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Example sentences for "interior"

Lexicographically close words:
intergrades; intergrading; intergroup; interieur; interim; interiora; interiore; interiorly; interiors; interiour
  1. The interior of the church is grand and magnificent, and abounds with sculptures and paintings of the most costly description.

  2. A few steps brought us to the door of a handsome establishment two centuries old, or more; the front frescoed, and the interior neat and orderly as a New England housewife's.

  3. Little change had taken place in the interior arrangements of the church at the time of its destruction.

  4. The interior of this block was burned, and only the Court House, which was opened for the first time for Supreme Court uses by Judge Botsford at the January Circuit of 1830, the Registry Office, and the City Prison were left.

  5. Wain lived in an old plantation house, somewhat dilapidated, and surrounded by an air of neglect and shiftlessness, but still preserving a remnant of dignity in its outlines and comfort in its interior arrangements.

  6. Hardly a sound came from the interior of the bramble bushes.

  7. Like most other things in winter they also stayed indoors, leading an interior life of dim magnificence behind their warm, thick bark.

  8. He stiffened and stood rigid too, listening to the tapping noise that issued from its hollow interior of wood and iron.

  9. On one side of the chapel there was a large grated window, but, as it looked upon the interior of the gaol, Jack preferred following the course he had originally decided upon, to making any attempt in this quarter.

  10. Probably the same idea was occupying the lieutenant's mind; he got up and took a survey of the interior of the tower.

  11. You are to be removed into the interior to-morrow, and a far-off fortress will be your habitation.

  12. Unless we find the interior more attractive, I shall wonder how my ancestors could have had so much partiality for such a country.

  13. The moral atmosphere of the Tillotson interior was as carefully screened and curtained as the house itself: Mrs. Tillotson senior dreaded ideas as much as a draught in her back.

  14. The interior decorators had taken care of that.

  15. It was therefore probable that the Baroness occupied the splendid sleeping chamber on the second floor front, an apartment to which the writer on interior decoration had devoted several pages.

  16. So conscientious was the writer that there were plans of every floor and in many instances descriptions of their interior decoration.

  17. Also, there was an article on her home in a magazine devoted to interior decoration.

  18. From an article in a magazine devoted to interior decoration he had learned the complete lay-out of the residence.

  19. Palaces Facing the Marina, and the Column of Progress The walled-city idea, which throws most of the fine architecture into interior courts, is even more severely carried out in the north facades than in the south.

  20. On the main east and west axis are grouped eight palaces, about three interior courts.

  21. Elsewhere in the building there are minor displays of textiles, ceramics, tapestries, silver work, and interior decoration, installed by commercial firms.

  22. The architecture is Renaissance, and is suggestive of the interior courts of the palaces of the Italian nobles.

  23. George looked at it briefly and turned back, rumbling with an interior laugh of some grimness.

  24. Even flowers and plants and roped vines were brought from afar--not, however, until the stock of the local florists proved insufficient to obliterate the interior structure of the big house, in the Amberson way.

  25. I saw him with you on the other side of the Danube, some four days ago," replied Edicon, "when Attila came down from the interior to meet you.

  26. They have all a complete interior organization, complicated with many mutual relations and adaptations, and are thoroughly systematic in all their parts.

  27. The literary influence of the capital was not felt in the interior portions of the Roman dominions.

  28. This princess is the first in the history of Islam who, from the interior of the harem, has exerted her influence to educate and enlighten her sex.

  29. He transfers himself into the identity of those whom he brings into action; masters the interior springs of their spiritual mechanism; and makes them move, look, speak, and do exactly as they would in real life.

  30. But the further they got into the interior of the cavern, the greater the number of these birds became, and seriously encumbered the visitors by flapping them with their long wings, and deafening them with their discordant cries.

  31. The men, some in full paint, others simply dressed or naked to the waist, went about the interior of the inclosure irregularly.

  32. This building has externally nothing remarkable about it, either in regard to frontage or position; but we are glad to state that the interior is convenient, elegant, and even grand.

  33. In Europe, and especially in France, promenades are wanting in the interior of towns; and it is only during the last few years that Paris has possessed any worthy of a capital.

  34. Intelligence had likewise been derived from several St. Francis Indians, who had recently visited Washington's camp, and who were familiar with these interior regions.

