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Example sentences for "frequent"

Lexicographically close words:
frenzies; frenzy; frequence; frequencies; frequency; frequentation; frequented; frequenter; frequenters; frequentia
  1. Let us disarm him of his novelty and strangeness, let us converse and be familiar with him, and have nothing so frequent in our thoughts as death.

  2. These so frequent and common examples passing every day before our eyes, how is it possible a man should disengage himself from the thought of death, or avoid fancying that it has us every moment by the throat?

  3. In all scouting operations in our frequent long patrols he shows the same mixture of prudence and daring.

  4. So frequent are such appeals that there would seem to be a popular belief that the supply is inexhaustible.

  5. He was resolved to be a speaker, for it is evident to all that, without frequent public speech, no one can now be a representative man.

  6. But the village school claims them both after awhile; and the greater number of such schools are well filled, taking into consideration the long distances the children have to come and the frequent bad state of the roads and lanes.

  7. Yonder green is the swede, or turnip, or mangold; but frequent as are the fields of roots, the golden tint overpowers the green.

  8. Though the men who frequent such dens are often of the lowest type, or on their way to that condition, they are not all of that character.

  9. We poured the stinging liquid over our sugar, which had kept dry in a sardine-box, and warmed ourselves with frequent doses.

  10. Numerous privileges of the same capacity are of frequent occurrence.

  11. Tracks of moose and cariboo abound in the mud, since they frequent the shallow parts of the lake, to feed upon the lilypads or the leaves of the Nuphan lutea, which here abound.

  12. Onward it moved at the signal given, and he was soon lost to view in the frequent windings of the forest road.

  13. But there is no animal among us with whom encounters are so frequent as the common black bear.

  14. This Indian compass, however, is not very convenient nor safe, particularly in passing through swampy lands, which are of frequent occurrence.

  15. It was annoying to see frequent notices such as: This Entrance for Brandy-Topers; or Vodka Patients in This Ward; or Inmates Must Not Bite Off the Door-Knobs.

  16. Human figures in like position, are frequent on Cypriote cylinders.

  17. The frequent mixture of old and new forms in cuneiform writings and the different values sometimes given to the same sign, have increased the difficult task of interpretation.

  18. Birds in a somewhat similar position occur among the Hittite symbols at Jerabis and Bulgar Maden, and are frequent in Egyptian hieroglyphics.

  19. The choice of symbols is evidently restricted by some practical consideration, and while some objects are of frequent occurrence, others equally obvious are conspicuous by their absence.

  20. The gossip is that you neglect your wife; that you frequent restaurants although you have a home of your own; that you leave her to herself while you enjoy life single-handed.

  21. Her blond hair and her frequent laughter gave an impression of extreme youthfulness.

  22. The characters in Probus are skilfully drawn and contrasted, and with a deeper moral interest, from the frequent discussions of doctrine which it contains, the romance has the classical style and spirit which characterized its predecessor.

  23. Hers are the menial toils, the frequent anxieties, the lingering home-sickness, the craving after dear friends' faces and a beloved native land.

  24. The foliage was deep and green, and in the Jardin des Plants, which was near my quarters, the various flowers and shrubs and trees filled the atmosphere with fragrance, and tempted us to frequent strolls along its avenues.

  25. A livelier turtle than that which is figured for the edification of the gourmands who frequent the Hotel of Liberty in the street of the 25th of May, it would be difficult to find even in the celebrated cellars of Leadenhall-street.

  26. The southern and border states, since the close of the war of the rebellion, have been the frequent scenes of extensive and audacious robberies.

  27. William here learned, also, that Barton had been a frequent visitor at the Farringtons', and that he was as bad as the others.

  28. Then the Don and Donna held frequent conversations in Spanish, during which it was easy to see by their manner that they were discussing an affair of great importance.

  29. This habit was especially frequent when he became deeply interested in his subject, and the spectators could always tell whether Dan was doing his best, even when they could not hear his words.

  30. This is not simply fancy, but the verdict of those who have experienced and proved the benefit of frequent use of the Bible as a means of fashioning and improving a beautiful style of English writing.

  31. Yes, its frequent reading helps much to the formation of good English.

  32. After remarking that this is a natural form of ornamentation he calls attention to the frequent use made of it in mediaeval illuminations.

