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Example sentences for "fourths"

Lexicographically close words:
fourteen; fourteene; fourteenth; fourth; fourthe; fourtie; fourty; fous; fousand; fout
  1. The earliest period of its appearance was the third day, and that in two cases only; in more than three-fourths it commenced on or before the twelfth day.

  2. A very few weeks ago, I had occasion to remove fully three-fourths of this bone, from the site of the first large molar on the left side to the condyle of the right.

  3. Add one level tablespoon of Armour's Simon Pure Leaf Lard, rub in well and mix with one egg well beaten, and enough cream or milk to make three fourths of a teacup.

  4. To make second st* pass hook through second, draw up to three fourths of an inch, catch the wool and make 2 close ch: repeat from * to end of chain.

  5. The photographs on the film, one by three-fourths of an inch in size, leave a margin of five thirty-seconds of an inch on each side.

  6. Jeweler’s gold is usually a mixture of gold and copper in the proportions of three-fourths of pure gold with one-fourth of copper.

  7. Since I hope to live to see a Sixteenth Amendment Bill through Congress and three-fourths of the State legislatures, I do not propose to work for the defeat of the party which thus far has furnished nearly every vote in that direction.

  8. Then three-fourths of the people of Rhode Island are slaves, and all in the District of Columbia.

  9. The apprentice, during three fourths of his time, is still forced to labor, and robbed of his earnings; just so far forth he is a mere means, a slave.

  10. The above nearly colourless must, is immediately poured into tuns or casks, till about three-fourths of their capacity are filled, when fermentation soon begins.

  11. This disc is half an inch thick in the edges, and five fourths of an inch in the middle.

  12. It forms about three fourths of the weight of the blood, has an alkaline reaction, coagulates at 167 deg.

  13. The fermented plant appears still green, but it has lost three fourths of its bulk in the process, or from 12 to 14 per cent.

  14. The syrup is transferred into a boiler to three-fourths of its capacity, and it is urged with a brisk fire, till it acquires the requisite consistence for being poured into the moulds or troughs prepared to receive it.

  15. The luted iron crucibles are suffered to become three-fourths full, are then drawn out from the galleries, left to cool, and emptied.

  16. By this means three-fourths of the lead contained in the ore are usually extracted; but at length the substance becoming less and less fluid, yields no more metal.

  17. Small coal gives out three-fourths of the heat of the larger lumps.

  18. Sulphur of a strong yellow tinge cannot bear so great a heat, and therefore the fire must be withdrawn whenever three fourths of the whole mass have been melted.

  19. America, in the treatment of the mines of New Spain; three-fourths of which came from European mines.

  20. However, he felt a little better when he realized that three fourths of the check was Freddy Farmer's obligation.

  21. Three fourths of that went inside you, sweetheart.

  22. Three-fourths or more doubtless came to prison directly or indirectly through strong drink.

  23. By the Falcidian law, in the time of Augustus, no one could leave in legacies more than three fourths of his estate, so that the heirs could inherit at least one fourth.

  24. He also wrote on ethics and politics, history and rhetoric; letters, poems, and speeches, three fourths of which are lost.

  25. There are concentrated our imports and exports, and there three fourths of our revenue is collected.

  26. Then we would have three-fourths blue offspring and one-fourth individuals with white flowers.

  27. One-fourth of the seeds are wrinkled and three-fourths are always smooth.

  28. According to our present knowledge we might expect the atavistic descendants of the first dwarf to be hybrids, and to be liable to split in their progeny into one-fourth dwarfs and three-fourths normal specimens.

  29. This is a true and unexaggerated picture, not only of Furruckabad, but of at least three fourths of the country which we possess, or rather lay waste, in India.

  30. All this was very fine, but the Room was so much too small, that they who were in it were ready to be smother'd, and three-fourths of the People could not get in.

  31. And now tea; the Manchesters want one hundred and thirty-two and three-fourths ounces of tea.

  32. For to disagree with three-fourths of the British public on all points is one of the first elements of sanity, one of the deepest consolations in all moments of spiritual doubt.

  33. Here a lofty headland, approaching from the interior, advances upon the river and forces it into a narrow channel of three-fourths of a mile in width.

  34. The dowry of the future bride was fixed at six thousand livres tournois, three fourths of which were paid and receipted for by Champlain two days after the signing of the contract.

  35. Now fill the funnel three fourths full of water.

  36. The amendments are not in force until ratified by three-fourths of the states, either through their legislatures or through special conventions, according to the preference of Congress.

  37. There had to be, in other words, a constant bringing in of enough wheat and flour to supply three fourths of the bread-needs of the whole country, and another large fraction of the necessary fats and milk and rice and beans and other staples.

  38. In the valley of Nepeña the reservoir is three fourths of a mile long by more than half a mile broad, and consists of a massive dam of stone 80 feet thick at the base, carried across a gorge between two rocky hills.

  39. Morgan instances as a proof of the flimsy character of their masonry, that Cortes in seventeen days levelled three fourths of the city of Mexico.

  40. A cornice runs round each tower, about three fourths of the distance from the base to the summit.

  41. La Floris says: "I can safely say that three-fourths of these women were led to their downfall through the influence of dancing.

  42. And three-fourths of the outcasts had a man's arm about them for the first time when they were young girls at a social dance.

  43. Where did three-fourths of the women, who are to-day living a life of shame, have a man's arm about them for the first time?

  44. Ammonia, although composed of more than three-fourths its weight of hydrogen, is not inflammable in air, on account of its combination with the nitrogen.

  45. The Boehm flute, since 1846, is a cylindrical tube for about three-fourths of its length from the lower end, after which it is continued in a curved conical prolongation to the cork stopper.

  46. Cream together one cupful of sugar and three-fourths cup of butter.

  47. Beat to a cream three-fourths pounds of butter and one pound fine granulated sugar.

  48. For a half dozen large apples a good three-fourths cup of nut meats, butternuts, black walnuts or hickory nuts--will be required.

  49. Beat to a cream three-fourths cupful vegetable shortening or butter and a cupful and a half of brown sugar.

  50. In the reserve there were one and three-fourths battalions, two batteries and one and one-half companies of pioneers.


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