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Example sentences for "rearing"

Lexicographically close words:
reare; reared; rearer; rearguard; rearguards; rearmament; rearmost; rearrange; rearranged; rearrangement
  1. Aside from the physical difficulties in the bearing and rearing of children, and in addition to the ordinary mental difficulties, such as judging what discipline to use, there are especial problems of some importance.

  2. In this the housewife of to-day is seconded by her husband, for where he has sympathy for his wife he prefers to let her decide the number of children, and also he is impressed by the high cost of rearing them.

  3. Because I did not choose to go with him," she returned, rearing her head and looking calmly at him as they walked along.

  4. Now what rearing and education for a king could one find in history better than this?

  5. But her claim is different, namely that she gave your mother birth, rearing her royally and as befitted the offspring who were to be born to her.

  6. And rearing upright he gripped it with his front legs like a man and tried to tear it up by the roots, as if it had been a tree.

  7. As Valeria plunged into the leafy screen a backward glance showed her the titan rearing up fearsomely on his massive hind-legs, even as Conan had predicted.

  8. Having consolidated his power he became a very zealous supporter of the old pagan worship, rearing several new idols upon the sacred hill, and placing in his palace a silver statue of PĂ©roune.

  9. Though Peter was involved in all the hurry and confusion of war, he devoted himself with marvelous energy to the work of rearing an imperial city upon the bogs and the swamps of the Neva.

  10. For there'd be small use in rearing stock you couldn't sell.

  11. The horses were screaming in terror, and rearing wildly against the walls.

  12. Then he may be hitched up to a small cart, especially built, with long shafts, low to the ground and running out behind the wheels, so as to prevent rearing should this be attempted.

  13. But horses that have a habit of rearing so that they fall over are not rare.

  14. The bolter was stopped by the spurs; the rearing horse was cured by suppling; the restive horse was confused and conquered; the bully yielded to bullying; but the fool horse took no degree.

  15. Preventing the Horse rearing by bending the Croup to One Side.

  16. In the case of green or nervous horses it is well to start them off first, fastening the bearing-reins as they move off, and thus avoid jibbing, backing, and even rearing in the stable.

  17. I have frequently seen rearing horses in both poses which did not fall and which had no intention of falling, and I have had a horse throw itself over without giving me the preliminary notice of extending its fore legs in air.

  18. Often in some favorable corner of a marsh, near the woods, we may see a dozen of these lovely plants, their robust leafy stalks sometimes as much as four feet tall, rearing their delicate spires of bloom above the lush grass.

  19. They grow in numbers on the mountain slopes around Tucson and are easily recognized by their size and very upright form, rearing their thick, cylindrical branches straight up in the air, to a height of thirty or forty feet.

  20. It is a fine sight to come across a company of these noble plants in a mountain meadow, rearing their great shafts of bloom far above their neighbors.

  21. Secondly, by the general dissoluteness of manners among the slaves, and the want of proper regulations for the encouragement of marriages, and of rearing children among them.

  22. They must pay more attention to the rearing of their offspring.

  23. The social aggregates of savages who know neither cattle-rearing nor agriculture, pp.

  24. It was pointed out that shame and fear, the excitement of mind, and the difficulty in rearing the poor bastard, could induce the unfortunate mother to commit a crime which she herself abhorred.

  25. Among several peoples who subsist chiefly by the chase or the rearing of cattle, the position of women is exceedingly good.

  26. This helped the whole surrounding country in the rearing of horses.

  27. In this way, when done in season, I generally succeeded in rearing a healthy stock.

  28. The principle of bees rearing queens from worker-eggs when destitute, gave rise to the dividing hive in several forms.

  29. Subsequent to these experiments, I thought perhaps the jarring of the hives in driving might have some effect on the bees, and prevent their rearing a queen.

  30. Whereas, in a stock containing a queen and rearing brood, a portion of the combs will be used for this purpose until the flowers fail, and then such comb will be found empty.

  31. Some think it requisite in rearing brood.

  32. It is evident where the two combs join, there must be some irregular cells unfit for rearing brood.

  33. It is important that the bees should devote their whole attention now to rearing brood, and be ready to cast their swarms as early as possible.

  34. The combs must contain brood; the bees must find honey during the rearing of the queens.

  35. These facts, when taken in conjunction with the wide distribution of the species, indicate that the white-eye meets with exceptional success in rearing its young.

  36. Squirrels are sociably inclined creatures; when not engaged in rearing up their families they live in colonies in some decayed tree.

  37. Further, she would be more likely to bring to the bearing and rearing of her children a constitution unenfeebled by premature overwork and energies unsapped by its monotonous grind.

  38. Beltane beheld Sir Fidelis slip to earth as his charger, rearing high, crashed over, his throat transfixed by a cloth-yard shaft.

  39. If there is ever contact between cavalry, the shock is so weakened by the hands of the men, the rearing of the horses, the swinging of heads, that both sides come to a halt.

  40. They stop at once, rearing and ready to spring.

  41. And if ever they met, the encounter was so weakened by the hands of the men, the rearing of the horses, the swinging of heads, that it was a face to face stop.

  42. These twain ever stood face to face, at either end of their city, alone rearing their lofty figures above the horizon, whilst awaiting the future.

  43. Builder as he was by temperament, impassioned artisan working for the glory of Heaven, he already pictured this cathedral springing from the soil, and rearing its clanging belfry in the sunlight.

  44. However, Pierre more particularly thought of Leo XIII, forgetting the rest of the city to let his thoughts dwell on the Palatine, now bereft of its crown of palaces and rearing only its black cypresses towards the blue heavens.

  45. Since the birth of Jean, she had talked of rearing the child in the same way as she had formerly reared Thomas, Francois and Antoine.

  46. He recoiled as if a viper were rearing its sharp, slender black head before him; and having always feared her, he thought it best to beat a retreat.

  47. He snorted fiercely, and, rearing high, in a mighty plunge he gained solid ground.

  48. Shifting her glance, she saw the bear lurch with convulsive action, rearing on his hind legs.

  49. We next find Tobacco rearing its head under the auspices of Paley and Parr.

  50. The care shown in rearing insures a perfect straightness of stem, and an equable diameter of about an inch or an inch and a half.

  51. Some farms are devoted to rearing horses, and some exclusively to rearing cattle.

  52. This is generally confined to pigs, and manifests itself in foaming at the mouth, rearing on their hind legs, champing and grinding their teeth, and apparent blindness.

  53. The total importation then amounted to only 3500 negroes annually; and the inhabitants of Cuba, who were wholly engaged in rearing cattle, scarcely received any.

  54. The rearing of cattle was succeeded by the cultivation of tobacco and the rearing of bees, of which the first hives (colmenares) were brought from the Floridas.

  55. There the thoughts presented are the superposition of the building upon its Foundation, the rest of the soul, and the rearing of the life on the basis of Jesus Christ.


  56. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rearing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    apotheosis; apprenticeship; ascendant; ascending; ascent; assumption; beatification; breeding; climbing; conditioning; cultivation; deification; development; discipline; downright; drill; elevation; erect; erection; exaltation; exercise; grooming; growing; height; improvement; leaping; mounting; nurture; practice; preparation; raising; rampant; rearing; rehearsal; rising; saltatory; spiraling; training; upbringing; upcoming; upgrade; upheaval; uphill; uplift; uplifting; upraised; upright; uprising; upstanding; upward; vertical