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Example sentences for "fittings"

Lexicographically close words:
fittest; fitteth; fitting; fittingly; fittingness; fitty; fiue; fiunt; five; fivefold
  1. But all the furniture and fittings have been destroyed already.

  2. The wreck of the great house with all its costly fittings and decorations could be nothing short of ruin to poor Jenny.

  3. Upon some such reasoning the first authorized schedule of fixtures and fittings must have been made out.

  4. Fixtures and Fittings There was once a young man who decided to be a poodle-clipper.

  5. It is mounted over a deck-well but inasmuch as the gun is lowered into the well with all the fittings on it the well has to be made watertight.

  6. A large number of fittings are fixed to the hull, such as the diving and steering rudders (all of which will be described later), while the superstructure is built on top of it.

  7. Other fittings are the levers and the valve controls, by means of which water can be let into the ballast tanks.

  8. We will describe the air-valve and its fittings now and tell you how the pusher control is made and works under the next caption.

  9. The fittings were extremely rich, though somewhat out of harmony with each other, conveying to Captain Staunton's educated eye the idea that they had been collected at odd times from a number of other ships.

  10. Her eyes had turned to where, on the dressing-table, lay the gold fittings of Audrey's dressing-case.

  11. Mounted in the style of the Tanaka school, all the fittings ivory with clouds in relief and gold nunome, lacquer scabbard in Wakasa technique.

  12. Narrow yakiba, signed Kanemune, the fittings nigurome with big nanako and plum blossoms in relief silver--Kozuka bamboo in shibuichi.

  13. I would repeat the caution that it is very necessary to beware of complications in these water-fittings and appliances.

  14. In addition to this there may be required a drinking fountain in the tepidarium, and an ornamental fountain in the frigidarium; lavatories in various positions; and, possibly, fittings and appliances for the laundry.

  15. It was erected by him to show how cheaply an effective bath room might be built, the whole arrangement, with water fittings and building of three of its walls, only costing 37l.

  16. For hydropathic purposes the lavatorium is generally required to have rather more elaborate water-fittings than other baths.

  17. Of water-fittings I shall speak under the head of "Appliances.

  18. Those brass fittings you found were stolen from the railroad company.

  19. They, or he, whoever it is, did not excite suspicions by taking the fittings from the bins, but tapped the reserve boxes and kegs in the storeroom.

  20. The latter muttered something about the thing being important, and that he must look into it deeper, as Ralph stated that he had been assaulted by a gang of hoodlums who had left the bag of fittings behind them.

  21. New Palace of Westminster, and, following the Gothic character of the building, the furniture and fittings were naturally of a design to harmonize with what was then quite a departure from the heavy architectural taste of the day.

  22. These fears have, however, fortunately proved to be unfounded, and ordinary gas fittings can be used with perfect safety with this gas.

  23. The cessation of persecution, and consequent gradual elaboration of church furniture and ritual, led to the employment of more costly materials for the altar as for the other fittings of ecclesiastical buildings.

  24. Most of the tenants at Smithfield are commission salesmen, who pay weekly rents for their shops and stalls at space rates, all the fittings being supplied.

  25. The floors are of concrete and every stand is fitted with running water, with which all the fittings have to be scoured every day.

  26. Specification for the Fittings of a Small Bindery.

  27. Each of the main ribs was individually guyed, in the manner clearly shown in Plate 52, in order to stiffen it in the vertical direction, the fittings for these guy-wires being shown in detail in Figs.

  28. The workmen were immediately put to work removing fittings from the broken wings, rudder, etc.

  29. In order to avoid this difficulty a new method was devised of attaching the guy-wires to the turn-buckles and to the fittings by which they were carried to the frame.

  30. This change was made not only because of the great increase in strength, but more particularly because many of the gun-metal fittings had been imperfectly constructed, so that it was extremely difficult to align the frame.

  31. A sword of iron with bronze fittings to the handle: this is not the sword to which the sheath belongs.

  32. It may be observed that the edges of all these fittings had been serrated or milled, but no other attempt at decoration appears upon them.

  33. The furniture and other interior fittings were old and of no great value; all, of course, had been totally destroyed.

  34. The teakwood desk and the great swivel-chair were destroyed in the fire, and indeed all the old fittings and hangings have given way to bright and cheerful modern furnishings.

  35. The original fittings and choral arrangements of the greater part of the ancient churches at Rome have been entirely modernized, with a view to their embellishment, during the revived Pagan period.

  36. The churches of this ancient city have preserved all their internal fittings as perfectly as those of Nuremberg, although the Catholic rites have ceased within them for nearly three centuries.

  37. This church, which is one of the finest in Germany for its elevation and interesting details, is now used for the Lutheran worship, but, with the exception of this screen, the original fittings remain perfect.

  38. But to erect these noble adjuncts to churches some considerable funds must be granted, and architects must not be expected, as has fallen to my lot, to build a sacristy and fittings for £40, and find some candlesticks into the bargain.

  39. This great cathedral was completely sacked by the Calvinists, in the latter part of the sixteenth century, previous to which its fittings were in perfect unison with the edifice.

  40. The whole of these fittings have disappeared, partly during the occupation of the French, and partly by injudicious repairs.

  41. The contrast between the new fittings and the old wallpapers and chandeliers struck me.

  42. They passed from this room into a silver gallery, which led them into a room of gold, with gold fittings and furniture, and the chests in the corners were filled with gold coins.

  43. All the fittings were of bright gold and silver, and the floor was of copper, and the farther they advanced the brighter everything shone, without any apparent end.

  44. Those brass fittings are very heavy and by no means easy to move; I could not believe that the clump had been turned by the shaking of the screw.

  45. He saw no more then, for the yacht careened over from the pressure on the three great sails, and it seemed to the lad that the next moment they would be lying flat upon the water, so he clung to the hatchway fittings for dear life.

  46. Don't apologise, sir, I know it is a very heavy price for the craft, and of course it is on account of her having fittings that not one gentleman in ten would think of putting in a yacht.

  47. For such articles as the kitchen sink, the bathtub, and other bathroom fittings clay is a satisfactory material.

  48. These articles may be modeled by the children, in as good an imitation of the real fittings as they are able to make.

  49. The reins and fittings were of a light fawn colour, and the gentleman had a driving-coat to match, with a servant in dark livery behind.

  50. I need not tell you how, one day, when preparing the chambers for the guests, an accidental pressure upon part of the fittings caused a panel to gape in the woodwork, and showed me a narrow opening in the wall.


  51. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fittings" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    apparatus; appliance; appointments; appurtenances; armament; conveniences; duffel; equipage; equipment; facilities; facility; fitting; fixture; furnishings; furniture; gear; impedimenta; installation; machinery; materiel; munitions; outfit; paraphernalia; plant; plumbing; rig; rigging; tack; tackle; things; trappings; turnout; utensil