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Example sentences for "plate"

Lexicographically close words:
plastramengro; plastron; plat; platano; platanos; plateau; plateaus; plateaux; plated; plateful
  1. You, his master, rank theoretically with Mukkun, and he will neither touch your meats nor the plate off which you have eaten them.

  2. Here the Mussaul sits on the ice numda while we have our meals, and as each plate returns from the table, he takes charge of it, and transfers to his mouth whatever he finds on it, for he is of the omnivora, like the crow.

  3. Then he seizes his weapon of offence, and, dipping the rag end into the handie, gives the plate a masterly wipe, and lays it on the table upside down, or dries it with a damask table napkin.

  4. The same mound as shown in Plate III, Figure 1, after three years of protection, the rodents having been killed out.

  5. As they passed the parked car, Rick saw the license plate clearly.

  6. At the same instant he pushed his plate away, to make room on the table for a small portfolio, opening which he prepared to write.

  7. Put a stopper in the neck of the jar, or hold a glass plate against the mouth of it, and you can take it out of the water, and so have bottled oxygen.

  8. Violet announced from the door, turning hurriedly to put the plate of biscuits on the table, where it stood before unheeding eyes.

  9. This iron contrivance was a rod, little thicker than a man's finger, which terminated in a flat plate wrought with some kind of open-work device.

  10. She whirled the merry-go-round caster to bring the salt and pepper to his hand; just so she placed his knife and fork, and plate overturned to keep the flies off the business side of it.

  11. Much obliged to meet you," said Tubbs heartily as, bowing in imitation of his employer, he caught the edge of his plate on the band of his trousers and upset it.

  12. Then he washed the plate nicely; and seeing no one in sight, he thought he could leave the booth long enough to return the plate.

  13. After you've eaten what there is there, bring the plate in to me," she said to Toby, as she took her lean husband by the arm and walked him off toward their own tent.

  14. The beauty of the coffee-pot caught his eye, and he admired the plate that made such rich effect on the old Chippendale sideboard.

  15. Lottie ordered a plate of roast beef, and leaned across the table to talk to her friend.

  16. But when Ursula set before him a huge plate of bread and meat, his manly composure all but gave way.

  17. But her anxiety was soon relieved by seeing Sam forcing his way toward her with a plate of cream.

  18. The king took his naps by an open window, and had a plate of cherries placed beside him that he might eat them when he awoke.

  19. Dear, gracious lady, let me run with the plate to the mother and Lenichen; and I will be back again in two minutes, and sing all day, if the master likes.

  20. A calcareous plate employed by many Molluscae to close the aperture of their shell.

  21. I like a yarn after mess;" and Captain John went off to bring the first plate of fish to the dear old lady who had been a mother to him for many years.

  22. I wish I had 'spepsia," was the abrupt remark of the small person as her plate of drum-sticks was removed and the pudding appeared, accompanied by the cherries.

  23. But from that day, among other changes which began about this time, the child's cup and plate were well filled, and the dread of adding to her own sufferings seemed to curb the dyspeptic's voracious appetite.

  24. At these words he showed the plate he had recovered.

  25. Before their luncheon was served an intoxicated man came in, ordered a plate of beans, and then exploded a package of fire-crackers on it.

  26. When the actress went down to breakfast the next morning to read what the newspapers said about her she found on her plate a cable from Frohman doubling her salary.

  27. It is through the use of photography that the nebulae can best be studied, for a photographic plate after long exposure, reveals a wonderful detail in the structure of these objects that the human eye fails to see.

  28. The star shines with a brilliant, bluish-white light and is visible only in powerful telescopes though it is easily photographed since it gives forth rays to which the photographic plate is particularly sensitive.

  29. They reveal their spiral structure more clearly to the photographic plate than to the human eye, and some magnificent photographs of them have been taken with powerful telescopes.

  30. Balcombe was accordingly sent for, and, on expressing regret to Napoleon at the order for sale, received the reply: "What is the use of plate when you have nothing to eat off it?

  31. Lowe quietly directed Balcombe to seal up the plate sent to him, and to advance money up to its value (£250); but other portions of the plate were broken and sold later on.

  32. A day or two later, however, he gave orders that some of his silver plate should be sold in order "to provide those little comforts denied them.

  33. If by any chance, while a being is in the recess, the plate or rod which acts as a bridge gets fixed, he is in a dangerous predicament.

  34. But in the case of a particle resting on a thin sheet of metal, and shaking the metal—as, for instance, a metal plate can be made to shake by a violin bow—then this law would not hold.

