Home
Idioms
Top 1000 Words
Top 5000 Words


Example sentences for "mark"

Lexicographically close words:
maritima; maritime; marito; maritus; marjoram; marka; marke; marked; markedly; marker
  1. Ye crickets, mark how nettled our friend the goatherd is!

  2. Now draw your bow to the full extent of its curve without running the risk of breaking it, and mark on the crosspiece where the bowstring crosses it when the bow is drawn, and here cut a narrow slot right through the crosspiece.

  3. Mark roughly on this the "Bull's Eye" in ink, and hang up the box by means of loops of string through the side.

  4. Mark on the crosspiece the width of the bow-stick and cut into each side of the crosspiece a deep sharp nick, leaving about one inch between each opposite set of nicks.

  5. Stitch a line right through at the wrists and flatten out the hands, and make lines of stitching to mark the fingers and the line of the toes: make a sort of "dart" where the leg bends at the ankle.

  6. Rule a line up to center of your block to mark the keel and cut away from this with a very sharp knife to the curving outlines of the deck which must be drawn on the top side of the block.

  7. Mark--mark of a lady know when to use slang.

  8. In the country, he knew, such an appearance might mark the earliest stages of love-making, or mere youthful tenderness, in which there was nothing more implied or expected.

  9. It is mentioned for the first time in a deed of the reign of Ethelred, and there it figures less as a river than as a boundary mark concerning a grant of some lands "between Maersae and Ribbel.

  10. On a stone in the churchyard is shown "the true mark of Owen Glendower's dagger," which weapon he threw from a rock behind the church, thus doing something more to surround his life with legend.

  11. The two rivers both rise among the heather-clad moors of Cardiganshire; so near, indeed, that you may stand on the watershed and mark the different trend of their streams.

  12. Seen when the tints are on its trees, this part of Teifi's course makes an enduring mark on the memory.

  13. It belongs to Coniston Water, as Leven belongs to Windermere; and the commonplace scenery of its short course, with its trio of bridges, is another mark of similarity.

  14. The /Beaulieu/ river is worthy of mark on the maps, and when the tide is full it is a brimming water-way into the heart of the forest.

  15. Totnes has not scrupled to claim to be the oldest town in England, and, quite half way up the acclivity, far above the highest water-mark of the Dart, they show the stone on which Brute set foot at the end of his voyage from ruined Troy.

  16. They are close to Titchfield, and mark the site of a Priory founded by Bishop de Rupibus in the reign of Henry III.

  17. Here a village with its mill, and there a hamlet with its homely old church, mark the stages of the crystal clear river, every foot of which is the treasured preserve of some wealthy angler.

  18. There is nothing of especial mark to see by the way, save Merlin's grotto, where the Arthurian wizard fell a victim to the wiles of the fairy Viviana, and where he is still imprisoned, and will be for all time.

  19. Here an interesting group of buildings still stands to mark the site of the famous ox-market, Forum Boarium.

  20. Meleager is represented in a position of repose, leaning on his spear, the mark of the junction of which, with the plinth, is still to be seen.

  21. Each holds the book of the Gospels in his hands and is clothed in pontifical robes, "including the pallium, which had not yet been confined as a mark of distinction to metropolitans.

  22. Ascend it to where a broad furrow in the slope seems to mark the site of an ancient road.

  23. The original temple was built by Tarquin, and was supposed to mark the site of the ancient Sabine altar of the god and the limit of the wood of refuge mentioned by Virgil.

  24. Antonia, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia, wife of the elder Drusus, mother of Germanicus and Claudius.

  25. In the wall adjoining the cella of Minerva, a nail was fastened every year, to mark the lapse of time.

  26. Hope, which are believed to mark the site of the Forum Olitorium.

  27. Sabba, which is supposed to mark the site of the Porta Randusculana of the walls of Servius Tullius.

  28. It was in front of it that the body of the tribune Rienzi, after his murder on the Capitol steps, was hung up by the feet for two days as a mark for the rabble to throw stones at.

  29. Among other noble householders on this part of the Palatine was Mark Antony,[134] whose house was afterwards given by Augustus to Agrippa and Messala, soon after which it was burnt down.

  30. An inscription over the door of the column, which overtops the other ruins, shows that it was raised in order to mark the depth of earth which was removed to construct the forum.

  31. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright.

  32. Who builds a church to God, and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.

  33. Editor: Mary Mark Ockerbloom] This chapter has been put on-line as part of the BUILD-A-BOOK Initiative at the Celebration of Women Writers.

