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Example sentences for "portion"

Lexicographically close words:
porticus; portier; portiere; portieres; portio; portioned; portioning; portionless; portions; portis
  1. The free part of the =hyoid= consists of a small piece of cartilage attached to the anterior part of the basilingual plate at its widest portion (fig.

  2. The plastron is imperfectly ossified, and marginal bones may be absent, or if present are confined to the posterior portion of the carapace.

  3. Horny plates= of a ridged or roughened character occur upon the anterior portion of the palate, and of the mandibular symphysis in all three genera of recent Sirenia; also upon the toothless anterior portion of the palate in Ruminants.

  4. In the adult this structure forms one continuous mass, but in the young animal a ventral portion formed by the rib is clearly distinguishable from a dorsal portion formed by the transverse process.

  5. In this form the skull is considerably elongated, the facial portion being very large.

  6. Those which reach the sternum are nearly always divided into vertebral, sternal, and intermediate portions, and as a rule only the vertebral portion is completely ossified.

  7. In Rays the shoulder girdle is very large, and has a distinct suprascapular portion forming a broad plate attached to the neural spines of the vertebrae.

  8. The ascending portion of the mandible is very high and broad, the angle rounded and the coronoid process moderate in size.

  9. The incus consists of an anvil-shaped portion from which arises a long tapering process.

  10. The astragalus has its distal portion abruptly truncated, and the facet by which it articulates with the cuboid is much smaller than that by which it articulates with the navicular.

  11. VII), which lies between the tympanic bulla, the paroccipital process, and the mastoid portion of the periotic.

  12. The mandible has a prominent angle, and a long curved coronoid process; its symphysial portion bears a curious flattened outgrowth to protect the great upper canines.

  13. The cranium is a compact bony box, forming the anterior expanded portion of the axial skeleton.

  14. A, 31), or thickened basal portion of the interorbital septum; this bears two prominent surfaces with which the pterygoids articulate.

  15. Prussian blue is deposited (the base being necessarily supplied by the destruction of one portion of the acid, and the acid by the destruction of another).

  16. Remove the upper portion entirely when quite cold, otherwise, if any left, it will give rise to streaks.

  17. They had inherited a double portion of his spirit.

  18. Tindale, when a youth, was at Oxford during a portion of the time that Colet was lecturing on St. Paul's Epistles.

  19. Lee studied at Oxford during a portion of the time of Colet's residence there.

  20. So small a portion of the French army was engaged in opposing it, that it was scarcely a war with Louis XII.

  21. In one place he even supplied a portion of the Greek text which was missing by translating the Latin back into Greek!

  22. Thus the discrepancy between St. Stephen's speech and the narrative in Genesis, with regard to a portion of the history of the Patriarch Abraham, was freely pointed out, without any attempt at reconcilement.

  23. Out of this circumstance arose a correspondence on the meaning of the first chapter of Genesis, which Colet thought required explanation as much as any other portion of Scripture.

  24. The following portion of a letter to Colet will also show how fully he saw through the policy of Leo X.

  25. Why is a greater portion of our lives given to the study of the Schoolmen than of the Gospels?

  26. In speaking of the 'Novum Instrumentum' it was observed, that perhaps the most remarkable portion of the work was the prefatory matter, especially the 'Paraclesis.

  27. Thy mistress hath, I think, Something of hell in her and has unpacked A portion in this castle.

  28. The portion of the old Union Question Book appointed for next Sunday was gone over under the mother's eye, the references were looked up, the Bible Dictionary and Concordance consulted.

  29. The little one watches the mother and attempts to handle her portion of pastry as mamma does.

  30. The Nerves are a mysterious portion of their being, to whose account everything is laid, from extreme irritability and vexation, to nausea and rheumatism.

  31. The mineral-bearing zone of the country is a very extensive one, and includes all that portion of the Republic traversed by the Sierra Madres and their offshoots.

  32. The Lerma, or Santiago, river is the next in point of length, and is a stream of considerable importance, dividing the main portion of Mexico topographically into two subdivisions.

  33. As has been stated, the great estates or haciendas are held by landowners who rarely part with any portion thereof, and as capital is not always plentiful among them, they are sometimes "land poor" with a resulting lack of development.

  34. The central portion of the territory forms the divortia aquarum of the continent in the narrow portion embodying the famous isthmus of Tehuantepec, separating the waters of the Atlantic system from the Pacific.

