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Example sentences for "sizable"

Lexicographically close words:
sixtie; sixties; sixtieth; sixty; siya; sizar; sizars; size; sizeable; sized
  1. Let a sizable body of troops move from one station to another, and hard on its heels there came a squad of men and women of the Salvation Army.

  2. Then again on the other hand it may mean merely a sizable private residence, standing somewhat aloof in its own plot from the close-huddled clustering of lesser folks' cottages that make up the town proper.

  3. Harlem and The Bronx" is a sizable room for itself.

  4. This recognition takes the form of a sizable reduction upon the wearing apparel necessary for his or her personal use.

  5. Taken by themselves they quickly would be seen to be sizable indeed.

  6. A sizable proportion of their income was and is in their commissions upon their total volume of sales.

  7. Likewise the furniture craters upon the ninth floor oftimes find their job a sizable one indeed.

  8. The government is juggling a sizable external debt against the urgent need for expanded public investment.

  9. The majority of companies, banks, and real estate have been privatized, although the state still holds sizable stakes in a few large enterprises.

  10. Investments and real estate income also account for a sizable portion of revenue.

  11. Israel usually posts sizable current account deficits, which are covered by large transfer payments from abroad and by foreign loans.

  12. The economy is noted for stable industrial relations, moderate unemployment and inflation, a sizable current account surplus, and an important role as a European transportation hub.

  13. Nevertheless, there was a sizable turnout of people for the afternoon performance.

  14. This is a sizable stream, giving name to Two Rivers Township, and does not fall in behind any island.

  15. Keleroy, and Nicollet lays down the sizable creek near which it appears to have been situated, now known as the Sny Magill.

  16. This is a sizable stream which comes from the W.

  17. As the only sizable port in the area, it handles most of the outbound shipping, mainly from Leyte and Samar.

  18. Although the American naval victory and rapid advance of land forces prevented the Japanese from bringing this plan to full fruition, sizable enemy forces opposed the drive of U.

  19. During the seventh century the scattered teachers of dhyana seem to have gradually coalesced into a sort of ad hoc movement--with sizable followings growing up around the better-known figures.

  20. Me being only a smallish chap myself, I've allus 'ad a 'ankering arter sizable coves.

  21. Judge Hastie, along with a sizable segment of the black press, believed that the beginning of a world war was the time to improve military effectiveness by increasing black participation in that war.

  22. I wondered if Grassman had somehow acquired the information that a sizable sum had disappeared from the Warden business ventures over a period of time, and had added two and two together.

  23. Money in fifties and twenties and hundreds, a sizable stack of bills.

  24. The larger herds of the autumn migration seemed to be generally composed of all sexes and ages; yet some sizable bands were made up chiefly of bucks on the one hand, or of does and fawns on the other hand.

  25. A large mass of such sizable parasites in the throat might easily become a serious obstacle to comfortable living or even to survival on the part of the host.

  26. Ill luck ambushed them in the streets of a sizable town, its name unknown to Lanyard, where another car, driven inexpertly, rolled out of a side street and stalled in their path.

  27. And presently he saw Monk straighten up with a sizable steel dispatch-box in his hands, place this upon the desk, and unlock it with a key on his pocket ring.

  28. The Hupa are the same, in many ways, as the Yurok, so the sizable literature on that group is also useful.

  29. North Fork is a sizable stream and there were several villages along it, so it probably had fish in it.

  30. The Social Democratic Party had been organized at the beginning of the twentieth century but, lacking any sizable number of industrial workers, the socialist movement remained weak.

  31. Friction with Hungary arose in mid-1971 over the Romanian region of Transylvania and the sizable Hungarian minority residing there.

  32. High schools with instruction in Hungarian or German were set up in a number of the larger cities and towns that had sizable populations in those nationalities.

  33. The great majority of the people are ethnic Romanians, although two sizable minority groups, Hungarian and German, still resided within Romania's borders in 1972.

  34. Traffic Control Traffic control demands a sizable portion of police energies, although by 1972 highway use remained low in comparison to the rest of the continent.

  35. Military service has become a national tradition, although the tradition is based largely on the continuing existence of sizable armed forces.

  36. Because of the relatively low number of Romanian films produced, the industry has generally depended on the importation of sizable numbers of foreign films to meet its needs.

  37. In cities such as Cluj and Brasov, which have sizable minority populations, Hungarian and German theaters thrive beside the Romanian.

  38. Underhill thought he was marrying a girl with a sizable chunk of the ready, and, when the fuse blew out, he decided it wasn't good enough.

  39. Years ago he had read somewhere or heard somewhere about some chappie who always buzzed around with a sizable banknote stitched into his clothes, and the scheme had seemed to him ripe to a degree.

  40. Sonny, if you're a worse sailor-man than you appear to be, you're liable to cost your father a sizable wad.

  41. I have to smile at the ease with which one man--provided he is a sizable man and able to stand strain--can sail a barkentine before the wind in fair weather.

  42. I can show you where you and I can waltz into the Chicago Pit, make a killing on December wheat, and escape with a sizable wad before our identity is discovered.

  43. In reality, she's more of a junk than a sampan, a sizable craft of over a hundred tons, and the best product of the Chinese shipyard.

  44. In a moment a shower of sizable firewood was dropping all about the herring-tub.

  45. Whenever they passed a sizable town they had thrown open the windows and yelled, "Youp!

  46. They all scorned Waukegan, which was the first sizable town beyond the Station.

  47. On his replying in the negative she would rebuke him scathingly and demand a bill of sizable denomination; and when her watch was over she would sally forth to purchase four sets of men's winter underwear.

  48. At first glance he appeared to consist entirely of a very gaunt, cadaverous head and a sizable hump, but on being spread out he was found to possess a dark brown, unwholesome-looking body made of thick, cottony cloth.

  49. Yes, and it's likely to be a pretty sizable fight, or I miss my guess," returned Jack.

  50. The breeze ahead grew stronger, and in the early morning, the sky being quite grey, a slate-grey sea was running in sizable crests and valleys and tossing the spray high aboard.

  51. The next morning, a spiritual Beachy Head was glittering like crystal in the distance; while the head wind fell upon us, and momently a great thud like the impact of a great shell shook the ship's sizable frame and lifted her in see-saw style.

  52. The skimming hole on this occasion was not the small, ordinary excavation made for the purpose, but a sizable pit, dug at some previous time for a forgotten use.

  53. He returned near nightfall with Callista's trunk and one or two sizable bundles, while Spotty meekly led roped to the rear axle of the buckboard.


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