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Example sentences for "household"

Lexicographically close words:
housecarles; housecarls; housecleaning; housed; houseful; householder; householders; households; housekeeper; housekeepers
  1. She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.

  2. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to them who are of the household of faith.

  3. And I thank you for the household security which you have given to me, my poor child.

  4. By giving me the dignity of holding my household above the wreck?

  5. I offer you your household in the capital; until some day I marry, you will be still the first lady of my court.

  6. I am Monsieur Allard, of the household of his Imperial Majesty.

  7. One must still be master of Sun-Kist, still the head of this household of ours and an irreproachable citizen.

  8. A letter that neither reproached nor questioned, its message was given with all tenderness of phrase and household name.

  9. So from the gorgeous household of the Regent one man passed to the still more gorgeous palace.

  10. Deer horns have been built into the wall of the room to answer the purpose of pegs, upon which various household articles are suspended.

  11. The pole is used for the suspension of the household stock of blankets and other garments.

  12. The vessel usually employed for this purpose is an ordinary black cooking pot, the bottom being burned out, or otherwise rendered unfit for household use.

  13. Perhaps the most important article of furniture in the home of the pueblo Indian is the mealing trough, containing the household milling apparatus.

  14. In the course of the night he several times examines every thing with which he is intrusted with the most scrupulous care, and, by repeated barkings, warns the household or the depredator that he is at the post of duty.

  15. At the feet of the 'lares', those household deities who were supposed to protect the abodes of men, the figure of a barking dog was often placed.

  16. So here was a double problem for this deep thinker; he must invent a method of making cheap paper, and that quickly; he must make the discovery, in fact, in order to apply the proceeds to the needs of the household and of the business.

  17. At eleven o'clock that night the whole household was awakened by the town band, reinforced by the military band from the barracks.

  18. He applied Parisian standards to the quiet, temperate existence of the provinces, quite forgetting that the narrow, patient life of the household was the result of his own misdoings.

  19. The household furniture would have brought in a thousand francs at most.

  20. His son, bearing the name of Mirault de Bargeton, became an officer in the household troops of Louis XIV.

  21. He had taken the household in charge, he superintended the children's education, taught them foreign languages, and looked after the fortunes of M.

  22. There was no tablecloth; the poor little household boasted but three silver spoons and forks, and Eve had laid them all for the dearly loved brother.

  23. David was so good, his devotion was so thoroughly to be taken upon his word, that the poor wife, with a wife's anxiety as to daily expenses, determined to spare her husband the household cares and to take the burden upon herself.

  24. On the day of the final rehearsal, the household owed fifty francs in the Quarter to the baker, the milkwoman, and the porter.

  25. Now David the lover had settled ten thousand francs upon his wife in the marriage contract, making over to her as security the fixtures of the printing office and the household furniture; and Petit-Claud therefore constituted Mme.

  26. While Petit-Claud was busy securing the household property of his clients, he gained the day at Poitiers on the point of law on which the demurrer and appeals were based.

  27. But though the Sechard household had money sufficient that winter, they were none the less subjected to Cerizet's espionage, and all unconsciously became dependent upon Boniface Cointet.

  28. The resources of the country for miles round were taxed to their utmost, for not only the queen's purveyors, but the Earl of Leicester's household officers had been scouring it in all directions to provide the necessary viands and provisions.

  29. Among them were altars to Jupiter, Mars, Vulcan, household altars, and legionary stones.

  30. The prices he paid for goods for himself and his household in the year 1748 formed very interesting reading, as it enabled us to compare the past with the present.

  31. Even the poorest home of today is better supplied with some household appliances than the most aristocratic house of splendid Egypt, tasteful Greece, or luxurious Rome.

  32. Household furnishings were the privilege of the great alone.

  33. Household sound expired, and no step came near her door.

  34. He let his whole household see how annoying the thing was to him.

  35. He had reared no crop for the supply of his household during the sterility of winter.

  36. Weary with these reflections, I returned to the kitchen to perform some household office.

  37. The lower of these was used as a depository of household implements; the upper was a closet in which I deposited my books and papers.

  38. The doctor had many consultations with his patient, and the good women of the household lauded the comforting effect of his visits.

  39. The last verse of the "Magnificat" having been sung, the ladies finished installing themselves as comfortably as possible by setting their little household in order.

  40. Come, come, we must install ourselves properly, and set our little household in order.

  41. This little scene gave birth in the household of Arthur and Aurelie (so completely happy until now) to a phase of domestic warfare produced in the bosom of all homes by some secret and alien interest in one of the partners.

  42. So cruel, burning, and incessant a combat in the obvious and, as we may call them, exterior matters of a household must needs become more intense and desperate in the things of the heart.

  43. Her object is to recover her place as head of his household and the enjoyment of four hundred thousand francs a year.

  44. Thus no household was ever more truly one, more united in interests, more bound together than this noble family sacredly devoted to its duty.

  45. A week after the baron's funeral, Mademoiselle des Touches, the Baronne du Guenic and Calyste started for Paris, leaving the household in charge of old Zephirine.

  46. Sabine installed herself in the rue de Bourbon with pleasure,--less for the satisfaction of playing mistress of a great household than for that of knowing what her family would think of her marriage.

  47. Jules Victor and his wife were seen, however, for only one day, busied about their usual household avocations, and then the returning travelers vanished once more to baffle the chatterers.

