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Example sentences for "invert"

Lexicographically close words:
invents; inverse; inversely; inversion; inversions; invertebrate; invertebrated; invertebrates; inverted; inverting
  1. If the invert succeeds in finding a male to his liking and with a similar degenerative state of mind to his own, he will pay him the attention that the normal man would to a woman.

  2. The feminine invert likes to dress as a man and feels like a man toward other women.

  3. This is usually free from danger when there is no natural sexual attraction between the hypnotizer and the hypnotized; when, for example, a normal man hypnotizes another man, a normal woman another woman, or an invert another invert.

  4. The invert treats her as a servant; he rarely has sexual intercourse with her, sometimes not at all, and only performs it with repugnance with a view to the procreation of young inverts, who will rise to his ideal.

  5. Among other cases, I may mention that of an invert hospital attendant, who fell madly in love with one of his comrades and covered ten meters of white tape with the name of his beloved.

  6. If the invert is rich or of high position he has only to yield to the extortion, emigrate or commit suicide.

  7. When a woman invert wishes to seduce a normal girl, it is easy for her to do so.

  8. As we have already said, the pure female invert feels like a man.

  9. But the law may ignore them when they do no harm to any one, and regard them as private affairs, especially when they prevent much worse evils, such as the marriage of an invert to a normal individual.

  10. For the same reason an invert is not virtuous because he does not seduce girls.

  11. The real crime is the marriage of an invert to an individual of the opposite sex, and yet this crime is sanctioned by the law!

  12. An invert in a boarding-school is in reality almost in the same position as a young man who sleeps in the same room as young girls, and no one thinks of the danger.

  13. On the other hand, the invert would have no influence on an individual who was not predisposed.

  14. The invert does not so easily become enamored of another invert as of normal men.

  15. Stand magnetically upon that Axis, when prudent simplicity hath fixt there; and let no attraction invert the Poles of thy Honesty.

  16. Then invert each jar to permit the food to cool and to test for leaks.

  17. The acid, upon being boiled with the sugar, changes a part of the cane sugar to invert sugar, and as this does not crystallize, the candy will not become sugary.

  18. There is no weakness in Spirit, it is all strength; and we must therefore always be watchful against the insidious approaches of the Negative which would invert the true position.

  19. Phædrus to invert his proposition, and then you extorted an absurdity from this inversion.

  20. Now, by parity of reason, we are entitled to invert this order, and to express what is unimportant by some word indicating the mere fashion or external manner of an object as opposed to its substance.

  21. Who dare affirm that it is advantageous to invert violently, /by force/, by means of spoliation, the natural order according to which the wants and desires of men are developed?

  22. Invert another one over it, and bake until it is hissing hot on top and sides, when uncover, and brown quickly.

  23. When “set” in the middle, cover one half with hot stewed tomatoes; fold over the other half so as to enclose it, and invert the pan upon a hot dish.

  24. Untie the cloth, invert the bowl with care over a hot dish; turn out the pudding, and serve at once.

  25. Invert another pan of the same size over them, and let them stew, at a moderate heat, for two hours.

  26. Lay flat in a dripping-pan; pour a cup of boiling water over them, and invert another pan over them so as to cover closely.

  27. Dip the mould into cold water for half a minute; invert a hot dish, and strike gently upon top and upon sides to turn it out.

  28. Press firmly into a wet bowl, and invert upon a pie-dish, withdrawing the bowl cautiously.

  29. Turn the bowl bottom upward and dip in cold water; untie the cloth, invert a hot dish upon the mould, and turn over carefully, to get the pudding out without breaking.

  30. Invert a hot dish over the pan, turn out, and serve at once.

  31. Invert another pan over it to keep in the steam; be sure that the fire is good, and leave it to itself for an hour.

  32. Dip in cold water, and invert upon a flat dish.

  33. Set in the oven, invert a plate or tin pan over the dish, and bake until the juice bubbles up to the top.

  34. Invert the pan above a very hot dish, and turn out without folding.

  35. A strong continuous invert from side wall to side wall is necessary where passing through soft swelling clay or loose strata intersected with small streams of water.

  36. In some cases substantial side-walls and invert are requisite to carry away the flow of water.

  37. The invert may be of stone pitching or brick if the current is not rapid, or liable to bring down stone boulders from its gravelly bed.

  38. If laid too high, and the stream above should at any time deepen, the high invert would check the flow of the water, and would also incur the risk of being undermined and gradually carried away.

  39. The depth of the bed or invert of a culvert is a very important point.

  40. If, on the other hand, the invert be laid too low, it will gradually silt up to the level of the stream-bed alongside, and there will be so much of the culvert space lost for all practical purposes.

