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Example sentences for "form the"

  • The tendons of these two muscles unite to form the tendon of Achilles, as that hero is said to have been invulnerable except at this point.

  • The hollow or concave side of the kidneys is turned inwards, and the deep fissure of this side, known as the hilus, widens out to form the pelvis.

  • The phalanges, or finger bones, are the fourteen small bones arranged in three rows to form the fingers.

  • In fact indigo, senna, and stramonium, with a species of cassia, form the weeds of the place, which are annually hoed off and burned.

  • Shallow ravines, running parallel with the river, form the streets, the houses being built on the ridges.

  • It consists of two circular stones, two feet in diameter, resting one on the other; a bamboo basket is wrought around the upper one, so as to form the hopper.

  • The pepper vine rises about two feet in the first year of its growth, and attains to nearly six feet in the second, at which time, if vigorous and healthy, the petals begin to form the corolla or blossom.

  • Decomposed poonac, or oil-cake, is one of the best manures that can be applied, as it returns to the soil the component parts of which it has beau deprived to form the fruit.

  • This grain is frequently fermented to form the basis, in combination with goor or half made sugar, of the common arrack of the natives, and in the hills is fermented into a kind of beer or sweet wort, drank warm.

  • Proceeds from membership in a common customs union with South Africa form the majority of government revenue.

  • It is evident, however, that formerly the two rivers were not united to form the Koond as at present, but that they had each their own channels when the Faqueer's Rock must have stood between them.

  • There appears to be a great number of Mussulmans, who would here seem to form the majority of the population.

  • The hillside was recessed to form the facade, backed against which four immense seated colossi of the king, in pairs on either side of the entrance, rise from a platform or forecourt reached from the river by a flight of steps.

  • It also unites directly with hydrocyanic acid to form the nitrile of a-oxyisobutyric acid.

  • The caprices of Romaica, and the lavish extravagance of Motamid in his efforts to please her, form the subject of many stories.

  • As the dressers of the different wells vied with each other which should have the best show, the children and young people had a busy time in collecting the flowers, plants, buds, and ferns necessary to form the display.

  • At that point the waters of the Tavy join those of the larger River Tamar, and eventually assist to form the Hamoaze.

  • Sixteen columns of exquisite marble, adorned with silver and gold, form the tabernacle (in Mexico called el Cipres).

  • There are great outhouses, stables for the mules and horses, and stone barns for the wheat and barley, which, together with pulque, form the produce of this hacienda.

  • When each had finished his share, all the different parts were reunited, to form the picture.

  • The wide ends are to form the pouches, and the narrower middle section the band to connect the two pouches.

  • One end of the sapling is whittled fiat on one side for a sufficient length to be bent round to the shaft or handle so as to form the rim of the circular receptacle which is to receive the ball.

  • By tribal rites and regulations these ten distinct groups were welded together to form the tribe, whose strength and prosperity depended upon internal harmony and unity.

  • The name exactly describes these trees, for the branches are arranged like the ribs, and the leaves spread out and form the covering of the sunshade.

  • Yakoma is built on the banks of the Uele just before it joins with the Bomu to form the Ubangi.

  • We leave at sunrise which is, however, concealed by a thick water mist and speed along until we reach Dzamba or Ekwanga-tana close to the point where the Likati and Rubi rivers join to form the Itimbiri.

  • Legend told how Odin killed a mighty giant, whose body was cut into pieces to form the world: the earth was his flesh, the water his blood, the rocks his bones, and the heavens his skull.

  • The beautifully carved capital swells outward into two spiral rolls, the ends of which are curled under to form the "volutes.

  • At the same time the apse was enlarged so as to form the choir, a place reserved for the clergy.

  • In form the poem is a narrative of the adventures of the Trojan hero, Aeneas, [29] but its real theme is the growth of Rome under the fostering care of the gods.

  • It should be taught to act from the standpoint of conscience, and to form the habit of conscientiousness in word and deed.

  • Form the habit of "doing all thing's decently and in order.

  • Form the habit of contentment with your home and condition in life.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "form the" 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:
    each coil; form and regulate their domestic institutions; form boys; form line; form some; formal logic; formed like; formed the; former birth; former experience; former letter; former lives; former occasions; former part; former visit; former volume; formerly used; formidable army; formidable force; forms part; hands together; mortal wound; primary instruction; pulled out; sought after; then known