  48. I will let Ram Lal 'squeeze' the Madame's household accounts to his heart's content.

  49. You can both use the whole household for these changes.

  50. Ram Lal infuriated him later with the news that nothing could be learned from the baffled spies of the household in the Silver Bungalow as to the first or second interwiew of Johnstone and the resolute Alixe Delavigne.

  51. Being of a practical nature, the man who had faced the mad rebels at Lucknow only belted on a heavy Adams revolver, and concluded at last that some others of the household were busied in secret dissipation or nocturnal lovemaking.

  52. An evil star brought me into his household as his guest.

  53. It seemed a tough nut to crack, this tripartite household arrangement.

  54. A frightened household coterie watched from a safe distance the thirty-foot circle of herbage around the shade of the giant tree trunk.

  55. The surgeon of the royal household introduced the sick.

  56. It is described by Bishop Percy in his Northumberland Household Book, where we have the following account: "And then the Usher to lay a Carpett for the Kinge to Creepe to the Crosse upon.

  57. The above message of the Food Administration disturbs her ordinary household routine, upsets her menus and puts her recipes out of commission.

  58. It is excellent household economy to buy milk and a butter substitute rather than cream or butter.

  59. They entered the cottage, within which all was hushed and still; the sounds of an active household were not heard.

  60. And Abeniaf also said these things to those of his household and to all those who talked with him, and asked of them why they would let themselves be brought to destruction by the counsel of foolish men and unwise.

  61. And Abenmoxiz took counsel with his friends, and they advised him that he should do this: but Abeniaf knew of their counsel, and took them, and put them in prison, and gave them in charge to two of his household in whom he had great trust.

  62. And he took Abenmazot with all his women and his household and all that he had, to Denia, and gave him possessions there, and did him much honour.

  63. Then he left to all his company and household according to the desert of every one.

  64. Further delay was impossible, however, for even his household bills were unpaid and his servants' wages were six quarters in arrears.

  65. The "Household Troops" were therefore ordered to express in Parliament their disapproval of the peace.

  66. Lord Chatham is here with more equipage, household and retinue, than most of the old patriarchs used to travel with in ancient days," Gilly Williams wrote to George Selwyn.

  67. To their old homes, by man profaned, Came the sad dryads, exiled long, And through their leafy tongues complained Of household use and wrong.

  68. I long for household voices gone, For vanished smiles I long, But God hath led my dear ones on, And He can do no wrong.

  69. Wandering down from Nutfield woods With his household and his goods, Never was it clearly told How within our quiet fold Came to be a Morrison.

  70. What grace of Christian womanhood Was in her household ways!

  71. That name shall be a household word, A spell to waken smile or sigh; In many an evening prayer be heard And cradle lullaby.

  72. Hang, if it please you so, my name Upon your household line.

  73. And as among domestic slaves every new comer serves for the scorn and derision of his fellows; so, in this ancient household of the world, we, as the newest and vilest, are sought out to destruction.

  74. Each is the master of a habitation and household of his own.

  75. He had had conversations with Mr. Bartlett on the subject of marriage, and had heard him express the opinion that a man should have two wives, one to look after the household duties, and another to be a companion and confidante.

  76. O, no; we have plenty of employment in attending to household matters.

  77. To Barton, it was the home of his old age--where he had planted his household gods, with the hope that they would survive him.

  78. Esther was always busy at home with little household duties, which she had less time for now during the week.

  79. The story is told in that entertaining way which has made Mr. Alger's name a household word in so many homes.

  80. Esther and Genefer were busy putting away household things, and packing up personal belongings.

  81. In this story Mr. Henty traces the adventures and brave deeds of an English boy in the household of the ablest man of his age--William the Silent.

  82. Raven did not think what household duties he might be delaying, but the scene was sweet to him: a haven of homely comfort where she ought to find herself secure.

  83. Raven was reminded of the old man down the road who forbade secular talk in the household during a thunder shower.

  84. It was so accepted a part of the household routine that he had ceased to think of it as in the least unusual.

  85. A third old lady came sailing up; she seemed as though she were related to the two dowagers, but was actually Countess von Altenburg, who used to be mistress of the household to Princess Elsa.

  86. When Countess von Altenburg appeared, the aunts took the old mistress of the household between them and in their turn told her the story, screeching it into the countess' poor old ears.

  87. King Siegfried ordered that they should themselves set out and search quietly, so as to attract no attention among the household and the people of the village.

  88. The father has authority in his own household and the old men give advice, because they have experience: that is all.

  89. A punt is waiting and carries them through ruins of houses, through floating household goods.

  90. After a day of moaning and staring, as he sat amidst his household goods on the bank of the creek, he became animated by a deep rage against the mill-owner.


  91. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "household" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accustomed; average; brood; chaste; children; classical; common; commonplace; conventional; current; customary; domestic; everyday; familiar; family; fireplace; fireside; folk; folks; foyer; garden; get; habitual; hackneyed; hearth; home; homely; homespun; homestead; house; household; ingle; issue; menage; nondescript; normative; notorious; offspring; ordinary; palatial; people; plain; platitudinous; popular; predominating; prescriptive; prevailing; prosaic; prosy; proverbial; public; pure; regular; regulation; roof; simple; standard; stock; traditional; train; trite; universal; usual; vernacular; vulgar; wonted; public; pure; regular; regulation; roof; simple; standard; stock; traditional; train; trite; universal; usual; vernacular; vulgar; wonted


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    household furniture; household goods; household management; household suffrage