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Example sentences for "landmarks"

Lexicographically close words:
landlord; landlordism; landlords; landlubbers; landmark; lando; landowner; landowners; landownership; landowning
  1. There, the landmarks were not deceiving, as I was half afraid they would be; and in a quiet street of the suburb, we stopped at last before a fair-sized house with lights in many windows.

  2. He had not bothered to look at the name of the street; but, though he was not very familiar with that neighbourhood, various landmarks would guide him to the right place, when he came to pass them again.

  3. Fact is, the blinking glare lighted up some landmarks that I recognized easily.

  4. A night ground mist was fast being "melted" away by the dawn sun, and landmarks were beginning to stand out in clear relief.

  5. To this day the landmarks of his mission in Great Britain are pointed out to the elders who perform ministerial labors there.

  6. Their respective administrations constitute distinguished landmarks in the history of a great people.

  7. Mary greeted with pleasure the old landmarks so familiar to her on former visits.

  8. When last I visited them but few landmarks remained.

  9. We went down Bond Street, and part of Regent Street, just estraying a little way from our temporary nest, and taking good account of landmarks and corners, so as to find our way readily back again.

  10. What an excellent thing it is to have such striking and indestructible landmarks and time-marks that they serve to affix historical incidents to, and thus, as it were, nail down the Past for the benefit of all future ages!

  11. I followed the country below with anxious eyes, relying on landmarks to show me the way.

  12. Take my advice and fly by the compass, and only use landmarks as a check!

  13. Know the way up to Ghent, sir; shall go by landmarks after that!

  14. For certain classes of navigation a boldly drawn chart showing only the dangers and a few other soundings and some landmarks might be useful.

  15. It is particularly important in this topographic work to locate accurately objects which are good landmarks and likely to be of use to the mariner.

  16. The summit was sparsely timbered and they had no difficulty either in finding their landmarks or in mapping out their way down the farther slope and across the valley to the gap beyond.

  17. As they had suspected might be the case, it was impossible to distinguish the landmarks they had chosen.

  18. They picked out some landmarks by which they could readily locate the line again.

  19. Let's pick out our landmarks and get under way.

  20. Since that time a monument of marble has been erected at the initial point, and permanent landmarks of iron have been placed at suitable distances along the line.

  21. It is one of three or four great landmarks in our history--the great turning points in our development.

  22. It was so old that it was new to her, and she visited Westminster Abbey and other of its ancient landmarks in rapid succession.

  23. Of all the ancient landmarks of England, none attracted Jennie so much as the aristocracy, and although she had written to New York for letters of introduction that would be useful in London, she was too impatient to await their arrival.

  24. The landmarks which it has left behind are not here to recall only the vanity of human things.

  25. Any regret at the disappearance of ancient and familiar landmarks would be lost in pride for the honour which the old place had received, and in admiration of the magnificence with which it was invested.

  26. So with herds of men in a savage state, like herds of buffalo or wild horses on our prairies, they are kept together by sounds common amongst themselves, and are utterly unacquainted with the landmarks of civilisation.

  27. During the middle ages the Palace of the Institute was one of the landmarks and limits of Paris.

  28. It seems to be the study of the Squire to adhere, as much as possible, to what he considers the old landmarks of English manners.

  29. There he must not go beyond the landmarks established by law, and he agrees to this arrangement by remaining in the State or community.

  30. These crises sweep away in a moment the landmarks of generations.

  31. It suffocated me to find the old familiar landmarks coming into view .

  32. Without landmarks or other objects to guide them, they rarely mistake their position, even at night, and can estimate the extent of a day's journey with surprising accuracy.

  33. It requires very good eyesight to discover the entrance of Avatcha Bay at a distance of eight or ten miles, but the landmarks are of such excellent character that one can approach without hesitation.

  34. Some of the mountains that serve as landmarks to the approaching mariner, are visible from the town, and others can be seen by climbing the hills in the vicinity.

  35. There were the landmarks one and all-- What did they stand to show?

  36. Such landmarks as the Place de la Bastille, the Pantheon,--anciently the site of the Abbey de Ste.

  37. The landmarks of court restraint, of tyrannous etiquette have vanished in the mystery of this midnight meeting.


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