  35. Into this he sprinkles a small portion of strong tobacco and rolling it into a thin roll in a certain dexterous way, smokes it without necessity of gumming or fastening the edge.

  36. The line also traverses a portion of Texas.

  37. The central portion of the state is traversed by several main lines of railway, as the International and the Mexico and Vera Cruz, whilst the Mexican Southern unites it with Oaxaca and the Tehuantepec Railway.

  38. The fine city of Guadalajara, described in another chapter, is situated upon the tableland portion of the state, and so enjoys the benefit of railway connection with the main line of the Republic, by means of the Mexican Central.

  39. Yet there was some disaffection in the camp, a portion of the men, wearied of inaction and fearful of dangers, desiring to return to Cuba.

  40. Down went horse and man, artillery and treasure, until with the bodies of Christians and Indians and horses, and bales of merchandise and chests of ammunition the breach was almost filled, and a portion of the fugitives passed over.

  41. He realised all his resources to subscribe towards the expense, covering indeed the major portion of the cost of ships and stores.

  42. In Guerrero we are reaching the narrow portion of Mexico, and the coast-line has turned more in east and west direction.

  43. As they poked about the pile in the mist, it was evident they had struck a spot where a good portion of the contents of the 'Grace-a-Dieu' had lodged.

  44. So he took her and a portion across to the 'Martha,' and she undertook to have supper ready by the time he got back with the rest.

  45. This is a fairly long list of interesting birds revisiting a portion of the river which the London boundary crosses.

  46. Every portion of the plant is poisonous, leaves, flowers, stalks, and berries.

  47. The creature stings the leaf, dropping into the wound a portion of formic acid, and then lays its egg.

  48. But in the order of thought, in art, the glory, the eternal honor is that charlatanism shall find no entrance; herein lies the inviolableness of that noble portion of man's being.

  49. But George Sand is something more than a maker of charming stories, and only a portion of her is shown in Consuelo.

  50. In this way he gained the ill-will of the saloon-keeper, who felt a certain portion of every miner's gains ought to find its way into his till.

  51. At the end of two years Tom sold out to his partner for several thousand dollars, and, entering an office, studied law, devoting a portion of his time to general study.

  52. Day by day those rays expanded, and at last a sort of dawn enlightened a distant portion of their earth, which, faint though it was at first, had much the appearance in their eyes of a bright day.

  53. It could not be termed warm, for it had no power in that frosty atmosphere, and only a small portion of the sun's disk was visible.

  54. Meantime the other savages finished their repast; and having offered a portion of it to the prisoners, which the latter refused, they proceeded to destroy their fire, by casting the burning brands into the rushing waters of the stream below.

  55. The remainder of the party keep together until five, when they gradually began to separate; and by six the dancing had ceased, and the greater portion of them had taken their departure.

  56. That portion of territory known throughout Christendom as Kentucky, was, at an early period, the theatre of some of the wildest, most hardily contested, and bloody scenes ever placed on record.

  57. His features, what portion of them could be seen under his hat, were pale and haggard, denoting one who had experienced many and severe vicissitudes.

  58. Meantime, the male portion of the crowd had resumed their conversation, concerning the unfortunate campaign of Crawford; during which manifold invectives were bestowed upon the savages, and the renegade Girty.

  59. The third division of the organ is the internal ear, which is called the labyrinth; it is divided into the vestibule, three semicircular canals, and the cochlea: the whole are incased within the petrous portion of the temporal bone.

  60. As one faces the tower, the figure at the left is of Pizarro, who conquered the richest portion of South America for Spain.

  61. A generous portion of the space is given to Edwin A.

  62. It cannot be reached from the rotunda side, this portion of the shore being closed to the public.

  63. Then when we can afford to lose a little money, we'll launch a paper that shall appeal only to the intellectual portion of the public.

  64. Suddenly he discovered that when he looked at one lamp, another lamp close to it on the right was completely eclipsed--and he soon found that a portion of his right eye, not far from the centre, was totally sightless.

  65. As Scatcherd said of him, "He's having his portion in this life.

  66. That blind portion you discovered is in every eye.

  67. Too long have our bells been left to the bats and birds, and the belfry is often the only portion of a church which is left uncared for.

  68. According to the Saxon laws every tenth strip of land was set aside for the Church, and Domesday shows that in many villages there was a priest with his portion of land set apart for his support.

  69. Then some psalms and collects were read, and a portion of the monastic rule, and briefs announcing the deaths of persons in whom the brethren were interested.

