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Example sentences for "moderate size"

  • To make four cheeses of moderate size, take one large hog's head, two sets of feet, and the noses of all the pigs that have been killed that day.

  • From these may be selected supper dishes for a small assemblage, or for a company of moderate size.

  • This receipt is for a turtle of moderate size.

  • If well-packed, one hogshead will generally hold all the woollen and fur articles belonging to a house of moderate size, and to a moderate-sized family.

  • Hen turkeys are preferable for boiling, on account of their whiteness and tenderness, and one of moderate size should be selected, as a large one is not suitable for this mode of cooking.

  • The genus as a whole is characterised by the small or moderate size, the sandy coloration with white belly, the presence of dark and light stripes on the face and on the flanks.

  • These Whales are all of moderate size, not exceeding 30 feet or so in length.

  • This family, which includes the greater number of Cetacea, may thus be characterised:--Whales of small to moderate size.

  • In addition to these there are twenty-four species of Cats found in the Old World, mainly in the Oriental region, of small to moderate size.

  • Head rather small, or of moderate size, ovato-oblong, and with part of the neck destitute of feathers.

  • External aperture of ears of moderate size, and simple.

  • It is probable that a house of moderate size can be warmed all over at a less cost, as far as fuel is concerned, by a furnace or a steam or hot-water heating apparatus than by stoves and grates.

  • However, it indicates a house of moderate size on this plan, whereas No.

  • Ears of moderate size, thickly clothed with long hair.

  • Head elongated, but broad behind; muzzle long and pointed; ears of moderate size, ovate and rather pointed.

  • Pangolins are of small or moderate size, terrestrial and burrowing, and feed mainly on termites or white ants; some of the species being more or less arboreal.

  • Echiuroids are animals of moderate size, varying roughly from one to six or seven centimetres in length, exclusive of the proboscis.

  • Take any nice fresh fish of moderate size, and when it is drawn and washed, cut it into three or four pieces, and put them into a stew-pan with amply sufficient hot water to keep them from burning.

  • For a family of moderate size, take a breast as well as a neck.

  • This monastery is also built upon a rock immediately above the sea; it is of moderate size, but is in good repair.

  • My friend first took me to the church, which is of moderate size, the walls ornamented with stiff fresco pictures of the saints, none of them certainly later than the twelfth century, and some probably very much earlier.

  • The exit wound was on the anterior aspect of the forearm, 1 inch below the elbow crease, and of moderate size.

  • The exit wound near the buttock fold was of moderate size, and presented no special features.

  • The course taken by the bullet was almost directly antero-posterior, and the wounds were of moderate size even in the case of the exit one.

  • The wounds were of moderate size and at nearly the same level.

  • Choose those of a moderate size, free from blemishes, and fresh.

  • Make the paste into dumplins of a moderate size, tie them in cloths, and boil them two hours.

  • The ears to be of moderate size, fine in texture, set on low, well back, and hanging in a neat fold close to the head.

  • EARS--The ears should be set on rather high, of moderate size, rather wide at the base, and gradually tapering to a round point.

  • The mandible has a rounded angle and a coronoid process of moderate size.

  • Select the apples of a moderate size, peel them, cut them in halves, remove the cores, and rub each piece over with a little lemon.

  • Its head is of moderate size, with a steep profile, depressed in front of the small eye.

  • Those to be described here are mostly of small or moderate size, but are all good food-fishes and fair game-fishes.

  • Its head is about as long as the depth of the body and pointed, with a mouth of moderate size, well filled with unequal, conical, and sharp teeth, in several series.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "moderate size" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    charge upon; chopped suet; closed vessel; confine myself; human intercourse; hundred and fifty thousand; like enough; moderate breeze; moderate depth; moderate elevation; moderate heat; moderate height; moderate length; moderate means; moderate oven; moderate oven for about; moderate quantity; moderate size; moderate weather; moderate winters; moderately productive; moderately strong; moderately warm; sandy places; standard for hydrographic codes; well acquainted