It has not flowed for ages, graced with an old-world feminine name, giving the villages on its sides the milk of its breast.
The masculine Falstaff makes oursides split, but a feminine Falstaff would only rack our nerves.
In shape it is an oblong square with rounded corners and hollowed-out sides and base, while a very deep bouche is cleft into the dexter chief.
Sometimes the top is straight, while the sides and base are engrailed out, and in instances, perhaps under German influence, the bases are rounded.
The sides are more hollowed-out, and the ears more projected (Jacquemart's History of Furniture, p.
The entrance court, is almost square, and surrounded on the four sides by buildings of a regular architecture.
It is composed of two pilasters of the arabesque style, supporting a pointed arcade, surmounted by a pediment; the whole of it is in open work and decorated on all sides with the initials PB, in gothic letters.
One of the noblest and most amiable sides of the Greek character, is the readiness with which it lent itself to construct intimate and durable friendships, and this is a feature no less prominent in the earliest than in later times.
Clouds from their nostrils the fierce coursers blow, And from their sides the foam descends in snow; Shot through the battle in a moment’s space, The wounded monarch at his tent they place.
Then swift from all sides pour The hissing brands; thick streams the fiery shower; O’er the high stern the curling volumes rise, And sheets of rolling smoke involve the skies.
So parts the chief; from rank to rank he flew, And round on all sides sent his piercing view.
As they pressed in on all sides in overwhelming numbers the Sikhs kept up their steady fire for six hours, until the walls of the post fell.
Cedar trees completely enclosed the house and grew thick on both sides of the narrow path leading from the gate to the porch.
Deftly she fluffed it out a little at the sidesand pinned it in a modish style.
De Leon seems to have explored the coast, to some degree, on both sides of the peninsula, and to have turned homeward fully convinced that he had discovered an immense island.
The attack in fencing comprises all movements the object of which is to place the point of the foil upon the adversary's breast, body, sides or back, between collar and belt.
In the old Rugby big sides the ball got settled amidst a mass of players, and each side attempted to drive it through this mass by shoving, kicking, and otherwise forcing their way through with the ball in front of them.
It has a gentle slope down-stream, and often for a distance from the sides towards the centre.
The adherents of Savonarola were called the Piagnoni, or snivellers, while the Neutrali changed sides frequently.
In holding the foil, the thumb is placed on the top or convex surface of the grip (the sides of which are a trifle narrower than the top and bottom), while the palm and fingers grasp the other three sides.
The infantry, led by Lowendahl, fastened itself on the sides of the square, the regiments of Normandy and Vaisseaux and the Irish Brigade conspicuous above the rest.
The foil is kept pointed as directly as possible towards the adversary, and the parries are made rather with the corners than the sides of the blade.
In one of the museums at Rome is a fine sarcophagus, the sides of which are sculptured with flutes in waved lines.
Those watching from the walls saw a slender white-clad figure spring forward from the French ranks, lance in hand; saw it climb slowly and carefully down and up the steep sides of the dry ditch, and stand on the brink of the moat.
On both sides captains and soldiers girded themselves for a struggle which all felt must be a decisive one.
She had her way; the ladders were placed, the French swarmed to the assault, while on both sides the cannon thundered defiance.
Both sides humbled themselves, but the argument of Vassili's boyards prevailed.
Both sides were supported by their friends, and some fierce battles were fought, but Isiaslaf maintained himself until his death in 1157.
Both sides were angry when Nicholas returned to St. Petersburg.
Here he received information of the defeat at Zurich, and saw that he was surrounded on all sides by superior forces.
Elizabeth was undecided; at least, she played with both sides until 1746, when she entered into an alliance with Maria Theresa, while England promised subsidies in money.
The office tenants, it was fairly obvious, were not habitual night workers, for not a ray of light came from any of the glass-paneled doors that flanked bothsides of the passage.
And then her hands at her sides curled into tight-clenched little fists as she strove to control herself.
Little flashes leaped out above and at the sides of those blazing headlights.
In the far west the Yuman family of languages belongs on both sides of the border.
