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Example sentences for "over them"

  • Prepare an equal weight of loaf sugar finely pounded, and strew it over them; in the mean time break the stones, and blanch the kernels.

  • Or make a gravy in the pan with a little water, and butter rolled in flour, and pour it over them.

  • Sprinkle the plants with this preparation, every morning and evening, by dipping in a brush and shedding it over them; and in a few days all the cankers will disappear.

  • Let it simmer very gently till it becomes clear; then take out the pieces of apricot singly as they are done, put them into small pots, and pour the syrup and kernels over them.

  • Then the Skin of the Roots must be taken off, and a Sauce of melted Butter and Sack pour'd over them.

  • The Lord bless all seasons to his people, and help them rightly to behave themselves, under all the times that go over them.

  • For parents to be under, and children above; for parents to be debased, and children to lord it over them.

  • But Jesus called them to himself and said to them, "You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

  • But Jesus called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

  • But Jesus summoned them, and said, "You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

  • Jesus summoned them, and said to them, "You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

  • The taint of the Spaniard seemed to be over them all; or, else, nature was too kindly to them, removing all incentive to exertion, by omitting the necessity for it.

  • Thousands of lusty cattle and contented sheep roamed over them at will; but not one herd or flock, where there ought to be a score or hundred.

  • Kit told him he could not get through or over them at that period of the year, and, when Fremont nevertheless insisted on proceeding, he resigned as guide.

  • Take out the apples, boil the syrup again till it grows thick, and then pour it over them.

  • Boil the eggs pretty hard; cut them in round slices; make white sauce and pour it over them; lay sippets round your dish, and put a whole yolk in the middle.

  • When the tarts are made, rub the white of an egg, well beaten, over them with a feather; put them in a moderate oven, and sift sugar over them.

  • Dish the slices of ham on the toast; squeeze the juice of a Seville orange into the sauce; add a little pepper and salt; and pour it over them.

  • He struck so that the air moaned, and when he raised himself again his glance swept over them.

  • Lasse, in vexation at the interruption, and beginning to go over them again.

  • When that failed, Pelle remembered a story about some people who were drowned in a lake at home, and who came to themselves again when cannons were fired over them.

  • Pour two gallons of hot water on a pint of lime and half a pint of salt; put the eggs in a jar or keg, and when it is cold, pour it over them, and put them in a cellar to keep; be sure that there are no cracked ones.

  • Serve it hot in a deep dish; the sweetbreads in the middle with the gravy poured over them, and the quartered cauliflowers laid handsomely round.

  • In the bottom of this mould put the dissolved maccaroons; over them a layer of thick jelly, made of some very nice fruit; and fill up with the whipped cream, heaping it high in the centre.

  • Perhaps it was with this view that people in the Isle of Man lit fires to windward of their fields in order that the smoke might blow over them.

  • When prayers have been said and the clergy have withdrawn, the people continue to march round the fire, telling their beads, but it is not till the flames have begun to die down that the youth jump over them.

  • As they blaze up, the people dance round or over them.

  • At those points the walls were made doubly strong, and high and impregnable towers built over them, in which were stationed strong guards "to defend the gates.

  • Over them, stand the mystical letters "IHS," the cross being combined with the H after the fashion of a monogram.

  • In like manner did He lay His arms behind the primeval gods, and forthwith His ka went up over them, and they lived.

  • This is the right course," replied they; and he commanded to pinion the prisoners and set guards over them.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "over them" 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:
    both parts; bright crimson; early years; grande dame; nor the; over again; over and; over head and ears; over her; over hill and dale; over his; over night; over there; over twenty; over which; over whom; over yonder; overflight and navigation permitted; overwhelming numbers; provisional constitution; ready money; said quietly; seen anywhere; she spoke; three legs; white witch