  34. In Chaldea it starts by putting a ram, two kids, a bull in the sky, to mark the productions of the earth in the spring.

  35. It is difficult to mark the limits of superstition.

  36. Resting places in fragrant woods, with pure brooks and tender grass, mark the care of the outriders.

  37. For the incision left a deep mark on baby Isabel Valois' arm.

  38. To be a planter, a man of mark in the legislature, to revive the glories of the Valois family, is the lawyer's wish.

  39. Speculation, enterprise, and abandonment of old creeds, scruples, and codes, mark the hour.

  40. The little Spanish girl, from whose baby arm he extracted a giant poisonous thorn, bore a mark like this,--a record of his own surgery.

  41. By a fortunate marriage he is related to Jose Castro, the warlike Commandante general of Pio Pico--a man of mark now.

  42. Battle unceasing, storm of shell, rattle of rifles, and cannon balls skipping down the Champs Elysees mark this fatal day.

  43. The news of California's admission finds Hardin and Valois already men of mark in the Occidental city.

  44. A few pencilled words on a shingle mark the grave, soon to be trampled down by the feet of cattle and horses.

  45. As in the early days, his cool brain and nerve mark him as a desperate gamester.

  46. While his meal is being served in his parlor, he indites a note to Hardin's political Mark Antony.

  47. Although the mark of Cain sets up a barrier between him and his fellows, and the murder calls for the vengeance of God, Philip Hardin goes his way with unclouded brow.

  48. Some surgical operation of trifling nature has left a mark in its healing, which will be visible for many years.

  49. Not a single blemish or peculiar mark on the girl, save a crossed scar on her left arm, between the wrist and elbow.

  50. Every man of mark in the State is listed and canvassed.

  51. I did it on the system adopted by the makers of the Basilica of St. Mark at Venice.

  52. The eyes of the Greeks were directed to Mark of Ephesus, the champion of his country; and the sufferings of the holy confessor were repaid with a tribute of admiration and applause.

  53. A more classical tradition recognized the figures of Bellerophon and Pegasus; and the free attitude of the steed seemed to mark that he trod on air, rather than on the earth.

  54. The cause of either nation was managed by ten theological champions: the Latins were supported by the inexhaustible eloquence of Cardinal Julian; and Mark of Ephesus and Bessarion of Nice were the bold and able leaders of the Greek forces.

  55. And to mark their jurisdiction over the prince as well as the priest, they assumed the government of Avignon, annulled the alienation of the sacred patrimony, and protected Rome from the imposition of new taxes.

  56. Fallmerayer struggles in vain to mitigate this mark of the subjection of the Comneni to the sultan.

  57. I guess that the Perpera was the nummus aureus, the fourth part of a mark of silver, or about ten shillings sterling in value.

  58. Footnote 40: It may not be useless to mark the distances between Angora and the neighboring cities, by the journeys of the caravans, each of twenty or twenty-five miles; to Smyrna xx.

  59. Knighthood was more the adjunct of rank than the reward of merit; and the Germans were more solicitous to examine the quarters of a shield than the martial deserts of the bearer, more desirous to mark his ancestors' deeds than his own.

  60. We may mark the state of the system of chivalric education in the castles of the nobility.

  61. One knight, though, lusty and young, approached the lists in a litter, and presented every mark of feebleness and age.

  62. It became odious, however, when a baron made this mark of servility separate his gentle from his noble friends.

  63. In this, the most interesting part of the subject, a great change had taken place: but it is impossible to mark the exact time of its occurring.

  64. It is curious to mark the difference of character in the two parties.

  65. The Queen was pleased and flattered by this mark of homage, and assured him that she wished him joy in accomplishing a vow which was so agreeable to the customs of knighthood.

  66. Remember," said Constance, as he paid her the same mark of respect.

  67. He had come upon the scene at almost the same instant as Jenssen and Malbihn, and was watching the activities of the baboons with every mark of interest.

  68. It was not until the third bullet had found its mark within his body that he lunged forward upon his face.

  69. He fought with a disregard of self that left its mark upon all those who were near by.

  70. In vain glory an occasional log hut, with flattened reed roof, stood out surrounded by its complement of teepees to mark the petty chieftainship of its owner.

  71. Sometimes a pompous, pretending title hits the mark at once and wins a name.

  72. The shepherd has made a rude mark with his foot Where his shadow reached when he first came, And it just touched the tree where his secret love cut Two letters that stand for love's name.

