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Example sentences for "placed upon"

  • Then 6 must be placed upon how much and not upon pain.

  • When the hand is placed upon a flat surface the affirmation is simple; when the hand is placed upon an angle the affirmation is triple or common to three faces or surfaces.

  • And again, there shall be another treasury prepared, and a treasurer appointed to keep the treasury, and a seal shall be placed upon it; 68.

  • I was almost ready to sink under the burden which was placed upon me.

  • Apart from the treatment of the neurosis underlying the dysphagia, reliance is placed upon dilatation of the portion of gullet affected.

  • The external evidence of damage to the bone is so slight and so liable to be misleading, that little reliance can be placed upon it.

  • Or if too small, a ferrule may be placed upon it, thus increasing the capacity of the tool.

  • To test the truth of a spirit-level, it should be placed upon a true surface, as a surface plate, and if the bubble comes to rest at the same spot in the length of the spirit tube when the level is tried turned end for end, the level is true.

  • Saddle grafting, a mode of grafting in which a deep cleft is made in the end of the scion by two sloping cuts, and the end of the stock is made wedge-shaped to fit the cleft in the scion, which is placed upon it saddlewise.

  • The sideboard is long enough and broad enough to hold all that need be placed upon it.

  • When weight is placed upon a foot, the coronet bone is depressed upon the soft mass of the frog-pad.

  • The frog then, when weight is placed upon it by the standing horse, recedes from pressure, and leaves the heels (wall and bars) to sustain the primary weight.

  • There are those who say that the foot does not alternately expand and retract as weight is placed upon or removed from it.

  • During progression the downward movement of the coronet bone is provided for by this soft pad, and so is an upward movement of the frog when excessive bearing is placed upon it.

  • The suspected material is softened with water, placed upon a slide with a few drops of the reagent, and examined at once with a medium power of the microscope.

  • After wiping off the urine which adheres to the outside, a drop from the pipet is placed upon a clean slide.

  • Leather should rarely be placed upon little-used books, and many libraries which hitherto used it for long sets, have discarded it in favour of legal buckram, or such a material as Winterbottam’s washable cloth.

  • Nevertheless, a value limit of £1 or £2 might be placed upon a guarantor’s liability, and that will dispose of the awkward point as to the agreement being stamped.

  • Such circular plate so placed upon a shaft, and revolving with it, is an eccentric.

  • In some instances the name is placed upon a bracket similar to the upper part of the plate in decoration, or, again, it may be seen upon a small curtain or lambrequin caught up at the ends with string.

  • The shield is placed upon a bracket having a handsome diapered pattern; the scrolls are graceful, the canephoros head on which the shield rests has curled hair, and the upper arms of the scroll-work support urns filled with flowers.

  • The material is placed upon a perforated bottom inside of the vessel and covered with a well-fitting iron plate, that can be pressed down by means of a screw.

  • After the funnel has been provided with filtering paper and the oil to be filtered, the lid is placed upon it, and must not be removed, except for the purpose of pouring more oil into the funnel.

  • To derive the best effects from the fumigating agent it should be placed upon a moderately warm article so that it will slowly evaporate.

  • With the heroism of her sex, in circumstances so trying, she obeyed without hesitation, suffered herself to be placed upon horseback, and set off with her savage attendants.

  • Indeed, if the income-tax is really to become permanent, it must be placed upon an entirely different basis, and undergo a thorough revision.

  • The bridge now sustains itself, and if a moderate weight be placed upon it, it will be all the firmer.

  • When the specimens are small they can be placed upon a piece of mica, and then presented to the flame; or a clay receptacle can be made for the purpose, by simply hollowing out a small cavity in one side of a lump of clay.

  • The top of the block is covered with pitch, which should be warmed, and then given the slightest possible coating of oil, whenever a new object is to be placed upon it.

  • The Hong merchants' boats are both large and convenient, somewhat resembling a small room or van, placed upon a very sharp-pointed but broad boat, as they are only used for pulling about the smooth waters of the river.

  • These are the proofs," he adds, "of the inefficiency of our military armament, which is such that no reliance can be placed upon it.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "placed upon" 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:
    about twelve; adult life; being near; bitter smile; cannot make; dead coral; dilute sulphuric; each post; elementary instruction; failing health; felt happy; first prince; half high; infinite series; many sorts; most likely; placed before; placed himself; placed myself; placed over; placed them; placed under; port wine; show mercy; stand against; striking example