I chose to kill the petrifaction mania with a delicate, a very delicate satire.
Here is suspended a singular petrifaction resembling a human heart, which looks as if it might have belonged to one of the primitive Titans, or come from the chest of that Miltonian monster, whose spear-shaft was like a Norway pine.
In another, a peculiarly shaped petrifaction presents a perfectly formed beet from one point of view, while from another it resembles a small elephant's head.
Without the first there would have been the petrifaction and slow decay of the Eastern Empire, where church and state were closely married and loss of external power brought no relief of internal tyranny.
It is in this way that petrifactionsucceeds progress.
But this main fact makes intelligible all the phenomena of petrifaction and retrogression.
But while the Greek petrifaction is the result of too direct a gaze upon the horrible, the Hebrew is the result of too loving and desirous a gaze upon the coveted beauty of the world.
This explains the notorious petrifactionof Boston, that petrifaction of its higher levels which was illustrated in so tragi-comic a way by the unhappy episode of Mark Twain's Whittier Birthday speech.
With the look that Margaret gave her husband, he might have seen that the process ofpetrifaction had set in, had gone far, indeed.
In spite of his hardened convictions about life, the little rule of thumb by which he lived, he knew something of men and women; and he suspected that process of petrifaction in his daughter's heart.
It is said that petrifaction takes place in this desert with astonishing rapidity; and this, according to some natural philosophers, makes the petrifaction of Lot's wife Edith a very plausible story.
Such a process ofpetrifaction is still more remarkably exhibited in fossil wood, in which we often perceive not only the rings of annual growth, but all the minute vessels and medullary rays.
In attempting to explain the process of petrifaction in such cases, we may first assume that strata are very generally permeated by water charged with minute portions of calcareous, siliceous, and other earths in solution.
Here, petrifaction must have commenced soon after the wood was exposed to the action of moisture, and the supply of mineral matter must then have failed, or the water must have become too much diluted before the woody fibre decayed.
A method of petrifaction has lately been broached, and has met with some adherents.
At the same time it gave rise also to ritualistic piety, which, while tenaciously clinging to the traditional practice of the law, fostered hair-splitting casuistry and caused the petrifaction of religion in the codified Halakah.
It is by no means the petrifaction of the Mosaic law and the prophetic teachings, as we are so often told, but a continuous process of unfolding and regeneration of its great religious truth.
Of the older writers Hellwigius, Horstius, and Schurig speak of petrifaction of the arm.
Petrifaction or mummification of the body are quite well known, and not being in the province of this work, will be referred to collateral books on this subject; but sometimes an unaccountable preservation takes place.
Akin to the foregoing condition is what is known as petrifaction or ossification of portions of the living human body other than the articulations.
It is of interest to note, however, that the only petrifaction of a flower known from any part of the world is an ovary which seems to be that of one of the Liliaceae.
An interesting occurrence is the petrifaction of masses of these plants together, which indicate the existence of an ancient pool in which they must have grown in abundance at one time.
The idea of the origin of curious-shaped rocks, hills, or mountains by petrifaction of some living animal or plant is common in the Philippines.
The imitation of frogs is especially forbidden, for it might be followed not merely by thunderbolts but also by petrifaction of the offender, and in proof of this is adduced the legend of Angó of Bináoi.
Something like a petrifaction of her wildest face was shown.
Sir Meeson Corby simulated a petrifaction of his frame at seeing the Countess of Fleetwood actually partly bent with her gracious acknowledgement of the tramp's gawky homage.
As I have often said, the man who believes in eternal torment, in the justice of endless pain, is suffering from at least two diseases--petrifaction of the heart and putrefaction of the brain.
It was explained to me by several Manóbos that pointing at the dwelling place of these spirits might result in petrifaction of the arm.
So also all of the substances forming petrifaction may be found together in the same subject, or they may accomplish their work separately.
The probabilities of its being a petrifaction have a better foundation, independent of outward appearances.
These linings are well-known peculiarities in the original deposition of a stratified rock, and are not features assumed in the petrifaction of any organic body.
Whether the colossal figure be a petrifaction or a piece of statuary, it is a mystery and a success.
Just now this valley is the scene of an excitement, in the finding of a supposed petrifaction of a human being--a giant.
Although there are still intelligent advocates of the petrifaction theory, the preponderating weight of opinion supports the view that the giant wonder is a work of art.
The general impression is, that it is a petrifaction of one of those large human beings of which all of us have heard so much in our youthful days, and have read accounts of in maturer years--not here, but somewhere else.
The petrifaction was far finer than the stone in which it lay, and was, like it, silex.
The subjoined petrifaction of a leaf, apparently a species of betula, was obtained on this river.
The sand-rock containing this petrifaction is found in a horizontal position, differing only with respect to hardness and color.
A petrifaction of the fagus ferruginia, brought from a spring on the banks of the St. Joseph's River by Gov.
The Glass Cat snarled and hid under the table, and so it was that when the powerful Liquid of Petrifaction was spilled it fell only upon the wife of the Magician and the uncle of Ojo.
The Liquid of Petrifaction has accidentally fallen upon my dear wife and Unc Nunkie and turned them into marble," he sadly replied.
This table looks to you like wood, and once it really was wood; but I sprinkled a few drops of the Liquid of Petrifaction on it and now it is marble.
And if he had not unlawfully kept the bottle of Liquid of Petrifaction standing on his shelf, the accident to his wife Margolotte and to Unc Nunkie could not have occurred.
There is one other compound that would destroy the magic spell of the Liquid of Petrifaction and restore my wife and Unc Nunkie to life," said he.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "petrifaction" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
