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Example sentences for "serrated"

Lexicographically close words:
serpentlike; serpents; serpiginous; serraglio; serrate; serration; serrations; serratures; serratus; serried
  1. She still held it rather gingerly as she studied the brass bolsters, the wood between them, and short serrated region on the stainless blade.

  2. Do you feel that way about serrated kitchen knives, too?

  3. The opening was so low as to be invisible just outside the serrated breastwork.

  4. He squirmed within a low battlement of serrated stone guarding the crack, and let himself down into what appeared to be the mouth of a cave.

  5. The pinnules are rather blunt, and frequently show serrated edges.

  6. The pinnules are blunt and somewhat oblong in shape; they have serrated edges, but do not bear any spines.

  7. The second form was serrated on both edges to simulate the form of the snake or lightning.

  8. The serrated outline of the high mountains on the far side of the Albert Nyanza could soon be seen painted in shadow on the western sky.

  9. Distant mountains rise against the steel-blue sky in serrated silhouette, and gradually draw in upon the river.

  10. A partial lifting of the fog revealed at a distance of about a mile a serrated ridge of dark cliffs culminating in a bold promontory crowned by the massive squat tower of a lighthouse.

  11. In the land-locked firth the lofty serrated hills were capped with fleecy mists that threatened with the going down of the sun to steal lower and lower and envelop the placid water in a pall of baffling fog.

  12. Along the horizon stretched a serrated line of pure white mountains, sharply chiselled in marble, while a thick carpet of wild flowers, blue and gold, had been cut apart to let our road pass through.

  13. The panelling of the walls is continued up to their whole height without any decided line of parapet or cornice, and finishes in a rough serrated line of small gables, which is particularly restless and wanting in repose.

  14. One of the teeth in a serrated edge; a serration.

  15. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge.

  16. The crater of Pichincha has a sharp, serrated edge, which, happily for Quito, is broken down on the west side, so that in the next eruption the volcano will doubtless pour its contents into the wilds of Esmeraldas.

  17. The iguana, peculiar to the New World tropics, is covered with minute green scales handed with brown (though it changes its color like the chameleon), and has a serrated back and gular pouch.

  18. Those inspiring snow-daubed heights whose serrated edges cut sharply into the sky certainly marked the supreme summit.

  19. It is not its towering, perpendicular, serrated walls; the Sierra has elsewhere, too, an overwhelming exhibit of titanic granite carvings.

  20. Defn: A cuban trogon (Priotelus temnurus) having a serrated bill and a tail concave at the end.

  21. Defn: Any plant of the composite genus Serratula; -- so named from the serrated leaves of most of the species.

  22. Note: In the mouth of bloodsucking leeches are three convergent, serrated jaws, moved by strong muscles.

  23. Defn: A South African plant (Prionium Palmita) of the Rush family, having long serrated leaves.

  24. Defn: A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada.

  25. It has a serrated bill with which it cuts off the young shoots and buds of plants, often doing much injury.

  26. Their teeth had compressed and serrated crowns.

  27. The species had very long and slender bodies and broad serrated teeth.

  28. Defn: Any one of several species of long-tailed, passerine birds of the genus Momotus, having a strong serrated beak.

  29. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill.

  30. To the south the circumference of the horizon was bounded by the sharp, jagged, serrated mountain ranges, mostly parallel to the coast.

  31. A golden gleam is radiated from parallel ranges of serrated mountains.

  32. The leaves are lanceolate, tapering at each end, serrated throughout, and very glabrous.

  33. Leaves pinnate, with lanceolate, serrated leaflets: flowers destitute of calyx and corolla.

  34. He was in his best clothes, which fitted him as a sausage is fitted by its skin; he was guillotined in a white collar with a serrated inside edge, and guilt filled every crevice of his soul.

  35. He had a high collar which rose to the cheek-bone, and was severely starched, though yellow and serrated at the edges.

  36. The sun was just peeping over the serrated tops of the mountains.

  37. Just as it seemed as if it would perforce come to rest upon serrated tree tops, a faint glimmer showed amid the darker green.

  38. And this applies to all forms with serrated edges: some large order must be found to which the fussiness of the edges must conform.

  39. Something should be said about the serrated edges of masses, like those of trees seen against the sky.

  40. On this side the outlook is bounded by the high range of Pollino and Dolcedorme, serrated peaks that are even now (midsummer) displaying a few patches of snow.

  41. Monte Vulture still dominates the landscape, although at this nearness the crater loses its shapely conical outline and assumes a serrated edge.


  42. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "serrated" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    corrugated; craggy; crumpled; dentate; gravelly; harsh; incised; indented; ironbound; jagged; lacerated; nicked; notched; pointed; ragged; rockbound; rocky; rugged; scalloped; scored; scraggly; scraggy; serpentine; serrate; serried; stony; toothed; wrinkled