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Example sentences for "lin"

Lexicographically close words:
limping; limply; limpness; limps; limy; linage; linchpin; lindane; lindens; lindos
  1. Some awful, accusing voice thundered in Lucy's burning ears that she had done this because she was ashamed to face Lin Slone any more in that costume--she wanted to appear different in his eyes, to look like a girl.

  2. For Lin Slone had fallen despairingly, terribly in love with her.

  3. She ought not go to meet Lin Slone any more.

  4. But Lin Slone never traded nor sold a horse he had captured.

  5. A Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Nung Lin Pu) was set up in 1940 as the third economic ministry.

  6. With a long beard and a humane, scholarly demeanor, President Lin has fulfilled most admirably the requirements of his office.

  7. The priest declared there would be no difficulty in doing so; but when Lin asked him what drugs he intended to use, the priest said he should not use any at all.

  8. The work of a well-known writer, named Lin I-ch'ing, who flourished during the Sung Dynasty.

  9. He then made Lin lie down in the sun; and tying his hands and feet together, he placed a stoup of good wine about half a foot from his head.

  10. Mr. Lin said nothing was the matter with him; whereupon the priest asked him if he often got drunk.

  11. The old woman was overjoyed, and inquiring where Lin lived, bade him go home and get a bridal chair, leaving his square behind him as a pledge of his good faith.

  12. But Mr. Lin sat in the middle of the boat, with the crystal square in his hand, and the mighty waves broke around without doing them any harm.

  13. By-and-by, Lin felt a deadly thirst coming on; and the flavour of the wine passing through his nostrils, seemed to set his vitals on fire.

  14. Mr. Lin was now out of patience with his visitor.

  15. Wang waited to see how Mr. Lin planned to punish the thief, feeling sure that the least he could do, would be to go and give him a good scolding.

  16. From his little hoard of money he took enough cash to pay Mr. Lin for the stolen duck.

  17. Besides Wang was holding him so tightly that it really felt as if Lin were being pinched by some gigantic crawfish.

  18. Suddenly Lin could hold his tongue no longer: "You lazy hound!

  19. He knew that they belonged to a rich man named Lin who lived in the village.

  20. After all, Old Boy had not told him he must confess to the owner of the duck; he had said he must go to Lin and get Lin to give a good scolding.

  21. Yes," said Mr. Lin smiling, "a fine flock indeed.

  22. Old Boy did not say that Lin must scold me," thought the miser.

  23. Mr. Lin invited him to come in and sit down.

  24. He seized Mr. Lin by the legs crying out, "Scold me!

  25. He ate it, laughing to himself all the time at his own slyness, and wondering what his friend Lin would think if he chanced to count his ducks that night.

  26. Be calm, my friend, and give me time to think of some good scold-words," said Lin at last.

  27. The longer Wang talked to himself, the surer he became that it was useless to tell Lin that he had stolen the duck.

  28. Besides, if I tell Lin that I am a thief, perhaps he will send for a policeman and they will haul me off to prison.


  29. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lin" 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:
    line abreast; line ahead; line clear; line drawn; line engraving; line from; line parallel; line stanza; line stanzas; line system; line trench; line trenches; line troops; line upon; lineal descendant; linear perspective; linear series; lined stanzas; linen cloth; linen paper; linen yarn; lines drawn; lingua franca; linseed meal