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Example sentences for "paper"

Lexicographically close words:
papaws; papaya; pape; papel; papeles; paperback; paperbacks; paperbound; papered; paperhangers
  1. Some people borrowed the letter from him, and although the paper had been carefully chosen, it was passed about so much that it became an illegible rag.

  2. There they carefully collected all the bits of paper which had been thrown away, straightened them out, and examined them; they peeped into exercise books, lesson books, and desks.

  3. Between this paper and the new one, the Independence, a fierce antagonism quickly arose, which became most trying to the nerves.

  4. The ready tool Natchevitch was present, and throwing down the paper he cried, “Will no one rid me of this gutter-snipe?

  5. What I have to say Your Majesty can read in this paper which I present in the name of my party.

  6. When he first went to Bulgaria, there was great destruction of newspapers by him, for it was hard to find a paper that could say anything good about him.

  7. On the day after the murder, the paper accused the Prince of the moral guilt of the crime in unmistakable words that still ring through Europe when the death of Stambuloff is recalled.

  8. Early in the morning, with such lunch as he could come by, his worn Bible in his coat pocket and a package of paper under his arm, Peter disappeared, not to return until nightfall.

  9. All I had to do was to show that piece o' paper he give you, and this kind gent'man come right off to see you," said the blonde cheerfully.

  10. You'll find to-day's paper an' a fan on the table.

  11. One little girl with a pink parasol and a purple dress, holding a posy in a lace-paper frill, he would have dearly loved to play with.

  12. The paper was poor, the cuts atrocious, the binding a poisonous green, but many of the Gems were of purest ray serene despite their wretched setting.

  13. Ask Peter things like that, and lend him a bit of paper and a pencil, and he literally had the answers at his finger-tips.

  14. Silver paper, sheet upon sheet, cotton wool, layer upon layer; and then more silver paper came forth.

  15. We shall have, beyond question, the ordinary collapse of speculation that follows a sudden expansion of paper currency.

  16. More than any minister with whose official correspondence we are acquainted, he carried the principle of paper money into diplomacy, and bewildered Earl Russell and M.

  17. There were seventeen more crackers; and these the grocer counted out, and put in a paper bag, scarcely large enough to hold them.

  18. Grandma Gray thought it might amuse and interest her to let her make a will, so she brought her a sheet of paper and a pencil, and instructed her as to the proper form of words to use.

  19. But here is a piece of paper pinned to her dress.

  20. She withdrew the cracker and produced the ticket, feeling with shame that she was behaving very unlike the elegant little girl who travelled with a book, a parasol, and a paper of candy.

  21. And he led her into a small grocery, where a man stood behind the counter selling a paper of cloves.

  22. She unpinned the paper and read aloud,-- "I wish to be given to a sick little girl or a lame girl.

  23. During these actions, the hat inside of the cloth must be several times changed in position and kept in proper form, when its swaddling envelope and the paper within which kept the inside open and free may be removed.

  24. This operation finished, the shoe still in the triangular shape, one corner is now to be cut off to make an opening, and the confined paper taken out, which is quite a soggy spongy lump of pulp.

  25. A piece of coarse brown paper is now folded into a triangular shape, a little smaller than the bats just bowed; all the three edges are to be folded together with the paper inclosed.

  26. The rough hairs are now to be removed by sand or emery paper and the block withdrawn.

  27. The use of the inclosed paper is to prevent the inner surfaces from felting together, and to keep the inside open.

  28. The author of the paper assures me that he has records of over one hundred such disasters.

  29. The inhabitants have a system of writing and make paper from the bark of the fusang.

  30. I saw an announcement in a New York paper that Evelyn Afton (her maiden name), who had recently acquired such a brilliant reputation in London, etc.

  31. The paper to Mr. Adams will in future years be quoted and referred to as a model history of the rise and progress of the secession enormity.

  32. One paper alluded maliciously to the fact that a certain antiquated nobleman had given her a New Year's present of bon bons, every 'sugared particle' being folded in a five-pound Bank of England note.

  33. But on further reflection his infallible logic convinced him that the existence of this paper must have ceased at the same time with that of the Southern mails.

  34. There is preserved among the State papers at the English Record Office a paper of advice from a German of the name of Herman King to Wolsey, dating in June 1519, "How to provide bullion from Germany for this realm with the greatest profit.

  35. It has more resemblance to an over-issued and depreciated paper currency.

  36. The export of gold and silver was forbidden on pain of death; and it was no mere paper threat, for prominent London merchants were drawn and quartered for the offence.

  37. The slow working of his mind is still traceable in the paper of notes he drew up for his own guidance.

  38. That Germany should withdraw all gold and paper below the value of 10 marks [and replace it by silver].

  39. Words however cleverly writ on paper are after all but words.

  40. Next day the paper appeared with a handsome amende, and the two became excellent friends.

  41. He answered that if I would come right along and take the editorship of the paper he would make me a present of half of it--a proposal so opportune and tempting that forty-eight hours later saw me in the capital of Alabama.