The bottom of the Bay of Bengal, of the northern part of the Arabian Sea, of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and of the narrow coastal strips on the east and west sides of the ocean, are chiefly covered by blue and green muds.
It was felt on all sides that a trial of strength between the British and the Sikhs was at hand.
The other two sides of the elevated southern triangle are known as the Eastern and Western Ghats.
On the northern frontier the pattern known as the kafshi is worn; this is a slipper having neither sides nor back; the sole towards the heel is narrow and raised by a small iron-shod heel.
The light is admitted through the side-walls, which are pierced by great arches on all sides except the west.
A treaty was entered into with his son, Yakub Khan, at Gandamak, by which the British frontier was advanced to the crests or farther sidesof the passes and a British officer was admitted to reside at Kabul.
Vessels on opposite sides of the circle thus have the wind from opposite directions.
A singular distinctive mark was the wearing on both sides of the forehead long curls falling to the shoulders.
In such cases, the average man, except when personally affected, sides unreasonably with the sufferer and against the public; witness the easily signed petitions for pardon which flow in.
They had to climb the high sides of the Tryal and carry, in hand-to-hand conflict, the barricades of water-casks and bales of matting which the slaves had built across the deck.
For this service the upper deck was removed and the sides were filled in with stout oak timber as an armored protection, and longer yards and royal masts gave her a huge area of sail.
On both sides of the mountain-path stand these little wooden houses; and, as within, there are many children and many mouths to feed, each house has its own little potato garden.
It was even darker here, for the sides of the rocks almost met, and the light penetrated only through a small opening at the top.
Every fragment of stone broken off struck the sides of the rock in its fall, till it rolled into the depths beneath, and sunk to rest.
The water trickled down the naked sides of the rocks, and snow lay thickly all around.
I had been told that the ship's cook must know how to prepare every dish at sea, and it is easy enough to do that with plenty of sides of bacon, and large tubs of salt meat and mouldy flour.
On three sides you find yourself surrounded by cloistered walks.
It was not worth much, but it was very well played, and all the characters turned their painted sides to the audience, for they were made only to be seen on one side.
Though the water was clear, the sun never looked down far enough into the well to mirror itself in the waters; but as far as its beams could reach, green things grew forth between the stones in the sides of the well.
They had two coats of arms on their carriage, a coat of arms for each of them, and the gracious lady had had this coat of arms embroidered on both sides of every bit of linen she had, and even on her nightcap and her dressing-bag.
At all this the wicked demon laughed till his sides shook--it tickled him so to see the mischief he had done.
The point beneath which the eagle's nest lay sheltered was much higher, and the sides of the rock were as smooth as a wall.
The fifth ladder, that appeared to reach the nest, was supported by the sides of the rock, yet it swung to and fro, and flapped about like a slender reed, and as if it had been bound by fishing lines.
They only came to see our mountain, to ascend Parnassus amid the snow and clouds, and to look at the strange black rocks which raised their steep sides near our hut.
I then made a composite of the four positions of the card, as it was placed successively with each of its sides downwards.
The latter being necessarily disposed equally on both sides of the average, the outline of the composite is the average of all the components.
An eminent mineralogist assures me that he is able to imagine simultaneously all the sides of a crystal with which he is familiar.
Orange-trees grew on two sidesof it, and the still, evening air was heavy with the scent of them.
They began by tearing down all bulkheads, until they had reduced her to the merest shell, and in her sides they broke open so many ports that her gunwale was converted into the semblance of a grating.
Thus beset on both sides at once, and demoralized by the fate of the much stronger outer fort, he did not think the Spaniards would offer a very long resistance.
Then letting his arms fall helplessly to his sides in dejection, he departed.
The smooth sides of the tank afforded him no hole to rush for, and, after a short struggle, I hauled him out.
There was a raised platform at the end; a broad passage way all round the room had seats on both sides of it, and made a small square of seats in the centre.
The line of the eyes is almost white; the spots on the sides of the neck light yellow; the under part of the body is white, the neck alone appearing yellowish; the spots on the breast are grayish brown, and there are none about the vent.
