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Example sentences for "shives"

Lexicographically close words:
shivering; shiveringly; shiverings; shivers; shivery; shkin; shleep; shlip; shly; shmall
  1. Mr. Shives was suffering from illness during the fire and was too weak to be about much.

  2. Again the Jordan refiner did not seem to reduce the wood shives sufficiently, and it was left "just off.

  3. The wood shives apparently were reduced to a satisfactory degree.

  4. When running it on the paper machine, the Jordan refiner seemed to have little effect in reducing shives of undertreated wood, which indicated further the necessity of harder cooking.

  5. This stock acted better on the wire and gave no trouble on the machine, but it still seemed to be impossible to reduce the wood shives by manipulation of the Jordan refiner.

  6. The Jordan refiner was able to reduce the wood shives to a somewhat greater degree than in previous runs and was held at a medium brush.

  7. These hurds correspond to shives in flax, but are much coarser and are usually softer in texture.

  8. The Jordan refiner seemed to have little effect in reducing shives and was therefore left "just off.

  9. Estimated value of 3/4 of a ton of shives from unrotted stems, valuable for cattle, at $8.

  10. The shives are thus separated, and two tons of stalks reduced to half a ton of linten, which may be either taken at once to the retort or baled for shipment.

  11. Shives was a good citizen who did good work at the forge, but he was utterly opposed to all creeds and churches.

  12. Bring him in here," and Shives indicated the shop.

  13. Shives was inclined to be masterful; it was Hartigan who sized up the situation.

  14. Yet, to his credit be it said that Shives handled that pony as though it were his own; he gave him every care, and Red Cloud paid the five dollars and rode away content.

  15. Shives came forward in his characteristic way, holding out his hand.

  16. Now the fact is, Jack Shives and I have had many a fight on religious questions.

  17. It was a long speech for Shives and more than once John Higginbotham tried to break in.

  18. The appearance of a paper containing much ground wood is inferior, as the color is poor and small shives of wood may be discerned on the surface.

  19. Dirt and specks originate from careless handling of rags or paper stock, and are also derived from shives of undigested wood in the wood-pulp.

  20. The shives and undigested particles are removed by screening, and the pulp is either run out like ground wood on wet machines, or made up into rolls, or sheets, on a paper-machine.


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