  35. But He waited still, his eye on the dial-plate of the clock, till the time was fulfilled which had been fixed in the Eternal Council Chamber.

  36. On this reposed a box of taffies and a plate of apples.

  37. I will, too," assented Betty, carefully balancing her plate as she cautiously sat down on the big log and the others adjusted themselves after their move.

  38. Dick looked up from his plate to say rudely, "What's eating you Betty?

  39. The girls would select each a plate and visit "each pot and pan," in due order.

  40. I considered getting down with my plate and a cup full of chocolate and gave it up.

  41. But here came Betty with her plate piled full.

  42. The following lines were recently found in a metal (probably silver) snuff-box, which had lain for many years undiscovered in a plate chest.

  43. Having exposed the plate the necessary time, the next step is the development.

  44. PLATE XXI Part of a Victorian Parlour in One of the Few Remaining New York Victorian Mansions.

  45. PLATE XXII Two designs for day-beds which are done in colours to suit the scheme of any room.

  46. PLATE XXVI Shows how to utilise and make really very attractive an extension roof, by converting it into a balcony.

  47. PLATE XVI Corner of a Room in a Small Empire Suite.

  48. PLATE XXIX Example of a Charming Hall Spoiled by Too Pronounced a Rug.

  49. The advantage of two tiers of sash curtains (see Plate IX) is that one can part and push back one tier for air, light or looking out, and still use the other tier to modify the light in the room.

  50. PLATE XII An Italian Louis XVI Salon in a New York Apartment.

  51. PLATE XXIV Example of Lack of Balance in Mantel Arrangement.

  52. PLATE XXIII In another suite we have a boudoir done in sage greens and soft browns.

  53. There were painted tapestries made in Western Europe at a very early date, and collectors eagerly seek them (see Plate XIV).

  54. When the plate has ceased to drip, place it in a plate drainer, with the corner you poured from lowest, and leave it where dust cannot get at it for four or five days, when it will be found sufficiently hard to be put into a plate box.

  55. Where it is not entirely successful I put the plate into a solution of citric acid, four ounces to a pint of water, for about one minute, and have in nearly all cases succeeded in getting a beautifully-clear plate.

  56. When the developer is poured over the plate it attacks first the free silver nitrate, and causes it to deposit extremely fine particles of metallic silver.

  57. The plate is now extremely sensitive to light.

  58. If the plate be warmed previously, the varnish flows more freely and leaves a thinner coating of balsam behind on the transparency.

  59. The object, as we all know, in a wet-plate negative is to get good printing density without destruction of half-tone.

  60. A condition may also appear, as is shown by Crookes' experiment, with the metallic plate intercalated as negative pole in the middle of.

  61. The next point to consider is that of intensification--a process seldom required in positive pictures, and would not be needed so often in negatives if there was enough free silver nitrate on the plate during development.

  62. In addition, there is on the plate an amount of unchanged silver nitrate which becomes useful in the second stage, or development.

  63. These particles are attracted first to the portions of the plate where there is most sub-iodide and sub-bromide.

  64. Morning and girl were gray with cold as Win hovered before the vast expanse of plate glass which made of Peter Rolls's department store a crystal palace.

  65. He assumed that if the English government had been authorized to make reciprocal treaties it might have persuaded the United States to forego the protection of tin plate in exchange for trade advantages in some other direction.

  66. The silver plate on the hall door announced the master's name as Col.


  67. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "plate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    aegis; armor; backing; brand; breast; bridge; cachet; carapace; cartridge; check; chuck; clod; coat; coating; collop; colophon; component; cortex; course; cover; covering; cut; deal; dessert; dish; disk; docket; dope; electroplating; emulsion; entree; figure; film; flank; flap; foil; fold; frame; galvanize; gum; hallmark; help; helping; imprint; ivories; knuckle; label; lap; leaf; letterhead; loin; mail; masthead; membrane; microfilm; negative; pack; pane; panel; patina; peel; pellicle; place; plait; plank; plaque; plate; plating; platter; ply; plywood; portion; rack; rasher; receptacle; rib; roast; roll; round; rump; saddle; scale; scum; seal; service; serving; shank; sheet; shell; shield; shoulder; signet; sirloin; skin; slab; slat; slice; spread; stamp; stereotype; sticker; stone; stub; table; tablet; tally; teeth; tenderloin; test; ticket; token; tube; vehicle; veneer; wafer


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    plate armour; plate engraving; plate glass; plate number; plate printing