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Example sentences for "recess"

Lexicographically close words:
receptiveness; receptivity; receptor; receptors; receptum; recessed; recesses; recession; recessional; recessive
  1. In the window recess behind are shields and horns.

  2. The deep window recess opposite the door was fitted up as a small chapel, with Aumbry, Piscina, and Sedilia.

  3. I like the children to take their recess out of doors whenever they can.

  4. He politely took his leave after recess was over, though some of Molly's friends clamored for him to stay and tell them stories of the great west, for they had heard of his powers in that direction.

  5. In the end recess is a marble statue of the Duke of Sussex, executed for the Grand Lodge, by E.

  6. Then as the clock marked the hour of ten, Miss Bayley rang a bell which ended recess and recalled the small pupils to their lessons.

  7. It was a great honor, the pupils of Josephine Bayley thought, to be asked to remain in at recess and be talked to by teacher.

  8. It is perfectly manageable, and, being sharpened to a point, may be applied with certainty to every recess and sinuosity of the wound.

  9. This was a recess open toward the road, but bounded on the other three sides by the outer walls of chambers in the house.

  10. He saw Dorothy, but the only notice he took of her presence was to turn from her with his face towards the king's door, so that his shadow might shroud the recess where she stood.

  11. Looking about, however, she soon espied, almost hidden in the corner of a recess behind the furnace, what seemed an ordinary chair, such as stood in the great hall for the use of the family when anything special was going on there.

  12. But at recess it was Frank Thompson who came upstairs breathless.

  13. Why, sir, relying on the safety of the looker, I left, at recess in one of my overcoat pockets, a package containing a jeweled pin that had been repaired for my mother.

  14. Recess was nearly up when Thomp and Captain Sam Edgeworth, of the eleven, approached Dick & Co.

  15. Thornton, did any student have admittance to the locker after recess today?

  16. When recess was over, the entire body of students was questioned in the general assembly room, but no light was forthcoming.

  17. You can see the mark the bar made in the recess when the shutters were folded.

  18. He drew the massive, old-fashioned shutters out of their recess and closed them.

  19. In the screw steamer Azof, the valve is of the equilibrium construction, but the plate which carries the packing on which the top ring rests, is an octagon, and fits into an octagonal recess on the back of the valve.

  20. The bush or article to be lined, having been cast with a recess for the soft metal, is to be fitted to an iron mould, formed of the shape and size of the bearing or journal, allowing a little in size for the shrinkage.

  21. Instead of end wood driven into a recess for the valve to strike upon, a mixture of tin and lead cast in a recess is now frequently used, and is found to be preferable to the wood.

  22. The arms are 2-1/4 inches broad and half an inch thick; the heads are made conical, and each is secured into a recess upon the side of the flange by means of three bolts.

  23. Sometimes they go through the bottom of the ship, and at other times they merely go through the keelson,--a recess being made in the floor or timbers to admit of the introduction of a nut.

  24. The piston is accurately fitted to the cylinder, and made to move in it steam tight by a packing of hemp driven tightly into a groove or recess round the edge of the piston, and which is squeezed down by an iron ring held by screws.

  25. In some cases the face is made of extra thickness, and a rim not so thick runs round it, forming a step or recess for the reception of brass rivets, the heads of which are clear of the face.

  26. Mr. Morgan Griffiths sat beside the fireplace, with his pipe in one hand, the other resting affectionately upon another mahogany chest of drawers, also resplendently polished, standing in a recess at his left.

  27. Along nearly the whole of one side of the banquet-hall ran a fireplace, a recess of the proportions of a spare bedroom in an ordinary English house.

  28. He pounded his gavel to indicate that the recess was over.

  29. Then there came a recess while the mayor examined papers at his desk.

  30. Sunny Boy had to sit quietly at his desk during recess while Miss Davis talked to him.

  31. All the boys were willing to have a snowball fight, and when a few flakes of snow began to fall at recess time, Oliver shouted that now there would be enough snow for the "bullets and things.

  32. So Mrs. Horton said he might take the lead soldiers if he would promise not to play with them during school hours and if he would put them away the moment recess was over and not make Miss Davis speak to him twice.

  33. Recess was over before they had chosen generals and sides, but Miss Davis, who was such a dear teacher it was no wonder her pupils loved her, said that she would allow them an extra ten minutes to make their plans.

  34. The President may convene an extraordinary session, and is obligated to do so if at any time during a recess an absolute majority of both chambers request it.

  35. Oliver walked into the window-recess to which Mr. Maylie beckoned him; much surprised at the mixture of sadness and boisterous spirits, which his whole behaviour displayed.

  36. The recess beneath the counter in which his flock mattress was thrust, looked like a grave.

  37. I bowed slightly in assent; and now he rose, and coming towards me, stood leaning upon the corner of the recess which inclosed the window, looking down into my face.

  38. I saw a little table placed as mine had used to be in the little windowed recess where I had spent so much of my time when I was a girl, and on it a little vase with roses, those sweet pale roses from my favorite tree.

  39. A glass door opened from a recess in the drawing-room upon the terrace on which I was walking, and in it, on my former visits, I had been in the daily habit of writing my letters.

  40. In the space between the inner niches and above the table is a recess wherein is placed an elaborate and minutely finished picture of the Last Supper, in Venetian glass mosaic.

  41. After Secretary Strieby had led the Association in prayer and pronounced the benediction, recess was taken until Thursday morning at 8:30 A.

  42. Noble pronounced the benediction, and the Association took a recess until 7:30 P.

  43. After announcements of committees and programme for the afternoon, President Taylor pronounced the benediction, and recess was taken until 2 o'clock P.

  44. After the benediction by President Taylor, recess was taken until 2 o'clock P.

  45. After the benediction by the President, recess was taken until 7:30 P.

  46. Have you examined the assignment and the autograph letters which have been in your hands during the recess of the Court?

  47. The Judge acceded to Mr. Balfour's request, both in regard to the recess and the use of the paper, and the assembly broke up into little knots of earnest talkers, most of whom manifested no desire to leave the building.

  48. Well, sir, during the recess of the Court, I have had photographed upon glass all the signatures.


  49. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "recess" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abeyance; adjourn; alcove; apartheid; asylum; bay; break; breath; breathe; breather; cache; caesura; cell; cloister; concealment; continue; corner; cove; cover; covert; cranny; cubbyhole; cubicle; defer; delay; den; depress; depression; detachment; dimple; dint; dissolve; drop; dugout; engrave; extend; foxhole; gap; halt; hermitage; hesitate; hesitation; hideout; hiding; hole; holiday; impress; imprint; indent; interim; interlude; intermezzo; intermission; intermit; intermittence; interruption; interval; intervene; isolation; isolationism; lair; lapse; leave; lull; niche; nook; notch; pause; pigeonhole; pit; plateau; pock; postpone; privacy; prolong; protract; punch; quarantine; recess; recession; refuge; relief; remission; reserve; respite; rest; retirement; retreat; sanctuary; sanctum; secrecy; segregation; separation; shelve; snuggery; spell; stamp; stash; stay; surcease; suspend; suspension; table; tamp; terminate; truce; vacation; waive; withdrawal