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Example sentences for "merino"

Lexicographically close words:
meridional; merie; merily; meringue; meringues; merinos; meristic; merit; merita; merite
  1. He wrote a dissertation on merino sheep, and also celebrated the exploit in song.

  2. He imported a hundred merino sheep from Spain, landing them from shipboard at his native Derby, then a port of entry on the lordly Housatonic.

  3. Her ruby-colored merino dress absorbed the light; she was a mass of deep red, except her face and hair, above which her silver crescent comb shone.

  4. It was dark crimson in colour, and was a piece of merino dyed that hue.

  5. The women are in mourning from tip to toe, and closely enveloped in black merino shawls, which they wear over their heads.

  6. They then wear a fine black merino skirt, made very full, and the inevitable petticoats, which make the skirt stand out like a crinoline.

  7. And the merino sheep all died within the year.

  8. That is true; he was going in to buy some merino sheep, and I to deposit my rents in Carrington's bank.

  9. I saw such beautiful merino dresses in a shop in Southampton Row," insinuated Elizabeth; but her mistress shook her head.

  10. You certainly shall never put on that old brown merino again; though you have laid it so carefully by, as if you meant it to come out as fresh as ever next winter.

  11. Mrs. Tadman stood a little way behind him, in a merino gown, and a new bonnet, extorted somehow from the reluctant Stephen.

  12. Long before the foundation of New Zealand, Macarthur had taught the Australians to acclimatize the merino sheep.

  13. The merino sheep brought from Spain, viâ Saxony and Australia, is the basis of the flocks.

  14. Merino had just issued a proclamation announcing himself to be at the head of twenty thousand Castilian volunteers.

  15. Just at that time General Sarsfield was marching with a strong column to the scene of the insurrection; and at his approach the Castilian Carlists, under Merino and Cuevillas, fled and dispersed to their homes.

  16. First she took her pink merino for a slip.

  17. She had on her pretty brown merino trimmed with bands of scarlet velvet, and at her throat a white bow just edged with scarlet.

  18. I wished and intended to have gone to St. Clair and Fleury's, to get you some merino and other things, but we have been detained so long already that I think I had better go home.

  19. Mr. Saunders having brought Ellen to the merino counter, placed himself behind it, and leaning over it and fixing his eyes carelessly upon her, asked what she wanted to look at.

  20. She had not the remotest idea where, or in what apartment of the building, the merino counter was situated, and she could see no one to speak to.

  21. They returned to St. Clair and Fleury's — bought the gray merino and the nankeen, and a dark brown merino for a dress.

  22. It would be a great relief to me to get this merino by any means.

  23. It was Mr. Saunders, the man who had sold her the merino at St. Clair and Fleury's.

  24. And Miss Rice is coming in a few days — I ought to have the merino ready for her.

  25. I'll get the merino and things for you, Mamma.

  26. When opened we found it contained a beautiful white, hand-embroidered French Merino shoulder blanket, a red Merino dress, ready made, little red morocco shoes and a gold ring for my finger.

  27. A dress of merino in winter, with a cloth cloak and plain velvet or silk bonnet is the most suitable.

  28. A plain merino or dark silk, with a cloth cloak, will look much better than the most expensive velvet cloak over a cheap delaine dress.

  29. Now as between the Merino and the Southdown sheep there is a great gulf fixed.

  30. The flesh of the Merino requires for its consumption people who have been long besieged and who are hungry.

  31. But the fine Merino wool commands a price; the fleece is heavy and the breeder profits from that, not from the mutton.

  32. The first primary fact which appealed to my reasoning powers as subversive of the 'Cape' or degeneration doctrine was that of the high and increasing value of the fleece of the Australian merino sheep.

  33. Then, of course, there are the other stations, carrying six hundred thousand high-class merino sheep!

  34. The great flocks of merino sheep, running loose in paddocks enclosed only by wire fences, have not arisen to commence their daily round of nibbling.

  35. The former, principally merino stock, not only provide very fine wool, but also pelts of choice quality and large pattern.

  36. The evening wore on; Mrs. Leigh proceeded with the turning of an old merino dress; Miss Opie adjusted her spectacles, and read Good Words.

  37. Next morning, Mrs. Leigh, still engaged in the resuscitation of the merino dress, was surprised by a visit from Mrs. Rolleston.

  38. The soft, warm folds of merino would help to keep the life within his chilled frame.

  39. The pale-blue merino or the rose-pink cashmere?

  40. On the other hand, the differences between the sexes may be increased under domestication, as with merino sheep, in which the ewes have lost their horns.

  41. Victor Carus for having made enquiries for me, from the highest authorities, with respect to the merino sheep of Saxony.

  42. She was then wearing a plush hat and her merino gown.


  43. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "merino" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    buckskin; cotton; ermine; fiber; fur; hide; nylon; pelt; thread; wool