  41. Now smoke and invert it, setting the empty hive over.

  42. Invert the hive that is to receive it, put the piece edgewise between the combs, if you can spread them apart enough for the purpose; they will hold it there, and then there will be ample room to make the cells.

  43. The manner of doing it is very simple; get them in a hive as before directed, and jar them out in front of the one you wish them to enter, or invert it, setting the other over, and let them run up.

  44. When this is the condition of things, invert the hive, gather up all the scattered bees, and put them in.

  45. Instead of the receiver, by means of which we have just seen the drops of water form, we shall invert over the flame this piece of tube, which is about two feet in length, and one inch in diameter (PLATE VIII.

  46. You see that it burns with a faint blueish flame; and as I invert over it this receiver, white fumes arise from the sulphur, and fill the vessel.

  47. They are divided by naturalists into crustaceous and testaceous: both of which, being totally unlike fishes in appearance, seem to invert the order of nature.

  48. Twist the branch of a tree, so as to invert its leaves, and fix it in that position, if left in any degree loose, it untwists itself gradually, till the leaves be restored to their natural position.

  49. I invert a glass in water; the water will not fill it unless you leave a passage for the escape of the air; so air is capable of resistance.

  50. If we try to invert this order we shall produce a forced fruit immature and flavourless, fruit which will be rotten before it is ripe; we shall have young doctors and old children.

  51. Select a place where the snow has not drifted, invert the funnel, and, turning it round, lift and melt what is enclosed.

  52. Sith yet there is a credence in my heart, An esperance so obstinately strong, That doth invert th' attest of eyes and ears; As if those organs had deceptious functions Created only to calumniate.

  53. If hollowly, invert What best is boded me to mischief!

  54. It is possible (he then continues, again at considerable length) to invert the syllogism and to demonstrate in a circle.

  55. You may invert this argument for the affirmative, if you can show that C is less a proprium of B than A is a proprium of B, yet still that C is a proprium of B; hence you will infer, a fortiori, that A is a proprium thereof.

  56. Induction, and the Syllogism from or out of Induction (he says) is a process in which we invert the order of the terms.

  57. To do this, place a teaspoonful of the parsley in a buttered mold, cover it with the hand and shake it well; then invert the mold, and strike it on the table to free it of all that is loose.

  58. Let the molds stand a minute in the water, then invert on a cloth to let the moisture drain off, and unmold them on the dish on which they are to be served.

  59. Dip the mold into cold water; wipe it dry and invert it on the dish.

  60. Place a dish over the top, invert the mold, and let it stand a few minutes.

  61. Invert a dish over a mold before turning it, so that the form will not break; also, place it in exactly the right spot before lifting off the mold.

  62. The water should be below the largest part of the bulb; stop the bottles with cotton, and over the top of each one invert a tin cup.

  63. Next, place a layer of oysters, alternating with bread crumbs, until the dish is filled, finishing with butter and cream; invert a plate over it to keep in the flavor.

  64. And crown what I profess with kind event, If I speak true: if hollowly, invert What best is boded me, to mischief!

  65. Several of our best artists, who are fond of painting large figures, invert this reasoning.

  66. When the alcoholic ferments secreted by the yeast plant act upon the invert sugars and produce alcoholic fermentation, carbon dioxid is one of the products formed.

  67. It is also said to invert the order of thought; as if thought had only one order, or as if the order of thought had anything to do with Formal Logic.

  68. Invert the cup now in a saucer of water, and, as the enclosed air cools, it will return to its former density, and leave a vacuum, and the pressure of the external air will force a great deal of water up into the cup.

  69. In order to invert the bottle of water without spilling the contents, place a bit of thin writing paper over the mouth of the bottle; and when you have placed the bottle in the proper position, draw out the paper quickly and steadily.

  70. XLIII As then the Tulip for her wonted sup Of Heavenly Vintage lifts her chalice up, Do you, twin offspring of the soil, till Heav'n To Earth invert you like an empty Cup.

  71. In the first draught of Third Edition quatrain forty ran thus: As then the Tulip from her wonted sup Of Wine from Heav'n her little Tass lifts ups Do you, twin offspring of the soil, till Heav'n To Earth invert you like an empty cup.

  72. Invert the cake pan on a wire rack and allow the cake to remain until cool.

  73. Glass jars should be tested before using: Partly fill the jar with water, adjust the rubber and cover, seal, invert the jar.

  74. Invert the can and let it stand until cool.

  75. Factors Influencing the Amount of Invert Sugar in Fondant," by Daniels and Cook.


  76. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "invert" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    bisexual; capsize; change; chicken; convert; fag; faggot; fairy; flit; fruit; homo; homosexual; introvert; inverse; invert; overturn; punk; queer; retrograde; reverse; revolve; rotate; transpose; turn; upset


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    invert sugar; inverted cone; inverted image; inverted position