When I stood on the upper deck that night, alone, and watched the light of the Eddystone dying down over the dark waters, it seemed to me that success had no solace, and fame no balm, and riches no safety or content.
He could scarcely bring himself to eat the apple, so anxious he seemed to complete his task and get back to the safety and shelter of the gorge.
Miss Delacour knew that her cause was won, and that she might with safety leave the precincts of the horrible Garden to-morrow.
He withdrew in safety and evidently in good heart for he won a victory over the French at Amiens after his retreat.
Louis XIV sternly bade La Reynie to spare no one else, to let justice take its course strictly and expose everything; the safety of the public demanded it, and the hideous evil must be extirpated in its very root.
Beaufort fled to a distant estate of his father's, where he remained in safety until the sword was drawn, when he promptly proceeded to Paris and was received with open arms after his imprisonment and long absence.
He remained here until his safety was assured by the arrival of a couple of hundred gentlemen, adherents of the De Retz family, for he was now in the De Retz country.
The Parliament of Paris or High Court of Justice boldly resisted the royal decree and the marquis would still have been executed had he not been consigned for safety to the "King's Castle," the Bastile.
But the entreaties of the chief and of Jack induced her to restrain her valour, and remain in a position of comparative safety from which she could see all that went on, and discharge a pistol when she saw a chance of bringing down a foe.
In vain the emir persuaded her to seek safety at once.
However, they managed to glean that they were in danger, and that a temporary haven of safety was to be found in an inner room beyond the curtain facing the chief entrance, which was guarded by the two eunuchs.
While the female and the young remain in their nest, perched on a tree, the male takes his place at the foot of the tree and watches over the safety of the family.
The safety of families and sexual intercourse lies in the duties of parents toward their children.
To ensure more safety in their harems the Orientals not only remove the testicles but also the penis.
The vessel was overloaded, and Captain Lewis in the interests of safety declined to proceed further until some of the party had been sent ashore.
There is no doubt that she entertained fears for her personal safety long before it was actually in jeopardy.
The Cortes have abjectly sold to the government the safety of the individual, the civil rights and the well-being of the commonwealth.
One thing was certain, there was no safety except in flight, ignominious, cowardly flight.
Ten thousand safety valves had let go, and they steadily gathered strength and shrillness as they functioned.
In spite of my broad 'a' and my safety razor, I'm as much of a man's man as your father.
I doubt my ability to sit on the safety valve much longer than that, for Buddy Briskow is rapidly breaking out with matrimonial measles.
They spurned such ignoble reasoning; they rejected that affiliation; they stood for war when it was no longer possible, with safetyand honour, to maintain peace, because they are patriotic citizens first and business men afterwards.
It was frightful to look upon, and if Graham had feared for his own safety in the first outburst, he feared for Mr. Phillips' life in the last.
He exiled himself less for his own safety than for the sake of a system for which he had no sympathy, but in which seemed to be bound up the peace and happiness, the very existence, of his people.
Existence was become like the struggle for life upon some shipwrecked raft, where each sought safety by his neighbor's doom!
Is it because we have here the workings of a new instinct which has not yet adjusted itself to the workings of the older instinct of solicitude for the safety of the nest and young?
How, then, could the sense of greater safety in our presence arise?
We hoped they would divine safety in the shadow of the cottage, but tried to act as if oblivious of their goings and comings.
We were somewhat below Fort Schuyler, as near to the first settlements on the German Flatts as we might with safety venture by daylight.
So much had been gained, and two peaceful white people could come and talk in perfect safety on the ancient site of their sacrifices and cruelties.
The colonists were often obliged to make immediate repairs, without which the safetyof the birds would have been seriously threatened.
But although this winter was less cold, it was more troubled by storms and squalls; the sea besides often endangered the safetyof the Chimneys.
Twice the sailor rose and intrenched himself at the opening of the passage, so as to take a look in safety at the outside.
On the other side, on Safety Islet, numerous birds were gravely strutting.
In presence of the eventualities which might arise, the safety of the colonists would be to a great extent secured by their ship.
To all these questions which he mentally asked himself, Harding knew not what to reply; but he felt that the safety of the colony could not but be seriously threatened by the arrival of the brig.
Neb's companions had watched his daring attempt with painful anxiety, and when he was out of sight, they fixed their attention on the land where their hope of safety lay, while eating some shell-fish with which the sand was strewn.
To her amazement he crossed the great river in safety and bravely escorted his mother to the other bank in spite of her tears and cries of fear.
Her mother prayed devoutly for her safety in the church of St. Roque.
No commander had ever been more solicitous of the safety and comfort of his men.
It is to that Union we owe oursafety at home, and our consideration and dignity abroad.
He watched with all his own practised keenness the varying emotions the letter cost; but he saw that, as he finished, selfishness had triumphed, and that the prospect of safety had blunted every sentiment as to the price.
Do the children arise from this copulation more uniformly, than does the parents care for their safety and preservation?
I know that the fear of the civil magistrate is as strong a restraint as any of iron, and that I am in as perfect safety as if he were chained or imprisoned.
Two were broken up in the rapids near Daur, the rest reached Samarra in safety on the second day.
A notice printed in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Kurdish was fastened into each aeroplane informing the reader of the reward that would be paid him if the pilot were brought in safety to the British lines.
An unruly customer he is apt to prove himself, and when he is "wanted" by the officials, he retires to his watery fastnesses, where he can remain in complete safetyunless betrayed by his comrades.
To come frighted and hard pursued thither, will make the safety there the more with exceeding gladness to be embraced.
For by it we are taught to believe and expect, that God, though for a while he seemeth not to regard, yet will, in due time and season, arise and set such in safety from them that puff at them.
Magistracy is God's ordinance, appointed for the good of society, and for the peace and safety of those that are good.
Such decision ensures safety and happiness; while the looser sort are subject to many sorrows and continual danger.
For I became a surety for the lad Unto my father, unto whom I said, If I do not in safety him deliver, Then let me bear the blame to thee for ever.
So that safety is only in the ark with Noah, in the church with Christ, all other places must be drowned with the flood.
For into his quick Wolf brain came the safety thought that should the pursuing hunter sight Shag he would follow, and let the bacon go.
A council of the leading men was now speedily convened to deliberate upon the best means of insuring the safety of themselves, their wives, and children.
As he spoke, the young men in question sprung forward to their horses, and immediately quitted the fort, amid cheers for their gallantry and courage, and prayers for their safety and success.
They had but one thought, one object--safety in flight.
But while hundreds sought refuge and safety there, Gotzkowsky himself was like a stranger in his own house.
Edward refusing to guaranty the safety of the combatants in Aquitaine, the parties retired without consummating their duel.
This Act cannot be regarded merely as provision for the safetyof General Taylor; nor, indeed can this be considered the principal end proposed.
If his life had been spared he doubtless would have been foremost in conducting the country in the path of financial safety and integrity.
In any just sense, such provision was wasteful and unnecessary; but it would hardly be worthy of criticism, if confined in its object to the safety of the troops.
Now the palm-trees must be riven, massive timbers hewn and dressed; Rafts to bear the stones in safety on the rushing river's breast.
I have my personal affairs in a state of absolute safety and comfort.
He sicked 'em all so passing well That, overcome by fright, The Indian horde gave up the fray And safety sought in flight.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "safety" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
