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Example sentences for "pats"

Lexicographically close words:
patronymics; patroon; patroons; patros; patrum; patte; patted; pattens; pattent; patter
  1. But that wa'n't anything to the look on Piddie when Mr. Robert shows up next mornin' and pats me on the back like I was one of his old Hasty Puddin' chums.

  2. She thanks me real folksy, pats Vincent on the shoulder, and starts for the corridor with a long, easy swing that some of these barefoot poem dancers couldn't execute to save their necks.

  3. Vee, but pats me soothin' on the shoulder.

  4. Bake gently for an hour, and when brown on top add more breadcrumbs, and pats of butter.

  5. In a fireproof dish put a layer of these, sprinkle them with flour, grated cheese, pepper, salt, a few pats of butter.

  6. Cut each fish in half across, and lay them in the bottom of a pie dish, sprinkle breadcrumbs, pats of butter, pepper and salt, between and on each piece.

  7. Place the puree in a dish to be baked, and before setting it in the oven sprinkle on the top some bread-crumbs, and cheese grated and mixed and one or two pats of salt butter.

  8. Meanwhile, take your tureen, put quickly into it two yolks of very fresh eggs, add two pats of butter and two small spoonfuls of water to mix it.

  9. On the table opposite to me was a glass bowl {533} containing a quantity of pats of butter; and as each of the many pugs in the room came to me, I gave him a pat of butter on the end of a fork.

  10. There was nothing at all in the great room, so far as I remember, except a sideboard and a dish filled with pats of butter which stood on the sideboard.

  11. JOHN [Pats his wife good-naturedly on the back.

  12. She pats her hand to her eyes and peers through her fingers.

  13. As far as she is concerned, the bird is I think perfectly safe; for although she often pats him with her gloved hand when he gets too insinuating, she never otherwise attempts to molest him.

  14. Mothers will sometimes correct their very young kittens; for instance, if it squeals when she wants to get away for a short time, two or three smart pats with a mittened paw generally make it go fast asleep.

  15. And that was the way in which Uncle Jack printed his pats of butter.

  16. This is the way your Uncle Jack now prints his pats of butter,--a cap of liberty growing out of an open book!

  17. Very likely," said my father; "but knowledge and freedom are the best devices in the world to print upon pats of butter intended for the market.

  18. She knew it would please her very much if she chose that instead of wild flowers, so she practised moulding the yellow pats into pretty shapes, that it might please both eye and taste.

  19. They both laugh playfully and he pats her cheek and she goes off--he watches her off then closes the door.

  20. He takes it in both his and pats it gently.

  21. Having cast his sharp eye all about it, Mr. Bucket returns to his chair next his friend Mr. George and pats Mr. George affectionately on the shoulder.

  22. The trooper (if trooper he be or have been) takes her bonnet off, with a light touch for so strong a hand, and pats her on the head.

  23. The old man receives it in his arms like a beloved grandchild and pats it tenderly.

  24. He lifts her hand from his sleeve and pats it softly.

  25. He pats the rug on which he is reclining as he speaks, beckoning her warmly to it, knowing as he well does that her bones would break if she tried to bring them to so low a level.

  26. She pats a cushion or two, and, finally taking up her bonnet and the pins she had laid upon the chimney-piece, goes up to her own room.

  27. He pats his preacher on the shoulder, takes off his shackles, rubs his head with his hand, tells the boys to keep an eye on him.

  28. At this seemingly acceptable announcement, he bristles his crispy red hair with his fingers, shrugs his shoulders, winks at two or three of the jurymen, pats Graspum on the shoulder as he passes him, and takes his seat.

  29. Back she paces to Annette, lays her right arm gently over her shoulder, and pats her cheek with her left hand: "Annette will see her mother, yet.

  30. And she pats the old negro on the head as he clambers up on the box.

  31. At times she pats it gently on the head, runs her hands through its hair, and twists the ends into tiny ringlets.

  32. He pats him on the head, and puts his arm over his shoulder.

  33. Mr. M'Fadden exhibits great confidence in himself, and seems quite playful with his preacher, whom he pats on the shoulder and shakes by the hand.

  34. The two virgins awake at that hour were pre-eminently wise: the one, making as the sun rose most golden pats of butter and crusty rolls; the other, rising early to partake of them with appetite.

  35. Soothes HELEN, pats her hand, puts arm about her, gradually leads her back.

  36. He pats her tenderly, with a manly look on his face.

  37. Now return to one pat and one finger, repeat two pats and the holding up of two of his fingers, and three pats and three fingers.

  38. Having established this system of response on his part to sensations perceived, it is not difficult to shift from the number of pats to the number of times he hears a noise.

  39. While setting, the soundness pats are stored in galvanized-iron pans having about 1 in.

  40. The pats rest on a rack slightly above the water and well below the felt.

  41. Constancy of volume: Pats of neat cement, 3 in.

  42. These pats must remain firm and hard and show no signs of distortion, checking, cracking, or disfiguration.

  43. From the sample for soundness, four pats are made.

  44. Look at the Princess Pats what they have done!

  45. For instance, it was told about the Princess Pats that when they went to Flanders they failed to hold their trenches and had to be brought back to London and hidden away "somewhere" to cool their nerves.

  46. A perpetual smile mantles over his broad face, and complacently he pats his huge rotundity of stomach as he rolls from side to side on the barrel astride which he is seated.

  47. Then she glances around cautious to see if the coast is clear, reaches out and pats Vincent tender on the cheek and whispers something in his ear.

  48. At last, after giving the colt many farewell pats and caresses, she came away with us.

  49. Little love pats to assist memory," he used to say, as he brought his ruler down on the palms of our hands.

  50. She tucked in the straggling locks with a few soft pats and touches which, with the compliment, mollified Ethelinda a trifle, in spite of her resentment over the former speech.

  51. But when he pats me on the head and says: 'There there!

  52. Only I'm always suspicious when Tad pats Providence on the back.

  53. And his heart feels ready to break, as he pats his poor dumb friends and exclaims: "Will there be no one even to look after the old man's dogs when he is gone?

  54. There is love and affection and pats and pieces of cake, and all kinds of pleasantness associated with the name.

  55. No force could get him from under the table; but a few gentle pats on the head, and a few kindly words, succeed at once.


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