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Example sentences for "extent"

Lexicographically close words:
extensive; extensively; extensiveness; extensor; extensors; extents; extenuate; extenuated; extenuating; extenuation
  1. Bruey, his agent, but also throughout the whole extent of the Island of Montreal.

  2. To some extent also they taught the savages various useful arts of life.

  3. This was so under the sway of the company, and continued to be so to a large extent after its privileges had been swept away.

  4. The French government had for some years been showing much zeal in sending out settlers to Canada, and it was chiefly owing to its efforts that the population had increased to the extent indicated by the census.

  5. They had shown how expert the colonial French had become in the methods of Indian warfare, and also to how large an extent they had themselves inbibed the Indian spirit.

  6. To what extent La Salle actually developed the property thus conceded to him is a matter of dispute.

  7. Every time the body comes down upon the raised heel with its full weight a slight shock or vibration is communicated throughout the entire extent of the spinal column, and the nervous mechanism is thereby injured.

  8. A person who suffers from this disease should avoid everything which tends to excite the nervous system, or increase to any great extent the action of the heart.

  9. The period of rest for the heart was shortened, though, perhaps, not to such an extent as would be inferred from the number of beats; for each contraction was sooner over.

  10. Long-continued boiling liberates the astringent and bitter principles upon which its stimulant effects to a great extent depend, and drives off with the steam the aromatic oil from which the agreeable taste is derived.

  11. The patient should take daily walks, increasing the length of the excursion from time to time, but not to the extent of producing fatigue.

  12. Incised wounds are those which are made with a sharp, cutting instrument, and are characterized by their extent of surface.

  13. When the solid constituents of the urine are increased to such an extent that they cannot be held in solution, or when abnormal substances are secreted, they are precipitated in small crystals, which, if minute, are called gravel.

  14. The danger arising from burns and scalds depends not only upon the extent of surface involved, but also upon the depth of the injury.

  15. The location and extent of the deformity of the nasal septum necessarily gives opportunity for a variety of symptoms.

  16. The veins near the cord filled to such extent that they seemed solid, and could not be reduced for some time.

  17. It is painfully unpleasant to witness the ravages of this terrible disease, and observe the extent to which it sometimes progresses.

  18. In an experiment made on this question, the temperature of the compressor did not vary to the extent of 9° F.

  19. Gregory, whose collection of rare minerals was recently to some extent described in these pages.

  20. Towards the end of the seventeenth century, among the wealthier classes, decoration was applied to coaches to an extent that would surprise us now-a-days.

  21. The perch being light, and to a certain extent elastic, enabled all the beds and iron stays to be proportionately reduced in weight; the wheels and axles, having less to carry, were also made lighter.

  22. It exceeds all others in extent and variety of scenery.

  23. The first, of vast extent and comfortably arranged for many hundred visitors at a time, contains cafés and restaurants.

  24. Annie's gay voice, her peals of merry laughter, and her gay and irresistibly funny speeches were diverting the attention of Molly, and to a certain extent of Nan; but Nan knew the handwriting on the envelope.

  25. Perhaps 'tis as well that we are both acquainted with the extent of the evil, that we may be the more earnest in abstaining from it.

  26. But the nature and extent of Byron's lameness have been the subject of a curious variety of opinion.

  27. They carry his history down to the eve of that morning in March, 1812, when he awoke and found himself famous--in a degree and to an extent which to the present generation seem almost incomprehensible.

  28. Fevers and camp diarrhoea filled the hospitals to overflowing; the sick lists increased rapidly; and the great extent to which the army was weakened in numbers by sickness, became a just source of alarm.

  29. The same may be said to a certain extent of the army of the Ohio.

  30. To such an extent were my feelings depressed, while contemplating this sickening scene of horror.

  31. For myself, personally, and the members of my staff, let me say we enjoyed every minute of our visit, and appreciate to the fullest extent the hearty welcome and the unfailing courtesy of your people.

  32. The forest would supply them with the materials for shelter and fuel and to some extent with food and clothing.

  33. To some extent this had passed away two hundred years ago, when possession was taken of the farming lands, and the fair, though rugged, hillsides enclosing the river valley in which we now stand.

  34. Printed envelopes of the Bi-Centennial were furnished to the citizens to the extent of several thousand.

  35. She took in, and let him see that she took in, the full extent of his injury; but she spared him pity.

  36. I began office work very young, and it has to a great extent absorbed me.

  37. The extent to which and the manner in which it operates may be more readily understood by the study of a concrete case.

  38. Such a lack of candor is not in accord with the scientific spirit, and makes one uncertain, in the use of genealogies, to what extent one is really getting all the facts.

  39. American students usually distinguish three grades of mental defect: Idiots are those who are unable to take care of themselves, even to the extent of guarding against common physical dangers or satisfying physical needs.

  40. As to the extent of change possible, the psychologist must have the final word.

  41. Medical men and breeders of plants or animals are to a large extent believers in Lamarckism, but the evidence (if any) on which they rely is always susceptible of explanation in a more reasonable way.

  42. Here is an influence tending to lower the birth-rate of young couples who have social aspirations, at least to the extent of desiring to live in the pleasanter and more reputable part of their city.

  43. If the children go to work at an early age, the parents can afford to have more children and probably will, since the children soon become to some extent an asset rather than a liability.

  44. These conditions are probably favored more by a democracy than by any other form of government, and to that extent democracy is distinctly advantageous to eugenics.

  45. At present it is hard to say to what extent undesirable traits occur in the most distinguished families; and it is of great importance that this should be learned.

