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Example sentences for "locate"

Lexicographically close words:
localized; localizing; locally; locals; locanda; located; locates; locating; location; locations
  1. In regard to the machine-guns in the wood, we could only locate them by little puffs of smoke at which we fired our 6-pounders.

  2. Because of the interference in the Burn he had left it behind--but with one he might be able now to locate some settlement.

  3. Some officer whom I can not locate turned to all of us, took command, and ordered every officer and soldier to draw his pistol and saber and prevent another man from going down the hill.

  4. The answer came back from some point that I dare not attempt to locate by a question: "The wire has been down all day.

  5. Looking back, I could see nothing but the stockades at the top of the Gap, and these I could only locate in the fast gathering twilight, because I knew their exact position.

  6. One little incident will serve to locate me.

  7. Tarrano called: "The Princess Maida--can't you locate her?

  8. We wanted to interview him and stay on top of the situation, and in that connection I contacted Robert Lee Oswald again because she wasn't in town, I couldn't locate her.

  9. But it is not ordinarily a part of your advance work, or is it, to locate hospitals?

  10. What next happened in your effort to locate him?

  11. Then at the end of the 6-month period it was then turned into a pending case and I went out and attempted to locate Mrs. Marina Oswald for the purpose of interviewing her.

  12. Yes; from their leads he seemed to have gone back into the Dallas area, and they asked the Dallas office to see if they could locate him.

  13. He might feel now settled down, so I set about to locate him and to talk to him again.

  14. Mrs. Paine told me she would attempt to locate where he was living.

  15. Operating on the request of the New Orleans office to try to locate him, is that correct?

  16. Well, I was--my primary motive here was--trying to locate her.

  17. But he was the only one that I could locate there that knew anything about it, about where she might be, so I, in the course of things, interviewed him to try to find out what I could find out from him.

  18. I was requested to attempt to locate Lee and Marina Oswald.

  19. I located him for interview and tried to locate his mother and, incidentally, in that connection he was very cooperative, and I obtained all the information that he had that I could, and he volunteered a lot of this information.

  20. I believe there was some talk that they couldn't locate some of the gunshop owners, and some of the other things they wanted to do.

  21. The only way I could get the information was to talk to her, and I talked to Robert only in connection with my attempts to locate her.

  22. Eric tried to locate Manders in the velvety darkness before replying.

  23. There was a change somewhere, and he was trying to locate it.

  24. By this means, a person can locate the property directly from the description given in the mortgage.

  25. It is sufficient if the description given enables a person to locate the property either by reference to another record containing a description, or by its own terms.

  26. Find a hole and locate us, and then I'll give you further orders.

  27. Between midnight and dawn you will make contact with that raider and her pack, locate her, and lure her into the waiting arms of British warships.

  28. The others were picking up the machine gun and preparing to move, and Pug took a long and careful look over the edge of the hole to locate his helmet wearer.

  29. I'll locate at the bottom of the snow bank.

  30. The shout came from some distance off and while he tried to locate the spot a rampike slanted over and broke off.

  31. I reckon I'm like my mother, but my father has kind of faded; I'm often sorry I can't locate him well.

  32. Why shouldn't we get behind the German lines and see if we can locate that gun?

  33. But we ought to be able to locate him now.

  34. It seemed that the prohibition enforcement officers had been unable to locate the infant town.

  35. But tell me--what do you figure you can lay freight down for at the spot where you say we're bound to locate our biggest camp?

  36. But all this time, because nobody'll be makin' a great effort to locate water, folks will be believin' that government land is as good as ours.

  37. I was looking for a machine so that I could catch up with the outfit, but can't seem to locate one.

  38. It can be thoroughly purified and helps to locate the skin incision; if removed, it takes some time to grow again, and is apt not to correspond in size with the eyebrow of the opposite side.

  39. A patient should have a good projection of light; that is to say, he should be able to locate the light when thrown into the eye with a mirror whatever direction it comes from.