  42. Before Alexander Starbuck returned the leading editor of the paper fell from a ferryboat crossing the Ohio River and was drowned.

  43. Then and there the real prosperity of the Courier-Journal began, the paper having made no money out of its monopoly.

  44. He learned to speak and write English, was transferred to the paper of which Hutchins was the head, and before he was five-and-twenty became a local figure.

  45. Before New Year's the three of us were wedded and comfortably settled, with funds galore, for the paper had thrived consumingly.

  46. One afternoon a week later I put forth a paper whose oldest reader could not have recognized it.

  47. The paper he held in his hand told him that this stranger could be trusted.

  48. He opened the paper and stood with the golden curl in the palm of his hand, gazing upon it long and earnestly.

  49. The paper contained what Dudley had believed to be still reposing in the safe at Wroxeter.

  50. She must have gone there to write to the man, and, being interrupted, had evidently crushed the paper in her hand and hid it, and then forgotten it.

  51. Half rising, she put her hand into her dress pocket, ostensibly to obtain her handkerchief, but in reality to place there a small piece of paper which she had crushed into her palm and held concealed when Dudley entered.

  52. As he spoke thus, his nervous hand toyed with the little paper packet before him.

  53. The Italian drew from his pocket a small and shabby wallet, about six inches square, of the kind used in Italy to carry the paper money.

  54. Out of curiosity he took them up and one by one opened them, throwing them into the waste-paper basket when read, for, as he bitterly reflected, they would need no reply.

  55. But from the same unlocked drawer he took a formidable-looking blue envelope, together with a tiny paper folded oblong, and sealed securely with white wax.

  56. Walking back to the light of the table, he drew out a piece of thin transparent tracing-paper which he opened and spread upon the blotting-pad.

  57. The paper was headed with the British arms in scarlet, and contained only three lines written over a signature he knew well--the signature of the Prime Minister of England.

  58. The question placed on the paper by the member for West Antrim must be expunged at once.

  59. Then, resting his chin upon his hands, he sat staring at the paper as it lay upon the blotting-pad within the zone of mellow lamplight.

  60. With respect to these finds I can only refer to a paper by L.

  61. Footnote 245: According to a paper in Deutsche Geografische Blätter, B.

  62. Malmgren in a paper on the occurrence and extent of mammoth-finds, and on the conditions of this animal's existence in former times (Finska Vet.

  63. After his return to Norway Johannesen sent to the Academy of Sciences in Stockholm a paper on his voyage in 1869, and on his hydrographical observations in the Kara Sea, for which he received a silver medal.

  64. Von Baer gives a detailed account of this and other important finds of the same nature in the above-quoted paper in Tome V.

  65. He nearly forgot to be a pallid curl paper and told us tales of the East End parish he had worked in after he returned from Ligeria.

  66. I wish I could put down on paper its beautiful tone and quality and show you the gentle softening of his strong face as he watched the little children sitting so contentedly in the meadow, listening to his tale.

  67. Damp oozed from the walls and most of the paper had peeled off and lay in little mouldering heaps on the floor.

  68. I asked my brother if he knew, but he professed the most profound ignorance of everything in heaven and earth, except the evening paper (which was private).

  69. I must do it on paper and try to get a formula.

  70. Monica passed me a bit of paper shortly after we arrived, on which was written the mystic message: 'Eyes right.

  71. Next day I trotted off to the paper office to preserve the original manuscript.

  72. I walked to a neighboring village and bribed the editor of the local paper to print a five-line poem which I had written.

  73. The brigand, producing paper and ink, ordered his victim to draw the bill.

  74. The advertisement is to be seen in the columns of the local paper of that date.

  75. What is that paper clutched so tightly in his hand?

  76. Wall paper and pictures were turned for envelopes.

  77. With the moral question of slavery this paper has nothing to do.

  78. Every scrap of blank paper in old note books, letters or waste was utilized.

  79. It is not the purpose of this paper to fight those battles over.

  80. In a former paper I have referred to the Fugitive Slave Law, whereby runaway slaves should be captured and sent back to their owners.

  81. A London paper of this decade said: "The lives of nearly two million of our country are dependent upon the cotton crops of the States.

  82. And the Dutch are a cheaper edition of the Germans on mere printing paper and without engravings.

  83. Footnote 66: That is, threw into them, as into scrap-baskets, the bits of paper on which he had written his thoughts.

  84. Nothing, however, came of the fugitive paper but a--manuscript.

  85. In the twilight of his soul nothing peered forth but the paper which he wanted to read, and in fact presently read out in the avenue; and so he took an early leave.

