My movements were languid, my plans of the vaguest.
On the other hand it was one of confusion, in the midst of which the forces were at work, and the plans perfected which led up logically to the end.
Unintimidated by the repeated failures of preceding attempts, he followed up his plans with as much resolution as sagacity.
We must always keep the possibility of war with England before our eyes, and arrange our political and military plans accordingly.
We are certainly a hindrance to the plans which England is prosecuting in Asiatic Turkey and Central Africa.
Opposition to the great outlay thus necessitated was soon shown by a party which considered a fleet not merely superfluous for Germany, but actually dangerous, and objected to the plans of the Government, which they stigmatized as boundless.
As in the case of all other plans and methods, it must be strictly, firmly, and perseveringly followed up by the watchful efficiency of the mother.
Parents at home and teachers at school must recognize these physiological laws, relating to the action of the young, and make theirplans and arrangements conform to them.
This will lead us not to interfere with their own plans and ideas, but to be willing that they should be happy in their own way.
They are on the wrong scent, and you may pursue your plansin peace.
Third Edition, London, 1704: containing Portraits of all the Celebrated Flibustiers, and Plans of some of their Land-Attacks.
He drew plans of fortresses, projected military reforms, and inspired his soldiers with his own enthusiasm.
He was hostile to his father's plans of reform, and indecently expressed a wish for his death.
He formed his plans with the greatest coolness, and exercised a power of dissimulation that has no parallel in history.
On the whole, the Whigs were in advance in liberality of mind, and in enlightenedplans of government.
If you haven't any plans made for to-morrow I may ask you to take me up to Cape Vincent in the Black Growler.
The Caledonia was to follow some time that day and plans already had been made by which the boys were to spend some time on Hecla Island, on which was located the summer home of the Stevens.
Before a landing was made, however, Miss Susie Stevens had suggested numerous plans for picnics, cruises among the islands, meetings for tennis at the yacht club and various other methods by which the days were to be passed.
If you're just a private citizen from one of these bureaus, you'd better make plans for skipping the country, for I give you my word I mean to push this to the limit.
Still, the bank people might make things annoying, and perhaps ruin the plans he had made about the cashier.
He and I have long been at swords' points, and he taunted me with the base plans he intended to carry out.
I'm waiting to hear what your plans are," said Matt.
I wanted to find out what your plans were, and how long you expect to remain in Belize.
Now his plans were all spoiled by the artist's sudden infatuation, and he could have cursed Roma for the spiteful manoeuvring that had kept him an unwilling captive, while Liane was drifting beyond his reach.
Then she went in and closed the door, while she sat down to make her plans for gratifying Roma's wish.
And last night my uncle and my father and I never went to sleep; we were making plans for all the family and building castles in the air all night--Why do you say nothing?
The county magistrates examined plans for the erection of a lunatic asylum, and accepted those of Mr. William Brown, architect, of Ipswich.
The Norwich Corporation decided to rebuild Fye Bridge of iron, in accordance with the plans of Mr. Stone.
At a special general meeting of the subscribers to the Norfolk and Norwich Museum, plans and specifications prepared by Mr. J.
At an assembly of the Norwich Corporation, the Tonnage Committee was ordered to obtainplans and estimates for the improvement of the south side of St. Andrew's Hall, and of the plain and gardens.
A meeting was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, for the purpose of furthering the scheme for making Norwich a port, in accordance with the plans prepared by Mr. William Cubitt, C.
On the motion of Mr. Crisp Brown, seconded by Mr. Joseph Geldart, it was agreed to open a subscription for carrying the plans into effect, and formal notice was given of the introduction of the Bill into Parliament.
Middleton, formerly of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich), in his benevolent plans to establish Christianity in the East Indies.
Watson, Wright, and Cattermoul, from plansprepared by Mr. J.
It was enough to live in close companionship with the man she loved, and when, as occasionally she tried to do, she reasoned to herself about it, her mind seemed paralysed and utterly refused to make plans of any kind.
While she dressed for dinner she laid herplans with the quickness native to her.
Again and again she had made little plans to catch him alone, but she had invariably failed, and as the days passed and she realised his strength of determination, a dull, slow fire of anger had begun to burn in her.
Would her strength have come back, and would she have been able to tell Joyselle that he must make no plans for her wedding?