  70. In 1633, the Puritan hatred to the theatre had blazed out in Prynne's Histriomastix, and as a natural consequence, the loyal and cavalier portion of society threw itself into dramatic amusements of every kind.

  71. By ceaseless importunity the author of the Eikon Basilike obtained afterwards the see of Worcester, while the portion of the author of Eikonoklastes was poverty, infamy, and calumny.

  72. Milton had been promised with his wife a portion of 1000 l.

  73. He had, as he announced in February, 1642, "taken labour and intent study" to be his portion in this life.

  74. He was already mortgaged to the Miltons, father and sons, more deeply than his estate had any prospect of paying, which was perhaps the reason why he found no difficulty in promising a portion of 1000 l.

  75. Labour and intense study I take to be my portion in this life.

  76. From this day forward domestic misery, the importunities of business, the clamour of controversy, crowned by the crushing calamity of blindness, were to be his portion for more than thirty years.

  77. The large percentage of bodies not recovered is due, no doubt, to the fact that the men were swinging in their hammocks immediately over that portion of the vessel which was totally destroyed.

  78. It has relieved a portion of our export trade from serious embarrassment.

  79. There was at this time a very great need of a proper survey of these shores, particularly of the portion which now forms the Queensland coast and of the reefs that skirt it.

  80. For this portion of the Lady Nelson's story no log has been available.

  81. From statements submitted to this Convention, we are glad to find that this subject has already arrested the attention of a respectable portion of our fellow citizens, in different parts of the Union.

  82. It looks as if this might have been a portion of a tube which might have been put over a grave, through which offerings might have been made to the dead beneath.

  83. This subject alone opens an extensive field for active benevolence, and justly demands the exercise of a large portion of the talents and labours of the friends of emancipation.

  84. The thoroughness of the details of execution is worthy of the Japanese, even the inaccessible and almost hidden portion of the smaller bell being enchased with a pattern.

  85. For, unquestionably, the most efficient means of promoting the moral improvement of this degraded portion of the human family is the institution of schools.

  86. The uppermost portion of this staff head consists of a band of engraved basket work patterns with grained open ground.

  87. It becomes more interesting in that portion dealing with the diplomacy of the United States in regard to Cuba, although the author does not frankly state the case from an impartial point of view.

  88. The Negroes objected to paying that portion of the tax which provided for the maintenance of a high school, the benefits of which they were denied, when there was no high school provided for them.

  89. The education of your offspring," said these friends of the Negroes, "is a subject of lasting importance and has obtained a large portion of your attention and care.

  90. The principal work of this convention was the adoption of an ordinance to provide for the formation of a new State out of a portion of the State of Virginia.

  91. After this portion of the book comes the Songs and Tales of the Zulu Tribe, recorded from the singing and sayings of Madikane Cele, a Zulu of royal blood.

  92. Console them with the reflection, that unmixed happiness in a future life, will be the portion of all good men, whatever may have been their lot here below.

  93. I richly deserved some portion of the rebuke, and it would have been well for me if that same temper had allowed me to listen to you, sir, or to reason.

  94. On the one hand was the stern, despotic Monarch of the Westminster Catechism, whom I addressed out of habit, the Father who condemned a portion of his children from the cradle.


  95. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "portion" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    adjunct; allotment; allowance; amount; appanage; apportion; astrology; bag; bang; batch; bit; bite; bolt; booster; budget; bumper; bunch; carve; chunk; circumstance; clip; clutch; coil; commission; component; constellation; constituent; contingent; count; course; cover; cup; cut; deal; deck; dessert; destination; destiny; detachment; detail; dish; distribute; district; divide; dividend; division; dole; doom; dose; dot; dower; dowry; draft; dram; draught; draughtsman; draughty; drench; drink; end; endowment; entree; fatality; fate; fix; fortune; foundation; fraction; fragment; future; group; gulp; guzzle; half; hap; heap; help; helping; hit; hunk; inevitability; injection; installment; interest; investment; item; jointure; lap; libation; lot; lump; measure; meed; member; mess; modicum; moiety; nip; number; overdose; pack; parcel; part; particular; partition; passage; peg; percentage; piece; place; plate; portion; potation; potion; proportion; public; pull; quadrant; quaff; quantity; quantum; quarter; quota; ration; remainder; roll; run; sample; section; sector; segment; service; serving; settlement; share; shot; sip; slice; slug; snort; split; stake; stars; stock; strip; subdivide; subdivision; subgroup; suck; sum; sup; swig; swill; tot; tract; unit; weird