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Example sentences for "expressions"

Lexicographically close words:
expressible; expressing; expression; expressional; expressionless; expressive; expressively; expressiveness; expressly; expressman
  1. And it is obvious, notwithstanding some unguarded expressions to the contrary, that Hamilton does regard "the thing in itself" as partially known.

  2. He does not pretend that this classification is complete, but he held these "Predicaments" to be the most universal expressions for the various relations of things, under some one of which every thing might be reduced.

  3. Past and future are expressions only suitable to generation which proceeds through time.

  4. I know not all I uttered, but when I recovered I remember many wild expressions that escaped my lips.

  5. There was something in the solemnity of his expressions that alarmed her, coming from one so gay and apparently thoughtless.

  6. Elizabeth was furious, and her expressions of resentment were scathing.

  7. In fact the whole country was sown with spies, and there was not much difficulty in obtaining information of treasonable speeches, when hasty expressions of discontent counted for treason.

  8. Buckingham had consulted soothsayers, and was reputed to have used compromising expressions about tyrants and the succession.

  9. It was enough to have a record of the use of disloyal expressions, or even of the concealment of the knowledge that such expressions had been used.

  10. Matthew's Bible, issued next year, to which Cranmer's expressions of satisfaction were applied.

  11. Such expressions sound very like the arguments of the Modernists; but Newman assuredly never contemplated that they would be turned against the policy of his own Church, in the interests of the critical rationalism which he abhorred.

  12. In which nothing is added to the Original Text; but those Words and Expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a Family.

  13. Wilding (that is the man's name) was full of expressions of gratitude towards these gentlemen.

  14. But I do not wonder that so fabulous and high-flown an author as Heraclides should embellish the truth of the story with expressions about Hyperboreans and the great sea.

  15. Such was the bitterness he used in his language; and numerous similar expressions might be adduced from his written remains.

  16. The Romans, in the meanwhile, longed for his return, and oftentimes by their expressions in the theaters, gave public testimony of their great desire and impatience to see him.

  17. There are several expressions recorded, in which he used her name perhaps with too much rhetoric, and too little self-respect, in his attacks upon his adversaries.

  18. Such expressions as these may belong perhaps to a more sublime and accomplished virtue.

  19. It should seem that the young man had an attachment for Philip, and so at this time one of his expressions to him was, that he no longer appeared to him the handsomest, but the most deformed of all men, after so foul an action.

  20. Let no man fancy that these sometimes exuberant expressions of a noble and far-seeing faith by your own predecessors and by a prescient foreigner have been revived in derision or even in doubt.

  21. His expressions unfortunately resemble those of modern Unitarians, but his position is vitally different.

  22. Such metaphorical expressions may pass for the poetry of pathology, but hitherto have stood in the way of deep research.

  23. Expressions of pity and contempt tinged the features of those who looked on at the death of a man's honor.

  24. Shortly after her first appearance on deck following the tragedy, Monsieur Thuran joined her with many expressions of kindly solicitude.

  25. Yet he was very kindly in his expressions of interest in you.

  26. If the latter, how do we vary Expressions to paint that Wickedness which we are resolve to prove inhabits the Mind we think proper to condemn?

  27. Even if there were no such unmistakable expressions as these, the most cursory glance into Saint-Simon's writings is enough to reveal the thread of connexion between the ingenious visionary and the systematic thinker.

  28. This was a distinct advance, and he was able to obtain expressions for the coefficients in partition series in some of the simplest cases (Trans.

  29. Governor, after a short pause, during which he appeared to be weighing and deducing inferences from the expressions just uttered.

  30. After this followed expressions of endearment no woman might address except to an affianced lover, or the husband of her choice; and his heart sickened while he read.

  31. I pity Halloway from my soul, and feel the deepest interest in his pretty and unhappy wife; but that is no reason why one should attach importance to the incoherent expressions wrung from her in the agony of grief.