  35. The same law holds good on the more interior plane--the radium-atom is liable to, and actually does, explode.

  36. See his "The Presence of Helium in the Gas from the Interior of an X-Ray Bulb," Journal of the Chemical Society, vol.

  37. Sometimes (indeed frequently) they employed it to denote merely the more volatile portions of a chemical substance; at other times it had a more interior significance.

  38. The interior of the country was but little known except to those engaged in the fur trade, and they were interested in depreciating its value.

  39. I spent a winter in the interior of the island of Cuba a few years since and can, therefore, speak from personal knowledge.

  40. He pushed his jobbing trade in all directions and made his interior customers his personal friends.

  41. Secretary of the Interior was executed and sent to him.

  42. The Secretary of the Interior desires to see you.

  43. Mr. Chandler then said, "I have concluded to appoint you Chief Clerk of the Interior Department; will you accept?

  44. The Interior Department became a strongly-officered and well-administered branch of the government.

  45. A firm believer himself that "corruption wins not more than honesty," he gave durable lessons on that theme in every bureau of the Interior Department.

  46. The interior of the future State swarmed with the savages who yet made it their home, and an Indian war was threatening.

  47. Mr. Chandler's experience as Secretary of the Interior made him a firm believer in President Grant's policy of seeking to civilize the American savages by dealing with them through the agency of the Christian churches.

  48. There was some whispering and sign-making among her followers; but the imperious woman said not a word: she only stretched out her right hand and pointed forward, into the interior of our abbey.

  49. I pulled in hand over hand on the cord, and, when I judged myself near enough, rose at infinite risk to about half my height, and thus commanded the roof and a slice of the interior of the cabin.

  50. The stem of the Cecropia, or trumpet tree, is hollow, and divided into cells by partitions that extend across the interior of the hollow trunk.

  51. Leyland's ambition was to live the life of an ancient Venetian merchant in modern London, and he began to remodel the interior and fill it with beautiful things.

  52. It was determined that the interior should be decorated by the most distinguished American artists.

  53. Another version of this studio interior is in the City of Dublin Art Gallery, but Whistler repudiated it.

  54. He had, before coming, sold a church interior to Haden, who liked it, though he found the floor out of perspective.

  55. His theory of interior decoration, though people do not realise it, has been universally adopted, even his use of distemper, in which he was only carrying on the beautiful tradition of whitewashing walls.

  56. The interior of the defences had been undermined, and the major had just issued the order to fire the train.

  57. The interior of the toldo was greatly changed.

  58. It is used for butchers' blocks, tobacco boxes, furniture and interior finish.

  59. It is also used extensively for furniture and interior finish.

  60. It is extensively cut into lumber for interior and exterior trim, vehicle bodies, veneers, turnery and other high-grade uses.

  61. It is used for cooperage, interior finish, construction, furniture, and crossties.

  62. It is used for interior finish, furniture, woodenware and turnery.

  63. In the South, the wood is extensively used for flooring, interior finish, paper pulp and veneers for baskets of all kinds.

  64. It is used for interior finish of houses and for furniture.

  65. It is valuable for its lustre and color and is used for furniture, interior finish, tools, and implement handles.

  66. The heartwood is distinctly red, and the sapwood white, this color combination making very striking effects when finished for cedar chests, closets, and interior woodwork.

  67. As it was, I found myself ignoring any possible danger I might be running, in my interest in the remarkable interior to which I was thus introduced.

  68. I felt the need of being secretly near you, and I also wished for an opportunity to examine this humble interior unsuspected and unobserved.

  69. His eyes reverted to the interior of the room.

  70. The ray from the flashlight flooded the interior of the safe.

  71. His eyes swept the interior in a swift, comprehensive survey.

  72. There was an uproar now from the interior of the house.

  73. Billy Kane's eyes swept the interior anxiously--and the drawn, strained look in Billy Kane's face relaxed.

  74. On the verso of this leaf is an illumination (Plate XL) representing the interior of a chapel with an altar furnished with curtains, candlesticks, and crucifix.

  75. It is a frequent custom among the Missouri Indians to sketch upon the interior of a bison–robe the various battles in which they have fought and conquered.


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

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    interior decoration; interior finish; interior life; interior lines