  40. Even if we locate the place, we may experience great difficulty in finding that of which we are in search.

  41. One by one they took it out on the plain, in an effort to locate some water.

  42. From that point of vantage he would be able to get a closer view, and perhaps locate the man for whom he was looking.

  43. A divining rod is used to locate springs.

  44. I'm going to try to draw their fire so that I can locate them.

  45. Let's locate the sun and get in touch with Samms.

  46. They've started, but we can't locate them.

  47. There are enough operatives out there with ultra-waves to locate that globe, and once they spot it they'll point it out to all the other vessels.

  48. I'll see if I can locate any of the pirates chasing us.

  49. It was close; but the very loudness of its noise, confused as it was by resounding echoes, made it impossible to locate at all exactly the weapon's position.

  50. The planter may locate the distribution-box boat anchor, and in that case it, together with its buoy, would not be taken out in the distribution-box boat.

  51. The azimuth of a fixed target from the primary and secondary stations being given, locate the corresponding point on the board and determine its range and azimuth from the directing point.

  52. The azimuths of a fixed target from the primary and secondary stations being given, locate the corresponding point on the board and determine its range and azimuth from the directing gun or point.

  53. The azimuths of a fixed target from the primary and secondary station being given, locate the corresponding point on the board, and give its azimuths and range, from the directing gun or directing point.

  54. The range and azimuth of a fixed point (from primary station) being given, locate the corresponding point on the board.

  55. But the Boers were completely enveloped in the darkness of the night, and it was impossible to locate them; and the Hotchkiss gun was drawn back within the sandguard which had hurriedly been thrown up, only just in time.

  56. This hotel which the best it is in Italy and most superb, is handsome locate on the best situation of the lake, with the most splendid view near the Villas Melzy, to the King of Belgian, and Serbelloni.

  57. Ye say, whin Mister Garrity do be staying down in town it's small work I have to do; and to locate a bee tree is a rale pleasure.

  58. If we can locate him in that way it may save us a heap of hard work dragging these timbers around.

  59. To locate children who have enlarged tonsils may prevent a diphtheria epidemic.

  60. Upon newly occupied farms a Boer will always seek to locate one or more squatters of his own nation upon allotments ultimately intended for the occupation of some of his own children as soon as they are grown up.

  61. It is hoped that the succeeding pages will be found to supplement the material so essential for diagnosing those grave questions with some degree of certainty, and to locate the guilt more precisely.

  62. Then Running Fox attempted to locate his tribesmen on the other side of the river.

  63. He knew that even if he should succeed in getting into the camp, it might be impossible to locate and reach Spotted Deer.

  64. He stopped his canoe, and attempted to locate the sounds.

  65. It's our duty now to report the matter to our chief, drop it, and resume our attempt to locate the broker's mail thief.

  66. Watch a moment, and we may locate him," Old King Brady whispered.

  67. Just then Mason's voice was heard again: "Keep on shouting, Sim, so I can locate you.

  68. The greatest difficulty all through Lord Methuen's brief but fierce campaign was to locate the enemy exactly.

  69. Here, as before at Belmont and Graspan, it was most difficult to locate the hostile guns.

  70. Look and see if you can locate him, Dick," she urged her husband.

  71. But it will be very hard to locate him in this crowd.

  72. Mr. Martin tried, but it would have been hard to locate even a friend in that moving crowd, to say nothing of trying to pick out a stranger seen only once.

  73. I'll try to locate him later and tell him how much obliged we are.


  74. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "locate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    allocate; anchor; assign; billet; bivouac; burrow; camp; colonize; deploy; detect; determine; discover; dispose; domesticate; domicile; ensconce; establish; find; finger; fix; get; hit; hive; inhabit; install; invent; localize; locate; moor; move; navigate; nest; park; people; perch; pinpoint; place; populate; position; post; quarter; relocate; reside; roost; scout; settle; site; situate; spot; squat; stand; station; stay; strike; trace