  32. Sir Everard fancied the ear of his captain was alone listening to these expressions of his feeling, or in all probability he would not have uttered them.

  33. Her expressions are more exalted than poetic; and discover taste, as you say, rather than discover flights of fancy and wild ideas, as one should expect.

  34. I am Much obliged to you for the many civil and kind expressions in your letter, and for the friendly information you give me.

  35. There are many beautiful and poetic expressions in it.

  36. We have often observed, that children have been much entertained with comparing the accidental circumstances they have met with, and the unpremeditated expressions used in conversation, with any general maxim.

  37. The epithets which we use in speaking of animals, and our expressions of countenance, have great influence on the minds of children.

  38. We cannot, however, avoid thinking it is a contradiction to inspire young people with a wish to excel, and at the same time to insist upon their repressing all expressions of satisfaction if they succeed.

  39. Association makes slight circumstances agreeable to children; if we do not know these associations, we are surprised at their expressions of delight.

  40. Turnbull; "one can't use uncivil expressions even to a--deity.

  41. He read how the Mesopotamians had a god named Sho (sometimes pronounced Ji), and that he was described as being very powerful, a striking similarity to some expressions about Jahveh, who is also described as having power.

  42. Besides these visits, the lovers found ready means for exchanging their expressions of affection through the faithful Huron, Oonomoo, who made stated journeys from Captain Prescott's mansion to his post.

  43. He was a great favorite with the whites, who appreciated his chivalrous faithfulness and fidelity, and loaded him with many expressions of their esteem.

  44. The business of keeping the sanity of the world intact as against the wilder expressions of social discontent, and the uglier expressions of personal envy and greed, may seem to lack zest and originality today.

  45. The Commedia is, of course, full of expressions of contrition for former error; of frank recognition that the writer has gone astray in the past, and hopes to keep straight in the future.

  46. Now we find flippant expressions and vulgar gestures.

  47. That they tender to his family these expressions of their affectionate esteem for him as a personal friend as well as for his service as a public man, and their sincere sympathy with them in their peculiar and irreparable bereavement.

  48. In paying tributes of respect and affection to departed friends I know how hard it is to impose restraint upon our partiality for them and how strong the temptation to indulge in expressions of exaggerated eulogy.

  49. Men of all parties vied with each other in their expressions of regret at his death and in their sympathy for his bereaved family.

  50. He was of those who struggle, and, to use one of the noblest expressions of the Bible, of those who by their perseverance conquer their souls.

  51. Naturally, the pope was not sparing of expressions of sympathy, but he also repeated to them the remarks and counsels which they had already heard so often.

  52. Francis's anxiety must have been great; he could not understand these dilatory measures, these expressions of affection which never led to a categorical approbation.

  53. Their inconsistency with his expressions and manner in conversation, or at least their great exaggeration of what he conveyed in familiar talk, has struck me very forcibly and unpleasantly.

  54. His denunciations were the most extreme, and his expressions of contempt and ill-will were wholly unbridled.

  55. I was naturally gratified at the expressions of relief and satisfaction of the officers of the post to have me in person among them.

  56. The General-in-Chief accompanied me to the room of the Secretary of War, and Mr. Stanton added to my sense of obligation by warm expressions of personal good-will.

  57. I know by many expressions uttered by Burnside during those days and afterward, that though he was deeply grieved at some things which had occurred, he did not waver in his loyal friendship to McClellan.

  58. For such axiomatic expressions as these, Taine has been applauded by the most learned of every land.

  59. Happy expressions showed that their source was happy hearts.

  60. He saw them, and with expressions of surprise explained that he had just turned in for a cup of coffee.

  61. He was most gentlemanly in his expressions of condolement with the family in their distress; he sat with them, moreover, much longer than was permissible under the circumstances by the code of society.

  62. But the truth is, that there was no particular time in which I had any thing particular to say; and general expressions of good will, I hope, our long friendship is grown too solid to want.


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