  73. Life's changes for many hours musings supply; Both the past and the present appear; I mark how the years that remain hurry by, And feel that my last must be near.

  74. I know it by a mark which it received from my spade four years ago.

  75. While some affectations are striving for a lifetime to hit all tastes and always miss the mark by a wide throw, an unconscious poet of little name writes a trifle as he feels, without thinking of others, and he becomes a common name.

  76. Scrawled in so boldly as to mark on the under sheet of paper.

  77. The pawnticket was on the table and related to a diamond aigrette pawned by one James Merritt--mark the simple cunning of the man--with Messrs.

  78. Who in this sketchey wonder does not trace The fire, the spirit, and the living grace, That mark the hand of genius and of taste?

  79. It was not until 1852, under the Empire, that the objects which still on one side mark the limits of the Place were set up.

  80. He was lunching there one day with a joyous party of friends, when a bottle of champagne was opened, of which the cork struck the ceiling and left a mark there.

  81. The present century has produced two generations of Paris Bohemians who have left their mark upon the history of arts and letters.

  82. Anciently this theatre seemed to be placed beneath the auspices of Collé des Augiers and Scribe, whose names mark different phases of the Vaudeville style, once exclusively cultivated by this theatre.

  83. Any pig found walking abroad without this mark was now seized by the executioner, who could demand either its head, or, in lieu thereof, four sous.

  84. Voltaire and Maurice de Saxe were both dead; but an old friend of hers, named D'Argental, was still living, and he hastened to mark the spot by a tablet to her memory.

  85. More than one sovereign has left his mark on the walls of the Louvre.

  86. These two opposite points mark in a certain way the beginning and the end of the Revolution.

  87. Having lost his hat, he was now an easier mark than ever for the assaults of the crowd.

  88. It might be that this destiny was before him, for the outcome of this struggle no one could foretell; it might be his sad lot to mark the end of the line of Presidents of the United States.

  89. The first definite mark of the growth was the struggle over the admission of Missouri, in 1820.

  90. On the right shoulder was a small triangular mark; the mark of what, to a soldier's eyes, told of an old wound.

  91. Let me see your shoulder--have you the mark of the wound that I gave?

  92. On the seventh day I came to myself, but the agony I endured left its mark forever.

  93. Care should be taken to see that the vacant racks are thoroughly cleaned before fresh rubber is placed upon them, otherwise a distinct dirty mark is caused across the middle of the sheet.

  94. As a rule, even in the most careful cases a faint mark may always be seen, but in many instances this mark is exaggerated to such an extent as to point to lack of care on the part of the store supervision.

  95. In the latter case, you can detect the cloth mark on the finished product.

  96. Where this mark occurs regularly in all sheets, attention should be turned to the openings beneath the bays of racks, if open fire furnaces are employed.

  97. This mark usually cannot be removed, even by scrubbing with water.

  98. It will be seen that there are outstanding yielders even amongst these young trees, and that it would be possible to mark about 10 per cent.

  99. Any trees which failed to yield sufficient latex to reach the first mark were registered at zero.

  100. This practice is followed in smoke-houses, the idea being to move the drying sheets slightly each day, with a view to the prevention of a pronounced mark across the sheets.

  101. The simplest form of record consists in putting one mark for each graduation of reading.

  102. Students are required to mark stories with the symbols and discuss them with reference to the principles of which this little book is an exposition, but no recitation on the book itself is required.

  103. In addition to this we shall find direct statement of mood, but that we shall mark with some of the preceding symbols, generally F1, perhaps.

  104. At right angles to these long white lines are black streaks which mark the enemy's successive front lines.

  105. The sandbags have rotted and the chalk and flints within have fallen partly through the rags, and Nature has already begun to change those heaps to her own colours, but they will be there for ever as the mark of our race.