He must learn that, even more carefully than he plans the questions he is to ask his scholars, he must plan to inspire them to ask questions themselves.
It will include in the day's plans all ages and classes, and afford pleasure for mind and spirit as well as body.
The meeting is perhaps less to make plans for the teachers than to stimulate them to make good plans for themselves.
Criticism, expressed or implied, of the plans or precepts of the other teacher, is a poison which has few antidotes.
And then, the new plans all jotted down, the felicitous expressions written out verbatim, the facts and figures clearly noted, let the convention be widely reported.
And in your exultation over him do not neglect the others, nor seem to change your plans for the visitor, or to be striving to show off before him.
Mr. Condon also provided both information and architectural plans for the Tobey House and the Spring House.
It appears that no drawings were made of the spring house as it appeared before its conversion into a caretaker's residence, and no plans have been preserved to show the construction undertaken for the conversion.
She had no suspicion of the plans against her; no idea whatever that people might be using her as a tool--that there was any interest contrary to her own, in the conduct or management of others.
Botello exhibited his copy of the convention with Badur, king of Cambaya, and the plans of the fort which was being erected at Diu, and related the history of his adventurous voyage.
It is prepared from documents in the Prussian archives, and illustrated with maps and plans of battles.
Of these three, two had as yet failed in carrying to success the German plans which had taken the place of those of their own strategists.
Moreover, the delay of the Twenty-third Brigade had so disarranged the plans of the British that it is doubtful if they would not have failed in part even if the means of communication had not been destroyed.
Within the last ten years, however, the Austrian War Staff altered its plans and decided upon a vigorous offensive against Russia should occasion offer, and that Eastern Galicia was not to be sacrificed.
The regiment, as a result of this mishap to the plans of the commanding general, lost its commander, Colonel Bliss, and fourteen other officers.
Believing their plans for the counterattack were working favorably, the Germans advanced, only to be mowed down by the French guns.
The British had a supply of shrapnel, and the British and French cannon, as well as the rifle- and machine-gun fire, held the Germans in check until they had time to perfect their plans for a vigorous offensive.
The plans of the British commander had embraced a forward movement when the troops had reached this point, but they had not included a means of keeping communication with the various units intact.
The latter hinted that his plans worked best if the fishing boats were unmolested.
While fortune was steadily following the efforts of the czar's troops in the Lupkow-Uzsok sector, the German War Staff were preparing their plans for the great decisive blow that was soon to be struck.
With her eyes filled with tears, but a smile on her lips, radiant with new-found happiness, she told him how she had overheard the plans of Dunn and Brace, how she had stolen their conveyance to warn him in time.
The experience of mankind, as elsewhere remarked, has developed but two plans of government, using the word plan in its scientific sense.
As the two were nearly equal in power and resources during the first century of colonization, the French may ascribe to the Iroquois, in no small degree, the overthrow of their plans of empire in the New World.
It were useless for me to speak of details or plans now; I shall speak officially next Monday week, if ever.
Not one of all your various plans can show a precedent or an advocate in the century within which our government originated.
One of the most significant of all the measures by which Mr. Churchill plans to lend the aid of the State to the raising of the level of the working classes is his "Development" Act.
They want to parallel allplans for mobilization by plans for insurrection, and to force armies to disclose their true purpose, which they believe is not war at all, but the arbitrary and violent suppression of popular movements.
In the promotion of their plans they act always with the consciousness of defending first of all the interest of the working class.
Such an opposition to the effective application of broad and far-sighted plans to practical politics is especially common, for historical reasons, in Great Britain and the United States.
As opposed to any plans for a more direct and more popular government, he defends the "dignity and authority" of Parliament and bespeaks the "reverence and deference" that the people ought to observe toward it.
To the preparations of capitalist governments to revert to military rule in the case of a successful nation-wide general strike, the Socialists reply at present by plans for weakening and disintegrating armies.
In my own mind I annexed all the surrounding country and began to make plans for the evangelization and helping of all the people who dwelt therein.
The most elaborate plans and specifications will not shelter a family nor constitute a home.
I saw the church making systematic plans to carry the gospel to all these outlying neighborhoods.
My people were of the strong and sturdy sort, faithful and appreciative beyond many, ready to cooperate in carrying out any plans of work that the pastor might propose.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "plans" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: arrangement; mind; preparation; tactic