The female only differs from the male in the grey of the head having a reddish tint, and the whole of the under part of the body, being white; the breast has also a dirtier shade, and the sides are spotted with black.
Being an inhabitant of the sides of ditches and rivers, it is very partial to washing, which it must not be allowed to do in winter, or it will wash itself until it is so weak that it can never recover.
If they are observed ascending a cliff it is a sure indication of rain: they live in the cavities of the sides of cliffs.
The low cover that creeps along the sides of streams, the patches that mark the springs in the rank grass of the valley, seem to be the shelter which the African Lion, for the most part, seeks.
The fish, in a state of nature, frequents the shores and sides of the rivers in search of food.
He never used his foot, but his bill, for conveying his food to his mouth by the sides of the bill.
The American looked round when I fired, and an approving smile played about his mouth as he said something to me which I did not hear, owing to the infernal uproar that now arose on all sides of us and at first completely deafened me.
When the game was played neither by phratries nor by villages, sides were chosen thus: A player was blindfolded, and the sticks were placed before him in one pile, each stick having a special mark by which its owner could be identified.
A red stripe about a finger wide is put on the face, extending from each side of the mouth to the jaw, and similar stripes are drawn down on the sides of the nose.
Then the crier called certain young men by name, saying, "Let us consecrate some ʇa or sides of buffalo meat.
If there are two arrows equidistant from the mark which belong to opposite sides in the game neither one wins; but if the equidistant arrows are on the same side both win.
St. John's Church overlooked this park, and the houses on the other three sides of the square were among the finest residences in the city.
A short time after it was definitely known that not a member of the family had survived, there was a legal contest over the estate by the representatives of both sides of the household, the Crooms and the Armisteads.
They now rest in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, on opposite sides of the grave of James Monroe.
In truth this is the difference between real conviction and the calculating policy which takes sides according to what it conceives the vantage ground.
The lid is deeply bevelled, and contains on each of the bevelled sides shields with the bars which constitute the arms of Aragon, painted upon a gold ground, together with imperial eagles painted in black upon a carmine ground.
In it were represented "two large green figures of tritons, holding a shell in each hand; between them a sea-horse, and on the sides a serpent and a dolphin.
The cover and sides are carved with scroll foliated ornament; the hinges and clasp are of chased silver inlaid with niello.
The decoration on the sides and lid consists of palm-leaves, birds, and men engaged in combating and chasing antelopes and lions in the characteristic manner of Assyrian art.
So the screen remained till 1550, when the Chapter decided to extend it, without altering the style of decoration, to the sides of the presbytery.
The slopingsides have, in the large circles, men on horseback, and animals fighting.
Pandolfo Petrucci at Siena, surrounded on all sides by Cesare's conquests, and specially menaced by the fortification of Piombino, felt himself in danger.
He had already shown that he knew how to push his own interests, by changing sides and taking service with the highest bidder, as occasion prompted.
Strangely different are these dwellers on the sides of Etna from the voluble, lithe sailors of Sciacca or Mazara, with their sunburnt skins and many-coloured garments.
There is nothing more oppressive than these scorching sides of narrow rifts, shut in by woods and precipices.
The pine-forests on the mountain-sides are of darkest indigo.
And with the morrow the Church blessed the spousals which long since had been on both sides vowed and consummated.
Around her on all sides is God, and Nature, who is here the face of God and not the slave of man.
The sides of the Cathedral are austere, their narrow windows cutting horizontal lines of black and white marble.
The oarsmen soon cleared the space between the land and Venice, passed the small canals, and swept majestically up the Canalozzo among the plaudits of the crowds assembled on bothsides to cheer their General.
The dividing wall or septum rises to the point from which the groinings of the roof spring; and round three sides of the whole building, north, east, and south, runs a gallery for the use of the convent.
The crannies in the straight sides of the quarry should here and there be tufted with a few dusty creepers and wild fig-trees.
Some are patriarchs of the forest, the fathers and the mothers of many generations who have been carried from their sides to serve in ploughs or waggons on the Lombard plain.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sides" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
