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Example sentences for "risers"

Lexicographically close words:
risa; risaldar; rise; risen; riser; rises; risest; riseth; rish; risible
  1. Opposite each biat, a bracket, bb, was then nailed, which carries a set of rough boards which formed the risers for the duct steps.

  2. Where the bond came opposite the risers of the duct step, against which the ducts were laid, recesses were provided for the projecting bond.

  3. The flight-commander agreed, and by the time the early-risers and quick-lunchers had settled their quarrel by the spin of a coin, the Scarff had found a fourth and permanent home.

  4. After breakfast we found that the crashed bus had lost a Scarff mounting, and the bus manned by the early risers had found one.

  5. Rioters had exhausted their spirits, natural and artificial, and early risers had not begun to move.

  6. Early risers in the houses along the road heard the clatter of racing footsteps on the brick sidewalks as the pursuit swept by, a panting heart-breaking chase in the dark.

  7. Risers with 9-inch wrought-iron goose necks connect each boiler to the steam main, where 9-inch angle valves are inserted in each boiler connection.

  8. The expansion joints in the 40-inch risers above the pipe area are ordinarily packed slip joints.

  9. If only one distributing point be used, it should be either in the cellar or attic and risers run to the different floors.

  10. They should be installed near a partition that is so located as to make the running of risers easy, and should be on an inside wall to guard against dampness.

  11. That the majority of elderly persons are early risers is due to the simple fact that they cannot sleep mornings.

  12. The carving in stone was carried to a high degree of excellence, and is still in good preservation, as shown upon slabs, risers to steps, and on octangular columns of graceful proportions.

  13. Early risers see whole colonies of these obtrusive and omnipresent birds coming in from their roosting-places in the neighboring groves, seeking whom they may devour.

  14. But at the incline, where the inner rail gradually sinks lower than its fellow, the front wheel of one tread is lower than the front wheel of the next, and the risers appear.

  15. As they approach the incline the risers gradually appear, and the treads separate vertically.

  16. At the top of the incline the process is gradually reversed, the risers disappearing until the treads once more form a horizontal belt.

  17. The benches for reclining and shampooing must be built up from this with half-brick risers and glazed fronts, having weathered marble slabs with rounded nosings, as illustrated at Fig.

  18. The decoration of the risers and landing, in a diamond motif paneled in a delicate mold, is reminiscent of the designer, Adam.

  19. The stair is perhaps the finest in Alexandria, with spindles and risers carved in a more elaborate fashion than was the practice of the thrifty Scotsmen of Alexandria.

  20. The early risers were standing on the prow of the steamer where the cutwater sent constantly into the air a nodding plume of white spray.

  21. These early risers were well repaid, as the steamer was passing through a great school of porpoises that sometimes venture long distances from the British Islands.

  22. Dozens of huge wagons were spread over the show-grounds; a multitude of men and horses swarmed in and about them; curious crowds of early risers stood afar off and gazed.

  23. Early risers were up to see the "circus" pass.

  24. Leading to the organ loft is a circular well staircase, made from quarter-inch plate iron, the treads and risers punched with holes by the punching machine in the work yard to render them lighter.

  25. The risers were bent round a two-inch bar of round iron, which passed down through all of them at the centre from top to bottom of the staircase.

  26. Now whether this is true of early risers in the common acceptation of the word or not, I will not pretend to say; but it is too often true of the unhappy children who are forced to rise too early in their classes.

  27. Some wise man (who probably was not an early riser) has said of early risers in general, that they are "conceited all the forenoon, and stupid all the afternoon.

  28. The experienced professionals and early risers secure the best places and choice of rocks; and among the hundreds at work you can discern something like a physical gradation.

  29. Precisely at half-past four in the morning it becomes silent; and for thousands of early risers too poor to own a clock, the cessation of its song is the signal to get up.

  30. The steep risers of these steps are usually marked by parallel crevasses which cross the glacier.

  31. Most prominent of all is the staircase constructed of coast terraces, with either vertical or sloping risers and with outwardly inclining and gently graded treads.

  32. The low mahogany risers and treads contrast with the white balusters which are topped with a highly polished mahogany rail.

  33. It is not a primitive affair of the ladder type which is the earliest on record; neither is it steep with flat treads, high risers and molded box stringers, but the kind that shows simple posts and rail with plain balusters.

  34. This made a trifle more stair room, and the first seven steps reaching to the little landing were rebuilt with lower risers and broader treads that made ascent to the second floor a less arduous matter.

  35. The stairs are wide, with white risers and mahogany treads, and the hand-rail is mahogany supported on white, turned balusters and a mahogany newel post.

  36. The molten metal comes up into these risers and cares for contraction of the casting, as well as avoiding defects in the collar of the weld.

  37. Openings, called risers, are then provided from each of the high points of the wax pattern to the top of the mould, these risers ending at the top in a shallow basin.

  38. The treads and risers are the same as for the other stairs, except that they are four inches in length.

  39. The Rear Steps= may be built similar to the front, or may be made simpler by leaving off the risers and balustrade.

  40. Then =Prepare Two Stringers= of thirteen risers similar to Fig.

  41. V), except that the depth of the risers is increased to five-eighths of an inch.

  42. Grooms are early risers in a well-kept stable.

  43. The risers may be seven-eighths inch thick and never more than seven and one-half inches in height; Square or turned newel posts are in common use.

  44. The outside cellar-way should have dressed treads and risers one and three-fourths inch thick.

  45. Stop-and-waste" cocks should be provided at the bottom of all main risers where they cannot otherwise be drained.

  46. A rear box stairway, the cellar and attic stairway, or, in fact, any box stairway, should have the treads and risers the same thickness and general dimensions as those mentioned for the front.


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