The day wore on, and though very thirsty, they husbanded their water for fear of not finding any before night.
He husbanded the remaining sticks with care, for he was afraid that they might not hold out until the morning, and he employed himself by stirring up the embers when they grew dim, and raking them together.
The supply of grass thus brought in was of great assistance in feeding the cattle, but it had to be husbanded to the utmost, as the Zulus were certain not to let the waggon go out again without making an attempt to capture it.
She was profound enough to see that without liberty a noble character cannot be formed; and she husbanded the curb.
Richard's father squandered his thirty thousand pounds before he died; my father husbanded the estates, got into Parliament, and they put a tail to his name.
But as breath is the foundation of song, it is something not to be wasted, but to be husbanded to the utmost.
The increase at the table quickly diminished our stores, and I knew by the careful manner in which the wood was husbanded that it was nearly exhausted.
We husbanded every drop, and borrowed from a neighbor, if any neighbor was fortunate enough not to have used all his supply.
The brigades of Vandeleur and Vivian, well husbanded during the day, had been slipped upon the foe.
Two or three burghers husbanded their "dribbles o' brandy;" two or three dragoons lounged over their muddy ale, and cursed the inactive times that allowed them no better cheer.
And those who husbanded the Golden grain, And those who flung it to the winds like Rain, Alike to no such aureate Earth are turn'd As, buried once, Men want dug up again.
And those who husbanded the Golden Grain, And those who flung it to the Winds like Rain, Alike to no such aureate Earth are turn'd As, buried once, Men want dug up again.
If you shall prove This ring was ever hers, you shall as easy Prove that I husbanded her bed in Florence, Where she yet never was.
This do, and do it kindly, gentle sirs; It will be pastime passing excellent, If it be husbanded with modesty.
We had carefully from the first husbanded our water, having the advantage of the previous experience of our companions.
We had provisions to last us for many days, but we had no liquid, with the exception of a little rum and water, which, although we had carefully husbanded it, was very low in the flask.
Oh, how carefully wehusbanded the few precious nuts which remained!
Carefully we husbandedthe precious fluid; we had learned to know its value.
Though wanting in water, yet these all had small streams of some sort flowing through them, which if carefully husbanded could be made to irrigate thousands of fertile acres all through here.
But even so, they helped to shorten the famine period; they stored up the rain after it had ceased to fall, and they caught up and husbanded the first drops when it began again.
She had husbanded her strength, and when we had run about two-thirds of the race she suddenly sprang forward at full speed, left me behind, and I saw that I had lost.
I reproached her for the way in which she husbanded her wit as far as I was concerned, and M.
He had husbanded the small sum of money he possessed, in case of dire necessity, either to help them to escape or to obtain food.
Although they had most carefully husbanded their water, it was now growing very scarce.
XV And those who husbanded the Golden grain, And those who flung it to the winds like Rain, Alike to no such aureate Earth are turn'd As, buried once, Men want dug up again.
XVI For those who husbanded the Golden grain, And those who flung it to the winds like Rain, Alike to no such aureate Earth are turn'd As, buried once, Men want dug up again.
XV And those who husbanded the Golden Grain, And those who flung it to the Winds like Rain, Alike to no such aureate Earth are turn'd As, buried once, Men want dug up again.
That very night when I came home and found you there, I had just lost overboard my last supplies, stored so long, husbanded so carefully!
On the table the supplies were ranged in order; there was a careful pile of knots on one side of the hearth; and the fire was evidently husbandedto last as long as possible.
The British investigator knows only too well the necessity forhusbanded material and inexpensive substitutes.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "husbanded" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
