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Example sentences for "least twenty"

  • The fondant should "mellow" for at least twenty-four hours before being used, especially as centers for chocolate creams, etc.

  • Stop all food and give boiled water, only, for ten or more hours, then try barley water or whey, but do not give any milk for at least twenty-four hours after all vomiting has ceased.

  • Being provided with mustard-seed shot, Mark loaded his piece properly, and killed at least twenty of these little creatures at one discharge.

  • As well as he could judge, Mark was of opinion that these shoals extended at least twenty miles in this direction, he having turned up fully five leagues without getting clear of them.

  • She would begin by knitting a little; then she would undo or tear up all that was already done; and this would happen regularly over and over again at least twenty times a day.

  • Two hours from hence, General Kleber sustained with a corps not exceeding fifteen hundred men, the attack of the whole Syrian army, amounting to at least twenty-five thousand.

  • Large pieces of the trunks of trees, three or four feet in length, and eight or ten inches in diameter, lay about the plain, and close to the road was an entire trunk of a tree at least twenty feet in length, half buried in sand.

  • Last fall and winter they came at least twenty times to a spot within forty feet of the rear window of my office, in order to feed upon the wheat screenings that we placed there for them.

  • In New York or Pittsburg or Chicago, a whole deer is worth, at wholesale, at least twenty-five dollars.

  • The Bison Society proposed to the national government to donate a herd of at least twenty-five bison, provided Congress would purchase a range, fence it and maintain the herd.

  • At least twenty of the men would have been justified in going to hospital; several ultimately had to do so, and one died.

  • As we advanced it became more and more evident that it was a battle of an extensive and desperate description; and enough could be seen to show that its front extended at least twenty versts, and probably much more.

  • One of the heroic fellows who formed our little band slew at least twenty of the enemy, I know; and very possibly double that number.

  • I traveled this night at least twenty miles, and provided myself with a supply of corn, which was now hard, from a field at the side of the road.

  • There must have been in the troop at least twenty horsemen, and the number of dogs was greater than I could count as they ran in the woods.

  • I think I traveled at least twenty-five miles to-night, without passing any road that appeared so wide, or so much beaten as that which I had traveled when I came from South Carolina.

  • I made a rough guess, however, and came to the conclusion that there were at least twenty in each canoe; it was evident therefore that, despite our superiority in the matter of weapons, there was a desperate struggle in store for us.

  • A drainage tube should be inserted for at least twenty-four hours.

  • After cleansing the meatus, a small laminaria tent is inserted through the stricture, and if the pain is not too severe it is left in situ for at least twenty-four hours and then withdrawn.

  • If an extra-dural abscess be present, the intracranial cavity should not be explored at once unless this is absolutely necessary, but this step of the operation should be delayed for at least twenty-four hours.

  • If there be no accompanying middle-ear suppuration, the packing should not be removed for at least twenty-four hours.

  • At least twenty-five Lieutenants and Captains had volunteered.

  • When done, remove from the pan and set away until at least twenty-four hours old before using.

  • The pike carries with him at least twenty kinds, while many other varieties of fish are equally infested.

  • At least twenty thousand,' was the reply; 'for the old men are just as strong and brave as the young ones.

  • This cake, like other articles made with yeast, should not be eaten within at least twenty-four hours after baking.

  • We shall now proceed to a rather systematic consideration of the most interesting and significant types of creatures which have inhabited the earth since the beginning of Paleozoic time at least twenty-five million years ago.

  • I did not count the birds, but at least twenty of them were seemingly injured.

  • On an average, a feeding flock thus takes alarm at least twenty times in the course of an hour.

  • Thus the latest arrival made his appearance at least twenty-eight hours after either of his brethren.

  • Lucien had written to his dear mother and his sister Hortense, and he had to open his letter at least twenty times to add postscripts, often dictated by l'Encuerado.

  • A limestone mountain rose right in front of us, the slope of which we had to climb; but ere we reached the top, we halted at least twenty times to take breath.

  • Although driven away at least twenty times, Gringalet kept on returning to the attack, and he assailed the trowsers with so much ardor that a fresh rent was made.

  • At least twenty terrible-looking priests were in attendance upon her when we arrived and were ready to slay the inoffensive goat if money was forthcoming.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    already related; assault upon; availed ourselves; bitter enemy; half full; hath seemed; least developed; least expected; least five; least half; least have; least not; least once; least one; least resistance; least some; least three; least twenty; least two; military rule; modern civilization; not wishing; real thing; serious matter; vital force; would keep