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Example sentences for "ossa"

Lexicographically close words:
osmotic; osnaburg; osprey; ospreys; oss; ossements; osseous; osses; ossia; ossibus
  1. Octa and Ossa returned swiftly to their own place.

  2. Octa and Ossa were hardy champions, and they were the lords of the host.

  3. The heathen were defeated, and in that battle Octa and his fair cousin Ossa were slain.

  4. As the ship left the Tagus he exclaimed, in the words of the sepulchral monument of Scipio Africanus, "Ingrata patria, non possidebis ossa mea!

  5. I came hither to provide myself with a good strong three-oared boat, for my boat is so rotten and leaky with age that it will not carry such a burden, if Ossa told me true.

  6. They attempted to place Ossa upon Olympus, and upon Ossa leafy Pelion.

  7. Olympus itself is in Macedonia; Ossa and Pelion in Thessaly.

  8. This is the very center of the mythologic world; there between Olympus and Ossa is the Vale of Tempe, where the Peneus, breaking through a narrow gorge fringed with the sacred laurel, reaches the gulf, south of ancient Heracleum.

  9. The sharp cone of Ossa might well ride upon the extended back of Pelion, and it seems a pity that the Titans did not succeed in their attempt.

  10. Digiti, vel phalanges, (ossa pedis;) the second digits of the foot.

  11. Phalanges vel ossa pedis; the first and second bones of the foot.

  12. Digiti, vel phalanges, (ossa pedis;) the first digits of the foot.

  13. Phalanges, vel ossa pedis; the bones of the hoof.

  14. And Hamlet speaks of more impossibilities, when he talks of throwing up "millions of acres," to "make Ossa like a wart.

  15. Pelion was a mountain of Thessaly, towards the Pelasgic gulf; and Ossa was a mountain between Olympus and Pelion.

  16. At another time the giants attempted to climb up into heaven, and for that purpose took up the mountain Ossa and piled it on Pelion.

  17. The Ossa Ilii, or Ossa Innominata, commonly called the haunch, or hip bones.

  18. Ossa on Olympus heave, on Ossa roll Pelion with all his woods; so scale the starry pole.

  19. Then the Omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble, and from Ossa hurled Pelion.

  20. Ossa they pressed down with Pelion's weight, And on them both impos'd Olympus' hill.

  21. Heav'd on Olympus tott'ring Ossa stood; On Ossa Pelion nods with all his wood.

  22. Heav'd on Olympus tott'ring Ossa stood; On Ossa, Pelion nods with all his wood.

  23. They on Olympus Ossa fain would roll; On Ossa Pelion's leaf-quivering hill.

  24. They were setting on Ossa upon Olympus, and upon Steep Ossa leavy Pelius.

  25. To fling Ossa upon Olympus, and to pile Pelion with all its growth of leafy woods On Ossa.

  26. Then the omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble, and from Ossa hurled Pelion.

  27. To pile Ossa upon Pelion, she now knew him for what he was--a flunkey, acting the gentleman and sporting a dog.


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