  46. These differ, of course, in extent and character and the gravity of the problems they present.

  47. One must be guided by the extent of his income and by the services rendered.

  48. By this method, if logically carried out, the orange, green and violet are dark broken colors, and hence to a less extent the intermediate colors also, because each of these is a mixture of a pure color with a broken color.

  49. Analogous Harmony, but it may be doubtful whether a range of such an extent in that part of the spectrum could be made very harmonious.

  50. Its length from east to west is six miles and a half, and its greatest extent from north to south is one mile.

  51. At Luxor, lately, the ghost of a well-known robber persecuted his widow to such an extent that she finally went mad.

  52. It had been well earned, and it was enjoyed, both in a physical and a social sense, to the very extent of the guests' capacities.

  53. But detection had not then become a science, and they were far from suspecting the extent of Sandy Flash's devices and disguises.

  54. With another great name his work may be placed to some extent in contrast.

  55. The English Church at the beginning of the eleventh century was in full communion with the Western Church, but was practically to a large extent apart from papal influence.

  56. His life is inextricably bound up with the history, and his opinions were indubitably formed to a very large extent by the influence, of the great monastery of S.

  57. The orthodox felt less and less bound to emperors who supported heresy, and the Arab invasion drew near without the people perceiving the full extent of their danger.

  58. It shows to what extent this juggler has acquired power over this tribe, for I notice that his captive is unbound, and is certainly a much finer built man than the other.

  59. The aim, both in public and private life, is to secure to the utmost possible extent the victory of the social feeling over self-love, or Altruism over Egoism.

  60. To what extent the two acts were used, it is very difficult to say.

  61. It remains to say a word as to the extent of common land still remaining open in England and Wales.

  62. But at every return to perihelion the motion of a comet will be to some extent either accelerated or retarded by the action of Jupiter or any other planet in the neighbourhood of which it may pass.

  63. The articles also, upon registration, bind the company and its members to the same extent as if each member had subscribed his name and affixed his seal to them.

  64. The metropolitan police district, within which the Metropolitan Commons Acts are in force, approaches in extent to a circle of 15 miles' radius.

  65. Warburton, to some extent under the guidance of De Morgan, prosecuted researches by the aid of a new instrument, viz.

  66. Moreover, the volume of sand and cement together is generally assumed to be equal to that of the sand alone, as the cement to a large extent fills up voids in the sand.

  67. To so large an extent has this been done that private companies now form one-third of the whole number of companies registered.

  68. Why, it was, at your instigation I plunged to the extent of those eight stamps.

  69. But to a certain extent I, so to speak, dissembled.

  70. No traditions remain in Edinburgh as to the character or extent of Goldsmith's studies there, but it may be supposed that his eighteen months' residence was, on the whole, not unprofitable.

  71. Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity.

  72. We viewed with much pleasure the solid foundation of the naval glory of Great Britain, in the amazing extent and richness of the dockyards and warehouses, and in the grandeur of her fleet in the harbour and in the Downs.

  73. I included under thirteen names of virtues all that at that time occurred to me as necessary or desirable, and annexed to each a short precept, which expressed the extent which I gave to its meaning.

  74. In Praise of Southey Reflect on the variety and extent of his acquirements!

  75. This range is the famous "Cordillera Central" for about three-quarters of its extent northward, beyond which it is known as "Cordillera del Norte.

  76. The lu-fid' and the wa'-kis are the extent of woman's ordinary clothing.

  77. This is practically the extent of the everyday adornment worn by the boys and men.

  78. This seems to be the extent of the kinship recognized by the Igorot.

  79. To an extent the river is employed to transport boards, timbers, and firewood to both Bontoc and Samoki during the high water of the rainy season.

  80. Cattle are kept by Benguet Igorot throughout the extent of the province.

  81. Wulfrey was surprised at the extent of his treasure-trove.

  82. You're not likely to be troubled to that extent anyway.

  83. Now a wife cannot--Elinor at all events could not--kick even to that extent under the application of sulphur or riding-whip.

  84. From this vantage point they could to some extent make out the lie of the island.

  85. The texture of her skin, now that the coursing blood had obliterated to some extent the pinch and the bite of the sea, was fine and delicate, he could see, though suffering still from the salt.

  86. The woods goats were fully adapted that year and domesticated to such an extent that they had no desire to migrate with the wild goats.

  87. It had killed them by the hundreds but among them had been those whose young flesh and blood and organs had resisted death by adapting to the greatest extent possible.

  88. Maybe they can adapt to some extent to this gravity.


  89. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "extent" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    acreage; ambit; amount; amplitude; area; beam; body; bound; breadth; bulk; caliber; calibrate; circle; clearance; compass; confine; continuum; cut; deal; degree; depth; diameter; dimension; distance; divergence; diversity; emptiness; expanse; expansion; extension; extent; fetch; field; footage; force; fullness; gauge; girth; grade; greatness; height; incidence; infinity; interval; largeness; latitude; leap; leeway; length; level; limit; longitude; magnitude; margin; mark; mass; matter; measure; measurement; mileage; neighborhood; notch; nothingness; nuance; numbers; orbit; order; panorama; peg; period; perpetuity; perspective; piece; pitch; plane; plateau; point; proportion; purview; quantity; quantum; radius; range; ratio; reach; realm; remove; room; round; rung; scale; scope; separation; shade; shadow; size; space; span; sphere; spread; stair; standard; step; stint; strength; stretch; stride; substance; sum; surface; sweep; tract; tread; tune; vicinity; void; volume; way; whole; width