He drank his large potations of tea with me, interrupted by many an indignant contradiction, and many a noble sentiment.
By the time he was ready to dispense with Zany's services he was so affected by his potations that his aunt, who had appeared on the scene, hastened his retirement.
He had sought to keep up by liberalpotations in his uncle's dining-room, but was resolved to get a night's sleep if possible.
Storm-stayed at Ecclefechan, Burns indulged in deep potationsand in song-writing.
Mr. Walter Riddel, the host, was wont to press his guests to deeper potations than were usual even in those hard-drinking days.
I get the purse at the amphitheatre, as I certainly shall, my first vow to Hercules shall be to forswear thee and thy vile potations evermore.
Fortifying his courage by plentiful potations of a better liquor than that provided for the demon, the credulous ministrant stole into the blind girl's chamber.
Like most savages, his fondness for spirituous liquors was extreme, and he took large potations of rum in their presence, though it produced no visible effect upon his manner or conversation.
This great bully introduced himself into their dwelling; his huge round face, inflamed with scorn, anger, and "potations deep.
This well intended provision had been terribly perverted, and the pegs intended for the restriction of potations became the provocatives of challenges to drink, and thus the instruments of intemperance.
To return to the question of drinking: shall we have total abstinence, as you have, or hard drinking, like the Scythians and Thracians, or moderate potations like the Persians?
Total abstinence for the young, moderate and increasing potations for the old, is Plato's principle.
In lieu of the latter, however, was an unlimited allowance of double-brewed ale; and the difference in the potations was far more in the name, than in the quality of the beverages.
Thought you'd never come," said he, still holding me fast and looking me full in the face, to calculate the extent to which my potations rendered his flattery feasible.
I was more with Miss Kitty than I had expected, for the captain and his wife very frequently, after indulging in potations long and deep, fell asleep in the cabin.
The secret of this was, that the tenants were all inferior officers, and the common soldiery judged it more expedient to pursue their potations in other rooms.
It was well indeed then for the brave boys, who had thought themselves the match for armed men, that these latter were dazed with deep potations and but half armed after throwing aside their weapons ere lying down to rest.
With beating of drums they enlivened their marches, and with fiery potations inflamed their loyalty and piety.
If I had a thousand sons, the first humane principle I would teach them should be to forswear thinpotations and to addict themselves to sack.
Captain Sullendine had been too much overcome by his potations to take his usual precautions for the safety of his spirit-room, and the observers saw that the key was in the door.
Not a bit on't," replied the captain pleasantly, as though his potations of whiskey were still in full effect upon him.
Cold and mechanical at the outset, the music grows spirited as the girls grow nude, and the dancers themselves become strangely excited as they warm to the work, taking, the while, generous potations of saki to assist their enthusiasm.
Ere eleven o'clock had arrived, the copious potations of whiskey and strong beer, joined to the fumes of the tobacco, had caused a powerful alteration in the demeanor of the assembled group, who now became most indecorously vociferous.
The doctor had ordered potations of wine for Mary, and Mistress Forrester had produced a bottle of sack from her stores, a mugful of which Goody Pearse now held to Mary's pale lips.
Incidentally as I passed back and forth I revisited Father Cassati, still resting easily in his bonds, but now peacefully sleeping off his earlier potations undiscovered upon the hard deck.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "potations" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
