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Example sentences for "riser"

Lexicographically close words:
ris; risa; risaldar; rise; risen; risers; rises; risest; riseth; rish
  1. At a point just under the engine-room floor the exhaust pipe is carried horizontally around the engine foundations, the two from each pair of engines uniting in a 40-inch riser to the roof.

  2. Beyond the heater it joins the 40-inch riser to the roof.

  3. At the roof the 40-inch riser is run into a 48-inch stand pipe.

  4. This riser is between the pair of engines and back of the high-pressure cylinder, thus passing through the so-called pipe area, where it also receives exhaust steam from the pump auxiliaries.

  5. A late riser is rarely punctual in her engagements, and more of the happiness of married life depends on forming a habit of strict punctuality, than young persons are generally aware of.

  6. Where families rise before the sun, the day seems much longer; all the active employments of the early riser are accomplished before her later neighbors have finished their breakfast.

  7. It was, "The early riser may find a lost rin" (tenth of a farthing).

  8. The early riser is healthy, cheerful, and industrious.

  9. The side battens and risers stop short of the posts, and the risers used in this umiak are notched into the side frames, whereas in the Alaskan umiak only the lashings of the riser are let into the frames.

  10. In some umiaks both the single side batten and the riser are at the same height, but only the riser has its ends secured to the posts, the side battens being cut short and their ends lashed to the riser a few inches inside the posts.

  11. The riser is not backed with a continuous stringer, as is the chine; instead three short rods are lashed inside the side frame members.

  12. Unfortunately it was the month of November, and day was long in coming; but, if the day looked in upon me as it broke, it found me an earlier riser than itself, and already dressed in my shooting costume.

  13. Next morning the earliest riser amongst us found Sabine in her kennel, asleep, with her three pups between her paws.

  14. The riser line--a piece of stout twisted twine--the grains, and the button in place are shown at F.

  15. The riser should be planted so as to lay well back, in order that it may exercise its full power when in action.

  16. The riser flies up, and the neck, or some other portion of the body of the bird, is caught within the noose, which holds the game firmly against the bow, until strangled or taken out by the trapper.

  17. Helga was an early riser and a skilled horsewoman.

  18. Run lines radial from A as shown; these are the riser lines.

  19. In this example the riser shows the same height as the riser above it, namely, 7 inches.

  20. He was an early riser and studyed well, but also tooke his robust pleasures of fishing, fowling, &c.

  21. He was a very strong man, and valiant, and an early riser in the morning (scil.

  22. I was the earliest riser at the rectory that morning.

  23. Second Stage EARLY riser as I was, I found that Oscar had risen earlier still.

  24. Door in riser of and in top of water closet and bath to be black walnut put on with brass screws.

  25. It is only your habitual late riser who takes in the full flavor of Nature at those rare intervals when he gets up to go a-fishing.

  26. When a quick search revealed that the three were unarmed, they were herded onto the riser by two of their captors, while the other pair remained behind, presumably to uncover any damage they had done to the Tower installations.

  27. Before he stepped from the platform he set the dial on a point which would lift the riser to the top of the shaft and hold it there.

  28. And now here comes what we've earned--" Rip cut in as the hum of the riser came to their ears.

  29. Perhaps they had by now secured a riser which would bring them up.

  30. He faced the riser door squarely and, drawn by something in that stance of his, the other two stepped in on either side so that they fronted the dubious future as a united group.

  31. In the piping sketch, this circle is connected with the riser or drop by a horizontal line.

  32. Every riser line must have an extra support at the base to avoid any settling of the stack which will crack the fittings and break fixture connections.

  33. The depth of the riser to the steps that were beneath the water is unusually deep, and the treads narrow.

  34. The riser of the bottom steps varies in depth from 15in.

  35. The same riser supplies both radiators with steam and takes the water of condensation back to the boiler.

  36. The steam is taken from a common riser as before but after passing through the radiator the water is returned by a separate pipe to the main return pipe at the bottom of the boiler.


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