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Example sentences for "neater"

Lexicographically close words:
nearness; nears; nearsighted; neas; neat; neatest; neath; neather; neatherd; neatly
  1. It is a pretty large town, neater in exterior appearance than any we have seen, but very dirty within; it is famous for its muslins and calicoes.

  2. The waggons are not only more numerous on the roads, but greatly neater in their construction than in France; the ploughs are of a better construction, and the farm offices both more extensive, and in better repair.

  3. A suit or skirt which is kept well pressed has a neater appearance and keeps its shape for a longer time.

  4. The stitching of the hem can be done on the right side for neater finish if the basting is done with care.

  5. Among the neater forms for a quiet wedding at home is the following: MR.

  6. In walking through Water street, you will notice a plain brick building, rather neater in appearance than those surrounding it.

  7. If he is careful, he can take with a burnisher a neater proof than he could get from a press.

  8. These types are cast in evener line than the types of the Rationale, but the face is not of neater cut.

  9. The wood-cuts printed by him in other books, at Louvain and at Utrecht, show neater presswork, although they are of feeble design and meanly engraved.

  10. Setting aside the colors, the workmanship of the Psalter is not neater than that of the Bible of 42 lines.

  11. That these types were founded in matrices, were of neater cut, more exact as to body, and better founded than any afterward made by Schœffer, is apparent at a glance.

  12. If he was an expert type-founder, and the inventor of the type-mould, he should have proved his skill by casting types of neater finish.

  13. He was one of the handsomest men among them, very amiable, and much milder in his manners than any of the others, as well as neater both in his person and house, at least his apartment, without even excepting Maquina.

  14. Anna had caused a pleasant surprise; nothing could be neater than the way in which she played her little parts; one would even have suspected her of hiding much sly observation under her simplicity.

  15. Nothing can be neater than his getting drowned.

  16. There is another and perhaps a neater way of performing this trick.

  17. Sometimes the covers are merely hemmed round, but they look much neater if fringed, or bordered with a moderately full frill.

  18. I think I could do it neater than you could.

  19. Mike had locked up his own shirt, which was considerably the worse for wear, and put on Ben's, which gave him a decidedly neater appearance than before.

  20. It might have been that the fact that he was neater and better dressed operated in his favor.

  21. Ribbons are sometimes used to fasten the chain or necklace together but the little clasps that you can buy for a few cents are neater and do not get soiled as ribbon does.

  22. The fewer the threads taken on the needle at the same time, the neater the result will be.

  23. Never better language Or neater wit: a paper of such verses, Writ by th' exactest hand.

  24. Look with what cunning The spider, when she would snare the fly, doth weave With neater art appearance [to] deceive.

  25. Mamma promised to buy her one that very day, and after this, whenever Maggie hemmed her towels, Bessie would sit beside her learning to put in stiches that grew neater and neater every day.

  26. I found Baden a delightful little town, cleaner and neater than any city I had ever visited.

  27. Men are more independent and feel happier who live in their own houses; they keep the premises in neater order, and they make better citizens.

  28. Not I," protested Mr. Mole; "I rarely remember doing a neater thing myself.

  29. The piece six and one half inches from end can be left out—though it looks neater with it—but the back will shut closer without it.

  30. Brass hinges are best, and look neater and more tasteful than iron, though iron will do.

  31. In Holland the meanest beggar would receive in an hospital his allowance in a neater manner; and yet it was intended as a mark of honour on the part of an Emperor towards an Embassador!

  32. In short, all kinds of toys for children, and other trinkets and trifles, are executed in a neater manner and for less money in China, than in any other part of the world.

  33. As they approach maturity and are disposed to make roots, lay tiles or stones upon the runners near to the young plants to favour the process, but a neater way will be to peg them down.

  34. Heavy heads of bloom will need support, and there is nothing neater than the wires which are made expressly for the purpose.

  35. Speaking generally, the narrower you cut the gussets of your balloon the neater will be your turn out; but of course, if narrow gussets be employed, more of them will be needed than if you employed wide gussets.

  36. But the description we have given is of the old-fashioned style, and to our mind it looks much neater and more ornamental.

  37. This may be done with deadeyes or with thimbles; the latter is certainly the neater way of doing it.

  38. Neater still is the way in which a needle is detected underneath the skin.

  39. For roughly cutting bricks the large trowel is used; for neater work such as facings, the bolster and club-hammer; the cold chisel is for general cutting away, and for chases and holes.

  40. The arrangements of the face joints, however, presenting in Flemish bond a neater appearance than in English bond, it is generally selected for the external walls of domestic and other buildings where good effect is desirable.

  41. The primacy of the Dutch is proved by the large amount of Dutch type imported into England, and indeed the Dutch books of the seventeenth century are neater and in better taste than those of other countries.

  42. He often appears much neater than the European.

  43. One can always tell a Bengali, as he appears neater in appearance than Indians from other sections.

  44. It is, however, a much neater way to have the ball and tube in the pocket (it will have to be a side pocket); another ball being sent round to be examined before anything is done.

  45. Instead of "passing" with the hands, it is in every way neater and more effective to use a conjuring pistol, which is loaded with the handkerchief and then fired.

  46. There are none neater or better turned--with what shall I requite you?


  47. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "neater" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.