  106. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mark" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accent; affection; aim; ambition; amount; analyze; appoint; appraise; appreciate; approve; argue; aroma; assess; assign; attend; attention; attest; attribute; autograph; backlash; backwash; badge; banner; bar; bedaub; behold; besmear; besmirch; bespeak; betoken; birthmark; blacken; blaze; blemish; blood; blot; blotch; blur; bound; boundary; bourn; bracket; brand; breathe; breed; bruise; butt; cachet; cairn; caliber; call; cancel; capitalize; carve; cast; ceiling; celebrate; chalk; change; character; characteristic; characterize; check; chime; chisel; choose; chump; cicatrix; cipher; circumscription; clan; class; clout; clue; cognizance; color; commemorate; compass; comply; conceive; concern; configuration; confine; conform; conjugate; connote; consequence; consider; consideration; correct; countersign; crease; cross; cull; customer; cut; cutoff; darken; dash; data; datum; daub; deadline; decline; defect; define; delimit; delimitation; demarcate; demonstrate; denomination; denote; describe; description; descry; designate; designation; destination; destine; determinant; determine; device; devote; differential; differentiate; dirty; disclose; discolor; discoloration; discriminate; disjoin; display; distinction; distinguish; diversify; divide; documentation; doom; dot; dupe; duty; ear; earmark; elect; elevation; eminence; emphasis; emphasize; end; endorsement; engrave; engraving; entail; espy; estimate; evaluate; evidence; evince; exaltation; excellence; exhibit; express; extent; extremity; eyesore; fact; facts; fate; feather; feature; figure; find; finish; fix; flag; flavor; flaw; flick; floor; fool; force; forerunner; form; freckle; frontier; function; furrow; game; gash; gauge; genre; genus; goal; grade; graduate; grain; grandeur; grave; greatness; groove; grounds; guess; gust; hack; hallmark; hallow; hand; hark; hatch; hedge; heed; height; highlight; hint; hold; honor; identify; idiosyncrasy; ilk; illustrate; image; impact; imply; import; importance; impress; impression; imprint; incise; indentation; index; indicate; indication; indicator; individualism; individualize; inflect; initial; initials; inscribe; insignia; interest; interface; interval; involve; jot; keep; keynote; kidney; kin; kind; label; landmark; lead; leap; letter; level; ligature; lighthouse; limen; limit; limitation; line; lineaments; lithograph; look; lot; lower; make; manifest; manifestation; manner; mannerism; march; mark; marker; marking; materiality; mean; measure; memorialize; mention; merit; milestone; mind; model; modify; mold; mole; moment; monkey; monogram; monument; mottle; mould; moulder; mouldy; mug; name; nature; nick; nobility; notability; notation; notch; note; notice; nuance; number; obey; object; objective; observance; observation; observe; odor; ordain; paramountcy; parse; particularity; particularize; patch; patron; pause; peculiarity; peg; pencil; pepper; perceive; period; persuasion; phylum; pick; picture; pigeon; pitch; plane; plateau; platform; point; precedence; preeminence; prefer; premise; prey; prick; primacy; print; priority; prize; proclaim; prominence; proof; property; proportion; prospect; punch; punctuate; puncture; purpose; pursuit; qualify; quality; quarry; race; range; rank; rate; ratio; reach; reaction; read; reckon; recoil; record; reflection; reflex; regard; register; regular; remark; remove; renown; repercussion; representation; representative; response; reveal; riddle; round; rung; savor; say; scale; scapegoat; scar; scarify; scope; scorch; score; scrape; scratch; scribe; sculpture; seal; seam; sear; see; segregate; select; separate; sever; shade; shadow; shape; show; sight; sign; signal; signalize; signature; signet; significance; significant; signify; simple; singe; singularity; slur; smack; smear; smirch; smoke; smudge; smut; soil; solemnize; sort; space; spatter; specialize; specialty; species; specify; speck; splash; splatter; splotch; spot; stain; stair; stamp; standard; start; state; step; stigma; stigmatize; stint; stipple; stipulate; strain; streak; stress; striate; stripe; stroke; style; submit; subscription; sucker; suggest; superiority; supremacy; swell; symbol; symptom; taint; take; tally; tang; target; tarnish; taste; tattoo; tell; tend; term; terminus; testify; think; threshold; tick; tie; tittle; token; tool; tower; trace; track; trait; transcribe; tread; tribe; trick; twig; type; underline; underscore; use; value; variety; vary; vestige; victim; view; virtue; visa; watch; watchtower; watermark; weakling; weight; worth; token; tool; tower; trace; track; trait; transcribe; tread; tribe; trick; twig; type; underline; underscore; use; value; variety; vary; vestige; victim; view; virtue; visa; watch; watchtower; watermark; weakling; weight; worth


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    mark the; mark time; mark upon; mark what; marked ability; marked beauty; marked contrast; marked degree; marked effect; marked increase; marked tendency; marked thus; marked tree; marked varieties; market economy; market price; market town; market value