  33. Sir Edward Thompson distinguishes this manuscript with his by no means frequent encomium, "very good.

  34. If they demurred, it was to be represented to them that it was not becoming for "Ours" to frequent palaces much.

  35. A wave of this kind is frequent enough in villages, but a certain height in the houses gives it all its character in London.

  36. The womb may tip forward, pressing on the bladder and causing a frequent desire to urinate.

  37. There are other thousands of children below par mentally and physically because of the fact that the mother was weak from too frequent child-bearing.

  38. These same young men, because they are not married, frequent questionable houses and often contract one or more of the venereal diseases.

  39. A frequent symptom of carcinoma of the uterus is hemorrhage at irregular times after the menopause.

  40. Certain it is that the frequent wars of savage tribes are far less terrible than the infrequent wars of enlightened powers.

  41. In naval operations, the catching of separated parts of an enemy's force is a more frequent attempt and accomplishment than is that of getting a position where a column of ships can be attacked from ahead or astern.

  42. The ideal conditions cannot be reached, unless the full complements have been kept on board, and the ships required to make frequent cruises.

  43. Wasted heat means fuel lost, and as any given ship can only carry a limited quantity of fuel, wasted heat means less range and more frequent returns to the base to coal or to "oil.

  44. First, the apparatus points to the actual geographical north and not to the magnetic north, which is a slightly different direction and one, moreover, subject to frequent variation.

  45. European man, I believe is quite as frequent in one class of society as the other, and much more frequent in rural districts than in cities.

  46. I suppose that I formerly mentioned to you the frequent upright position of elongated flints in the red clayey residue over the chalk, which residue gradually subsides into the troughs and pipes corroded in the solid chalk.

  47. You ought to see them, as they explain at a glance why Nature has taken such extraordinary pains to ensure frequent crosses between distinct individuals.

  48. Forel also saw such an army only searching the first day, advancing zigzag, and with frequent halts, whereas on the following day it went forward to its aim swiftly and without delay, having found out the road.

  49. These canals are of such frequent occurrence that it is impossible to attribute them to accident; they are evidently made, at the cost of much labour, with the deliberate purpose of putting them to the use for which they are designed.

  50. He may browse in the vicinity, or frequent the same place to drink and to bathe; but the intercourse is only on a distant and conventional footing, and no familiarity or intimate association is under any circumstances permitted.

  51. The postman's knocks at my door have been latterly more frequent than usual; and out of the increased number of letters left for me, it has happened that an unusually large proportion have contained wedding cards.

  52. Mr. Forbes's excursion by rail and donkeys at frequent intervals.

  53. The governors should not be allowed to treat the citizens with insolence; and should be obliged to send the trading ships to Mexico at the right season, in order to avoid the present frequent loss of property and lives in wrecked vessels.

  54. These joyous causes furnished ecclesiastical and secular motive to request me, with loud and frequent acclamations of joy, to hasten as quickly as possible the preparation of this fleet.

  55. Public executions were so frequent that they were disregarded; and criminals of any note, like Dr.

  56. These hobgoblins, little known outside of Germany and England, frequent also the French provinces watered by the Meuse, the Moselle, and the Rhine, and are sometimes brought to Paris by cooks from Alsace and coachmen from Lorraine.

  57. The proscribed gods, finding a refuge on the banks of the Oder and the Spree, paid frequent visits, as was quite natural, to their former followers.

  58. The signs of quickening were frequent in the underbrush.

  59. And because of this fact they will be those which in the frequent re-tellings of ages have acquired a classic form and therefore have within themselves the possibility of taking upon them a perfect literary form.

  60. Perhaps one reason for the frequent failure of the modern fairy tale is that it fails to keep in harmony with the times.


  61. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "frequent" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    attend; automatic; beaten; common; constant; continuous; customary; cyclic; cyclical; everyday; familiar; frequent; habitual; hackneyed; hang; haunt; haunting; incessant; many; ordinary; patronize; periodic; persistent; prevalent; reappearing; recurrent; regular; repetitive; resort; routine; stereotyped; trite; ubiquitous; usual; visit


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    frequent cause; frequent communion; frequent contributor; frequent desire; frequent earthquakes; frequent intervals; frequent occurrence; frequent visitor; frequently employed; frequently found; frequently happens; frequently mentioned; frequently observed; frequently repeated; frequently represented; frequently seen; frequently used