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Example sentences for "quoting"

Lexicographically close words:
quotidie; quotiens; quotient; quotients; quoties; quotquot; quousque; quovis; quoy; quum
  1. And he observes, after quoting some other writers, that Hooker alone might be enough to satisfy those who rely on him for their ecclesiastical polity.

  2. Grotius rejects the opinion of those who hold the people to be everywhere sovereign, so that they may restrain and punish kings for misgovernment; quoting many authorities for the irresponsibility of kings.

  3. And after quoting some words from Suarez, he adds: “When men write whole volumes of such stuff, are they not mad, or intend to make others so?

  4. But Milton has borrowed largely from the imagination of his predecessor; and by quoting the lyric parts of the Faithful Shepherdess, it would be easy to deceive any one not accurately familiar with the songs of Comus.

  5. I hope I may be pardoned for quoting a sonnet which had a great vogue in the late 'seventies showing the impression that Maurice de Guérin made.

  6. I wonder people have not got tired of quoting "Heureux en jeu; malheureux en amour.

  7. I forgot that I was quoting the cry of the Covenanter's widow when she knelt by her husband's corpse, and looked up into Claverhouse's face with those sad eyes that were ever dim and cloudy after the carbines flashed across them.

  8. Even at that anxious moment I could not help laughing at the idea of Ralph quoting poetry--of that grim Saul among the prophets.

  9. Dick even went the length of quoting the first two lines of a poem which he himself was composing for Lady Miller's urn, feeling convinced that the prize would be awarded to him on account of its appropriateness.

  10. Garrick was quoting Shakespeare: "Here comes the lady; O so light a foot Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint!

  11. I could perceive, from the style of his expressions and from his frequently quoting the books of the Thai-ping dynasty, that he was familiar with those records, and had been thoroughly trained in that school.

  12. Eusebius, quoting from Irenaeus, says that John after his return from Patmos governed the churches in Asia, and remained with them in the time of Trajan.

  13. Certain of his remarks are here so much to the point that I cannot refrain from quoting them.

  14. Miss Harrison, quoting this passage, gives a reproduction of a bas-relief representing the Salii carrying what she says "are clearly drumsticks.

  15. Burns had a memory stored with the finest poetical passages, which he was in the habit of quoting most aptly in his correspondence with his friends: and he delighted also in repeating them in the company of those friends who enjoyed them.

  16. He has paid me a pretty compliment, by quoting me in his last publication.

  17. Motherwell tries to qualify the censure of his brother editor, by quoting Lockhart's opinion--at once lofty and just, of this fine picture of domestic happiness and devotion.

  18. Since it has a peculiar bearing on the Mantell case, I am quoting it now: When Venus is at its greatest brilliance, it is possible to see it during daytime when one knows exactly where to look.

  19. July 7, quoting an unnamed Air Force official in Washington: "The flying saucers may be one of three things: "1.

  20. I will tell you who he is,” said the Senator who was quoting him.

  21. Rockfield, you see I am still quoting Plutarch,” said the Doctor.

  22. It is claimed (quoting from Hare) that strontium salicylate “.

  23. Quoting the Scientific American: Scientific discovery, once an open field for all comers, is today becoming more and more a matter calling for the most intensive special qualifications.

  24. It could not do this better than by quoting from a recent editorial note which commented on a report of the Chemical Laboratory on this preparation.

  25. Therapeutic Notes, in quoting other journals, puts into its readers’ hands the means of investigating the fairness of its quotations.

  26. It is not so obvious why such concerns in abstracting or quoting papers of this kind should delete those parts that are unfavorable to the products dealt with rather than those that are favorable.

  27. In this connection an editorial in the Scientific American of recent date, dealing with the mechanical sciences rather than the medical, is well worth quoting in part.

  28. The enclosures are a single sheet circular signed Thomas Joseph Glover and entitled “Etiology of Cancer,” a “Directions” slip and a card quoting prices.

  29. Here he examined very critically the meaning of the Greek word [Greek: dikai-osunous], quoting Moses Stuart and others.

  30. We have already remarked that Philo calls the Logos "the Light,"(2) and quoting in a peculiar form Ps.

  31. He then continues with the same subject, quoting (v.

  32. I am quoting a British military authority of high rank.

  33. Quoting from his description of what was found: "The pyramid had been elaborately arranged so as to deceive and weary the spoilers, and it had apparently occupied a great amount of labor to force an entrance.

  34. Quoting from one who was present at the exciting moment when the tomb of Queen Tiy's parents was opened: "Squeezing their way between the wall and rock ceiling, M.

  35. We cannot better end this report, which I should have liked to make more complete, than by quoting M.

  36. But let us once more listen to our unexceptionable witness, whom I think every one will feel indebted to us for quoting so much at length: testimonium animae naturaliter Christianae.

  37. The word "mata" (opinion or view) was also freely used in quoting the views of other systems.

  38. Wassilief says quoting Tibetan sources that Vindhyavâsin altered the Sâ.mkhya according to his own views [Footnote ref 2].

  39. Lockhart, after quoting largely from this Common-place Book, adds, "This curious document has not yet been printed entire.

  40. Mr. Addington was, Allan Cunningham tells us, an enthusiastic admirer of Burns's poetry, and took pleasure in quoting it to Pitt and Melville.

  41. But before quoting Professor Baden Powell, it may be worth while to make two short notes on the few preceding paragraphs.

  42. If, then, I have erred in over-quoting upon these accounts, I cannot plead that the error is committed unadvisedly.


  43. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "quoting" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.