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Example sentences for "ratan"

Lexicographically close words:
rat; rata; ratable; ratafia; ratafias; ratcatcher; ratchet; ratchets; rate; rateable
  1. He then went to Mecca, and became a disciple of one Ratan Haji, and on his return the earth opened and received him, with his famous black mare Javadiya.

  2. But soon after an angry wave rushed from the Sarju, and on its crest sat the wraith of Ratan Panre.

  3. The last of the race, Raja Achal Narayan Sinh, ravished the daughter of Ratan Panre.

  4. Another worthy, whose legend much resembles that of Harshu, is Ratan Panre, who is venerated by the Kalhans Rajputs of Oudh.

  5. Ratan was then sprawling beneath the guava-tree, busily engaged in eating unripe guavas.

  6. Ratan had borne many a scolding from her master without complaint, but these kind words she could not bear.

  7. Just before starting he called Ratan and said: "Here is something for you; I hope it will keep you for some little time.

  8. At last Ratan would enter, with puffed-out cheeks, vigorously blowing into a flame a live coal to light the tobacco.

  9. While Ratan was awaiting her call, the postmaster was awaiting a reply to his application.

  10. Relieved from her duties as nurse, Ratan again took up her old place outside the door.

  11. After a while Ratan rose, and went off to the kitchen to prepare the meal; but she was not so quick about it as on other days.

  12. Ratan would then hastily light the fire, and toast some unleavened bread, which, with the cold remnants of the morning meal, was enough for their supper.

  13. Thus, in a very short time, Ratan had got as far as the double consonants.

  14. Ratan would sit on the floor near the postmaster's feet, as memories crowded in upon her.

  15. With an overflowing heart Ratan rushed into the room with her--"Were you calling me, Dada?

  16. He had never seen Ratan like this before.

  17. He was afraid he might become too deeply attached to Ratan if he stayed.

  18. Strangers as a rule do not attempt such matters although we have before us at the present time the very interesting case of Ratan Devi.

  19. It is a question, however, if Ratan Devi would be so much admired if her songs or their traditional manner of performance were more familiar to us.

  20. It was confirmed to Ratan Singh in 1811 by the British government for the usual deed of allegiance.

  21. On the Blade of the Kris "If the blade of the kris be split in the direction of the tali tali (the silk and ratan appendage by which the kris is fastened in the girdle), you cannot return an adversary's thrust with it.

  22. It is a model of a bridge over the Boitang Toro, and one expects to find it of the ratan which is of general use and grows two hundred and fifty feet long; but no: it is of telegraph wire!

  23. The large mat sails depend from yards of bamboo; the rudders are large oars, one over each counter; the decks are roofed with bamboo, ratan and the inevitable nipa-palm leaves.

  24. The wide, low verandas are shaded on the sunny side by screens or blinds of ratan painted green, and from the ceiling dangle baskets, large baskets, filled with every imaginable variety of fern.

  25. Raw hides are placed on the back of the elephant to keep it from chafing, and the saddle is then girthed on with a strong ratan rope.

  26. We accordingly secured three boats, each about thirty feet long and two feet beam, propelled by two short oars, and steered with a long paddle fastened to the stern with a ratan rope.

  27. Corporal punishment with the ratan is very common--so common that there is little or no stigma attached to it.

  28. They were made to lie down on their face on the pavement, and a man stood over with a ratan and put it down in no light manner, the victim crying, "Ooey!

  29. The boatswain's mate went to work without delay, seizing the poor little culprits by their loose frocks, and using a ratan without mercy.

  30. They can't hold out in Ratan Singh's tomb if they are attacked with anything like vigour.

  31. Wasn't it you who got into trouble with Speathley by saying that poor Nisbet and Cowper ought to be buried in the city instead of in Ratan Singh's tomb?

  32. Wouldn't it be more to the purpose to leave Ratan Singh in peace, since he has done us no injury, and punish the living who deserve it?

  33. Ratan would squat on the floor near the postmaster's feet, as memories crowded in upon her.

  34. With an overflowing heart Ratan rushed into the room with her--'Were you calling me, Dada?

  35. Several pieces of small ratan lay near us, and taking one of them, he formed a noose, with which in his hand he crept towards the tree.

  36. We were struck by the enormous size of the trees and the variety of large ferns, as well as the number of climbing ratan palms.

  37. We each of us, I should have said, carried pieces of ratan in our hands, which against such enemies proved useful weapons, as a well-aimed blow with a ratan at even a large snake will turn it aside.

  38. Our Dutch friend stated that they were so formed to guard its eyes from the thorns and spines which it meets with whilst searching for fallen fruits among the thickets of ratan and other spiny plants.

  39. The arrival of my uncle with his man, carrying a quantity of the light ratan rope, gave us some hopes of being able to rescue our friends on board the brig.

  40. Having done this, he began to ascend the tree, throwing his ratan band a short distance above him, leaning back at the same time and placing his feet against the trunk.

  41. We soon cut down some of the larger bamboos, with ratan to secure the cross pieces, and had an amply buoyant raft to carry one person out into the centre.

  42. Some of the magnificent volute shells were employed as baskets; while gigantic helmet shells, suspended by ratan handles, formed the vessels in which fresh water was brought from house to house.

  43. Chhindwara, on the Satpura plateau, is supposed to have been founded by one Ratan Raghuvansi, who built the first house on the site, burying a goat alive under the foundations.

  44. Having thus inspired the chiefs and men, Muhaj and Ratan repaired to the palace of their queens.

  45. At length the last class had been heard, and the last lesson recited, and Lugare seated himself behind his desk on the platform, with his longest and stoutest ratan before him.

  46. He grasp'd his ratan firmly, and descended from his seat.

  47. Lugare, with a loud strike of his ratan on the desk.

  48. His great-grand-father Babu Ratan Krishna Das was highly respected for his charity and benevolence.

  49. Chitta Ranjan's grand-father, Babu Jagadbandhu Das was the eldest son of Ratan Krishna.

  50. That python broke green ratan thongs half an inch in diameter, and soon twisted out of all its fastenings except the one about its neck.

  51. After hasty calculations he set them to work digging toward the head waters, following a line of ratan which he stretched to guide them.

  52. Early in the muggy dawn the warriors set to work constructing rafts out of bamboo and ratan (palm), and soon the siwaka was loaded and the journey continued by water.

  53. Calculating the distance, Piang jerked the ratan cable, and the noose tightened around the snake's throat.

  54. From the window in the nearest house, Piang kept watch with Kali, Asin, and Tooloowee; in his hand he held the ratan cable that controlled the nooses in the narrow lane.

  55. Under the stimulus of the poison the python began to expand, until the loops of ratan creaked and snapped.

  56. Catching hold of the mango-tree with its tail, it pulled until its eyes bulged from the sockets, but the ratan held.


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