cannot from them alone construct the world of space and geometry.
She examines the fences thoroughly and after she finds the weak spots I fix them up.
In "the heroic period" the best man was the one who was competent to build a corner, and any one who examines one of the primitive buildings cannot but marvel at the skilful dovetailing done by the old-time cornerer.
Upon the strength of my being an artist, she examines me on the subject of Cuban beauty, and my replies are not unfavourable to Cachita and her countrywomen.
Everybody crowds into the latter, and examines the arrangements of each chamber with as deep an interest as if they were wandering through an old baronial mansion with cards of invitation from its absent owner.
The latter examines the message carefully to see that nothing is wanting, when, to my great joy, he returns it with the remark, that the indispensable stamps have not been affixed!
He examines it and says with a wave of his hand, 'Right in this car.
The physician examines my injuries and says he will be compelled to amputate both my feet.
Marx further examines the process by which money is transformed into capital and discovers that the form in which money circulates as capital is the inversion of the form in which it circulates as the universal equivalent.
Knowledge is therefore entirely relative, since it is limited to a given people and a given epoch, and their nature under transitory social and political forms, when it examines relations and forms conclusions.
Returns to bureau, takes out book and examines it, page by page, smiles and gives a sigh of relief.
He absent-mindedly examines a piece of bric-a-brac.
He cross-examines her so rigidly that ultimately she breaks down and confesses.
Examines them narrowly, scrutinizing the writing, and weighing them in his hand.
It was the terror of the soldier who examines the brazen battering ram, and says:--"The tower will crumble.
The savage frames his world by the realization of simple fancies suggested by slight analogies, where the man of culture examines the objective causes of phenomena under the guidance of scientifically established principles and accurate logic.
When he is at the door he returns, carefully examines the chair on which the Lawyer has been seated, passes his handkerchief over it, carries both chairs into the closet, examines the floor where the chairs stood, and precipitately exit.
Frederica is greatly embarrassed, while Gernau, unable to conceal his chagrin, and to keep his countenance, examines the satin.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "examines" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
