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Example sentences for "garages"

Lexicographically close words:
gaping; gapped; gaps; gar; garage; garanties; garantir; garb; garbage; garbed
  1. On the journey of matrimony, there are no garages where punctured illusions can be patched up, shattered ideals mended, and empty hearts refilled.

  2. Everybody seems to be going through life at automobile speed nowadays; but alas, there are no sentimental garages by Life's wayside at which we may obtain a fresh supply of emotions, purchase a new thrill or patch up an exploded ideal.

  3. There are garages in every prairie town, even in what we should call little villages, for in Saskatchewan there is a car for every two people.

  4. These garages are well fitted up, and have all the latest inventions.

  5. He wondered if they had actually occurred, or if the story was just the work of some reporter trying to make something out of his own inability to get into a couple of garages that were swamped by the usual weekend rush.

  6. During the past 24 hours garages in every section of the nation have been flooded with calls.

  7. The repair-shops and garages were closed, and whenever a machine broke down it went out of commission.

  8. Broken down, and the garages are all closed.

  9. Of garages there were enough and to spare.

  10. Indeed, it was surprising what palatial garages were to be found everywhere.

  11. What we plan to do is to operate a chain of garages in connection with the best hardware store in each town.

  12. He told me something about a plan that he was then working out for chain garages in connection with hardware stores.

  13. Shops and garages become social as well as commercial centers, as friends stop to exchange news, gossip, and recipes.

  14. In the meantime, Joe and I will go to the garages and try to find out whether Cassey has been to any of them trying to get a car.

  15. Herb made a bee line for police headquarters, while Bob and Joe hurried to make inquiries in the three garages of which the town boasted.

  16. In single file we passed around the veranda and, keeping well under cover of the various barns and garages in the rear, came presently to the main road, just across which are the row of tin garages in one of which Hamish kept his car.

  17. It is a great center for motoring and I found many of the garages so full that they could not take another car.

  18. It is a thriving business town with an unusually good electric street-car system, fine hotels and (not to be forgotten by motorists) excellent garages and repair shops.

  19. The greater part of these were in actual and constant service, the rest being held in its great garages and shops for painting and repairs.

  20. You may have noticed at Buffalo Park one or two of the huge 7,500-gallon trailer trucks used to bring gasoline from the United States Army oil station at Juilly, outside of Paris, to the Red Cross garages within the city.

  21. For when a driver left any of the garages with a car or camion--even if he were going but a short four blocks--he carried with him a time-stamped ordre de mission indicating his destination.

  22. To get some real idea of the magnitude of this transportation problem, come back with me for a day into the Red Cross garages of Paris.

  23. Wood and organized the firm of Wood & Lane, who engage in the sale of automobiles, handling the Cadillac, the Oldsmobile, the Maxwell and the White cars and also operating one of the largest and best equipped garages in the city.

  24. The officers and sergeants in charge of American garages were either taking the day off or had been disregarded.

  25. The American flag soon appeared over barracks, garages and other buildings in all parts of the city.

  26. It was necessary to introduce rumors about planning garages and stores, to pretend that he wasn't taking any more options, to wait and look as bored as a poker-player at a time when the failure to secure a key-lot threatened his whole plan.

  27. Wouldn't be much work for garages if everybody looked after their car the way you do.

  28. Dressing was only a matter of a few minutes and presently the troop was on its way down the boardwalk toward the point where the series of green-peaked roofs located the garages of the speed maniacs.

  29. Say, fellows, what do you say to going down and looking over the garages before breakfast?

  30. Those are the garages where the speed maniacs store their high-powered cars.

  31. Thousands lined the board walk from the garages to the finish line and hundreds of automobiles were parked in every roadway.

  32. Right-o, just look at the crowd down there at the garages already this morning," said Bruce.

  33. They arrived here two days ago and are now in their garages waiting for you.

  34. But I do wonder why garages are always put in such inconvenient places.

  35. By the time I got done we were carrying in our tires all the extra rubber and leather and general aid-to-the-injured stuff that had formerly been under the back seat, and I was obliged to make a trip around to the supply garages for more.

  36. Mestre, of absolutely no rank whatever as a city of art or architecture or sights for the tourist, has more automobile garages than any other city in Italy.

  37. Both garages replied that they hadn't seen the car and the Chief looked back at Amy speculatively.

  38. The Chief questioned particularly regarding the automobile and its driver, finally taking up the telephone and inquiring of the two local garages if such a car had been brought in for repairs.

  39. I suppose Cousin Wallace told you that it was he-- Those are the garages and stables over there to the north, Mr. Eaton.

  40. As she left her motor on the drive beside the house--for to-night no one came from the garages to take it--the little clock upon its dash marked half past two.

  41. When they got back to town they visited all the garages in the city without explaining their mission, and looked at the numbers on all the cars.

  42. Mr. Williams thought enough of the clew to say that he would have one of the detectives interview the managers of the garages and find out if a car of that number had been in town that day and to see if they could trace it.

  43. Thus are garages born,--too many of them, as suffering drivers will testify.

  44. You should hear Casey unburden himself sometime upon the subject of garages and the tourist trade!

  45. The policeman then is supposed to inspect the garages in his district and if he finds a machine that shouldn't be there, according to the census, he sees to it that it isn't removed from the place until it is identified.

  46. Toward the West Side--where those fly-by-night garages are all located.

  47. If you could find out who he is and he should happen to be connected with one of those garages we might get on the right trail at last.

  48. A census of all cars in the questionable garages of the city has been taken, and each day every policeman is furnished with descriptions of cars stolen in the past twenty- four hours.

  49. One of those garages on the lower West Side," I heard Dillon say as I left.

  50. Business was good, even better than we had hoped it would be, and every night our garages were filled with sleek, shiny automobiles from every part of the country.

  51. In the garages between cabins number 2 and 3 there were several strips of leftover linoleum standing against the back wall.

  52. Each consists of five double cabins with garages between.

  53. If there isn't any, she creates some, or snoops around the various cabins and garages and the grounds until she finds something we have neglected.

  54. The police and all the big garages from Albany to Buffalo, I should say, have a description of our car, and yet not a sign of her has been discovered any place.


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