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Example sentences for "large stock"

  • It happened that Ben ran across an agent from New York who had a large stock of advertising bills, made to look very much like a greenback.

  • But if he has never delved much into books, he has picked up a large stock of useful information which the schools do not teach.

  • All this time he was working on board the steamer, and by laying in a large stock of quinine, tobacco, etc.

  • Ben at once laid in a large stock of liquors, having fitted up an ice chest capable of holding two tons of ice.

  • A large Stock of Ladies, two taels per sack 237 XXXI.

  • Some days he has a large stock-in-trade, sometimes next to nothing.

  • He takes with him a troop of cavalry, a large stock of mules, &c.

  • Here he purchased a large stock of goods, and reascending the river, transferred them to his caravan.

  • The party, having a large stock of beaver on hand, set out to cross the main ridge of the Rocky mountains, to dispose of their furs at the rendezvous.

  • With a large stock of furs, they returned in safety to Razado, via the Raton mountains, which are spurs of the great Rocky chain.

  • I had just bought, we started out for the country towns with a large stock, and advertised to sell at private sale only, and to remain but six weeks in each town.

  • Tell them I, as a large stock-holder, and representing a group of large stock-holders, purpose to stop the paying of unearned dividends.

  • A large stock of the newest and best patterns in British and foreign Paper Hangings, Borders, Centres, Gilt Mouldings, &c.

  • On the other hand, in many cases, a large stock of individuals of the same species, relatively to the numbers of its enemies, is absolutely necessary for its preservation.

  • A large store of honey is indispensable to support a large stock of bees during the winter; and the security of the hive is known mainly to depend on a large number of bees being supported.

  • We had collected a large stock of wood in order to be able to make a blaze quickly, but determined to keep it up all night; but we had forgotten our fatigue, which soon made us fall asleep, and we did not wake till daybreak.

  • Marius, who, as the heir of his father, had inherited a large stock of wickedness.

  • The successful claimant was so delighted with the judgment delivered in his favour, that he placed a large stock of clothes, for the army, at the disposal of Hannibal.

  • The closed and imperfect flowers are, however, manifestly of high importance, as they yield with the utmost safety a large stock of seed, with the expenditure of wonderfully little pollen.

  • With a large stock of beaver, the party started for that place, arriving in eight days.

  • With a large stock of furs they returned in safety to Rayado, via the Raton Mountains, which are spurs of the great Rocky chain.

  • Kit Carson and a trapper named Owens made a hunt by themselves and were very fortunate in obtaining a large stock of the fur.

  • Here he purchased a large stock of goods.

  • Uncle Sam was a good old soul, and, seeing that he did not keep the best cash account in the world, Smooth had no objection to entering into the tin business with him, now that he had a large stock on hand.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "large stock" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    blue coats; large audience; large canoe; large country; large dimensions; large eyes; large fish; large flat; large flock; large force; large hole; large paper; large pile; large ship; large square; large stone; large sum; large table; large towns; large tract; large tree; larger measure; largest producer; must appear; single tree; the book