  86. He followed some scattered black paper snippings as way-marks.

  87. Thus the paper crown which Cromwell had worn in a school-drama made him covet a harder one.

  88. The manufacture of pulp for making paper is an important and ever-increasing source of revenue to Norway.

  89. Across certain bridges are "the islands," where may be seen many large wood-pulp and paper mills.

  90. I passed most of the day hours basking in the sun and reading anything I could find, which resolved itself into a few numbers of Cook's Tourist Gazette and three numbers of Dowie's paper from Zion City, U.

  91. Allowing ourselves and our many paper parcels to be cared for by a hotel porter, we drove with him whither he would.

  92. I have taken from a Norwegian paper an accurate account of wedding customs in the middle of the last century, and I am assured that, with a few exceptions, everything remains much the same to this day.

  93. One seemed to be eating tissue paper without pulp.

  94. Martin finished writing and then slipped the driver's license into a pocket worked into the back of the metallic paper foil of the citation blank.

  95. The young, tall Canadian officer's arms were loaded with paper sacks and his patrol work helmet dangled by its strap from the crook of his arm.

  96. It was not pleasant for him to feel that whenever he took up a book or paper dealing with Ireland he was liable to come upon some outburst such as the one which I have quoted.

  97. The first that I knew of these events was on the Monday, when I got the paper at a station in Gloucestershire, on my way to the House.

  98. A score of times, at least, I put upon paper and sent to the Government and the War Office my suggestions and my remonstrances, but all in vain.

  99. Written on paper without any mark, deprived of every official or individual character, bearing no signature, this historical résumé of the phases through which the question has passed cannot compromise anyone.

  100. Rosetti to Roumania after the Crimean war he founded the 'Romanal' a daily paper which still occupies a high position amongst the journals of the capital, and which remains his property.

  101. Dalton, proprietor and editor of the Toronto Patriot newspaper; the paper was continued by his widow until 1848, when Col.

  102. He was an eloquent and polished writer, and created for the paper a wide reputation as a conservative journal.

  103. My dear Sir Francis, "I have no hesitation in putting on paper the conversation which took place between Lord Durham and myself, on the subject of the Union.

  104. I did so; pointed out that I had no idea of having offended any man's prejudices; and could not understand why my paper should be objectionable.

  105. The paper was acknowledged as a power in the state; my relations with contemporary journals were friendly, and all seemed well.

  106. This;" and Mr. Bhaer took a little worn paper out of his waistcoat-pocket.

  107. She sent loving messages to Amy, bade them tell her mother that she would write soon; and often begged for pencil and paper to try to say a word, that father might not think she had neglected him.

  108. Tommy is poor and bashful and good and very clever; I think well of him, and like to show that I do, for he is a gentleman in spite of the brown-paper parcels.

  109. Now I'm ready," said Amy, shutting the wardrobe, and taking a paper out of her pocket.

  110. And holding the little paper fast, as if it were a promise yet to be fulfilled, Jo laid her head down on a comfortable rag-bag, and cried, as if in opposition to the rain pattering on the roof.

  111. Jo tried to take the paper which had done the mischief.

  112. Mr. Bhaer spoke warmly, and walked to the fire, crumpling the paper in his hands.

  113. Yes; I want some twilled silesia, a paper of number nine needles, and two yards of narrow lavender ribbon.

  114. As she sat with the paper folded between her hands, the charred log fell asunder.

  115. Long may our paper prosper well, Our club unbroken be, And coming years their blessings pour On the useful, gay "P.


  116. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "paper" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    acceptance; alabaster; article; asphalt; autograph; bill; blank; board; brick; certificate; chalk; check; checkbook; clapboard; composition; concrete; copy; daily; debenture; descant; discourse; discussion; dissertation; docket; document; dossier; draft; draught; draughtsman; draughty; essay; etude; examination; exposition; extra; face; feature; fiction; file; fleece; flour; foam; form; glass; glaze; gruel; holograph; homily; instrument; ivory; journal; lath; leaf; lecture; letter; literature; maggot; manuscript; material; matter; memoir; milk; monograph; morceau; news; newspaper; nonfiction; note; opus; organ; original; outline; page; paper; papers; paragraph; parchment; pass; pearl; periodical; piece; plank; play; poem; production; publication; rag; rail; rake; ream; recension; roll; scrip; script; scroll; shadow; shake; shaving; sheathe; sheet; shingle; silver; skeleton; sketch; slat; slate; slip; snow; soup; special; splinter; stationery; stone; streak; study; survey; swan; tabloid; thatch; theme; thesis; tile; tract; transcript; transcription; treatment; typescript; vein; veneer; version; voucher; wafer; wallpaper; warrant; weatherboard; weekly; white; work; writ; writing


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    paper bags; paper basket; paper birch; paper called; paper cover; paper covers; paper currency; paper entitled; paper money; paper parcel; paper products; paper pulp; paper read