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Example sentences for "having discovered"

  • He went to Germany, where he printed his version of the "Henriade," having discovered a Maecenas in the person of the Elector Palatin.

  • She escaped from my arms, amazed at having discovered my love in such a manner.

  • I returned to Mitau quite delighted at having made myself useful, and at having discovered in myself a talent which I had never suspected.

  • It might perhaps be insisted with some plausibility under other circumstances, that he ran along the coast, believing that it was a new land, and therefore made the representation of having discovered it in good faith.

  • Mahamed, having discovered my knowledge of a few words of his native tongue and my acquaintance with his native country, followed me about like a shadow.

  • The soldiers in the adjoining carriage, having discovered that a communicating door between our two carriages was open, came in to keep me company.

  • But afterwards, having discovered that he was a particular friend to Dr.

  • After many years, having discovered that he still retained his mediocrity, he could never pardon the presence of that preternatural being whom the world considered a GREAT MAN.

  • His first misfortune was that of having an anti-poetical parent; his next was that of having discovered a spot which confirmed his poetical habits, inspiring all the melancholy and sensibility he loved to indulge.

  • On the 6th he came to a harbour which he called St Nicholas, at the western extremity of Hispaniola, having discovered it on the day of that Saint.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "having discovered" 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:
    did not; fairly good; having become; having caused; having charge; having come; having fallen; having given; having gone; having great; having heard; having listened; having little; having lived; having married; having occurred; having only; having previously; having something; having the; having written; long period; more frequent; normal schools; operative stores; promote regional