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Example sentences for "south"

Lexicographically close words:
sout; soutane; soutenir; souterrain; souters; southbound; southe; southeast; southeaster; southeasterly
  1. You may find an encourager of indolence in almost any stream of the South Side, and I wish you joy of your brook.

  2. The only profitable affair it ever undertook was to fill a small ice-pond near its entrance into the Great South Bay.

  3. For almost all the other little rivers of the South Shore, lazy as they may be by nature, yet manage to do some kind of work before they finish the journey from their crystal-clear springs into the brackish waters of the bay.

  4. Two young men--we will call them Jones and Smith, for convenience--emigrated to New South Wales.

  5. On the evening of the third day we reached the Waitaki river, which separates Canterbury from Otago, and is the largest in the South Island.

  6. The same winter a sad accident occurred on a run south of Canterbury, belonging to two brothers, by name, I think, McKenzie.

  7. Tropics and had occasional calms, we went out in the captain's gig; then further south we had shooting matches at Cape pigeons and albatrosses, and in all our amusements the captain and Lapworth took part.

  8. Crowds of Cape pigeons and albatrosses accompanied us all across the South Pacific.

  9. He was not, I recollect, much impressed with Moorhouse's speculation, but as he had a run at the south of the Wanaka and a homestead there he arranged for our reception and for a boat to take us a portion of the voyage up the lake.

  10. It was a bleak, wild place, three miles from the south mail track, and consisted only of a small slab hut or two with a wool shed and sheep yards.

  11. The country beyond this was bleak and uninteresting, until the following evening when we arrived at the Molyneux river, where it flowed out of the south end of the Wanaka Lake.

  12. Michael are painted in fresco over the south portcullis of the Castle.

  13. To west and south sweep the Maritime Alps and the Apennines.

  14. The sky is clear, but it clouds rapidly with films of cirrus and of stratus in the south and west.

  15. As the clouds disperse, they form in moulded domes, tawny like sunburned marble in the distant south lands.

  16. For those who have time to spare in going to or from the south it is worth while to spend a day or two in the most comfortable and characteristic of old French inns, the Hôtel de l'Europe, at Avignon.

  17. It is a small square chamber, where the bells are hung, filled with the interlacement of enormous beams, and pierced to north and south by open windows, from whose parapets I saw the village and the valley spread beneath.

  18. To east and south the snowy ranges burn with yellow fire, deepening to orange and crimson hues, which die away and leave a greenish pallor.

  19. How strangely different is the result of this transition in the south from those severe and rigid forms which we call Romanesque in Germany and Normandy and England!

  20. The next presents a fretwork of fine film, wrought by the south wind over the whole sky, iridescent with delicate rainbow tints within the influences of the sun, and ever-changing shape.

  21. I was just in the middle of a most exciting account of a conflict which I had with a shark at the South Pole, when a loud knock at the door resounded through the house.

  22. Stephens, Mac Chizzle, and Crankey Jem were removed to the hulks at Woolwich, previous to the sailing of a convict-ship for New South Wales.

  23. To the north there is the Eastern London Cemetery; and to the south there are two Jews' burial grounds, and two other places of sepulture.

  24. My brother, who resided in Liverpool, left England six months after my departure, and went out to settle in New South Wales.

  25. At Monsereau I left Loier, and struck south east be the banks of the river of Chasteleraut in Turrain, of whilk Tours is the capitall, the most renouned toune of France for manufacturies of silks of all sorts.

  26. I left Tervere the 5't, came to Flessinque; wheir we lay by reason of contrary winds til the 12, on which morning it was at south south east.

  27. On the way to the south stands Innerask[530] with its kirk.

  28. On the south of the bridge stands the Gorbbells wheir is the castle of the Gorbels: in it dwels at present Sir James Turner.

  29. North Witham and South Witham are near the route.

  30. Illustration] We went after for the Ranfield, 5 short miles from Glasco, on the south side of the river.

  31. East, west, north, and south the rents are going up.

  32. The mortality in South Africa and the Philippines fades away to insignificance.

  33. This is admirably instanced, just now, by the return and disbandment of the soldiers from South Africa.

  34. In South Africa the colonial teaches the islander how to shoot, and the officers muddle and blunder; while at home the street people play hysterically at mafficking, and the War Office lowers the stature for enlistment.

  35. Towers were spaced along the north wall and the Thames River flowed below the south wall.

  36. There were mob fights between students from the north and students from the south and between students and townsmen.

  37. On the south bank of the river were theaters, outlaws, cutpurses, prostitutes, and prisons.

  38. The North and South American continents were named for him.

  39. But shall I jump North or East or South or West, sir?

  40. Nickel Plate, the polished Villain, sat in his office in the North South corner of the first straight turning to the left of the Castle in Plotville.

  41. Of course I do--South Wind blew in here one day and warned me that you were coming.

  42. Notice also the Flamboyant tracery of the windows, so typical of the Channel Islands, and the very striking piscina in the south aisle of the choir.

  43. Mont Orgueil, however, may be reached at once from St. Helier by one of the two strange little railways that traverse the south coast of the island.

  44. The finest single niche that the writer knows of this kind is on the south side of the nave in the fine, fifteenth-century church of Lechlade, in Gloucestershire.

  45. The Gouffre may be taken as roughly the centre of the grand seven miles of cliff line of this splendid south coast.

  46. It possesses, however, in the south wall of the south chapel, a very curious feature, the object of which is obscure.

  47. I do not know how far the barbarous quarrying that was projected some six or seven years ago on the south side of the island has since been carried out, or how far it has injured the amenities of the coast.

  48. The glory of Guernsey, as already stated, is now wholly confined to its south coast.

  49. The strength of Alderney, however, lies chiefly in its west and south coasts; no one would visit the island except to visit these, or unless one happened to be an enthusiast for the world's neglected and inaccessible spots.

  50. The type of the old brach still exists in Italy, Spain, the south of France and in Germany.

  51. The brach of the south scarcely differs from the preceding except in color.

  52. This structure rests on rails, upon which it slides toward the south when it is desired to make observations.

  53. We been south lookin' at some stock we're thinkin' of buyin'.

  54. I suppose, if I should saddle up and ride south to-morrow, I might overtake him along the road, somewhere.

  55. They were on a road, now--a road that ran south across the spaces, unwinding itself like a tape flung from a reel.

  56. South of my place is the Apache reservation.

  57. The stolen horses had been trailed south as far as Phoenix.

  58. It's like him to leave them dice for us to play with while he trails south with our stack.

  59. Bartley recalled having glimpsed Little Jim crawling through the brush on the south side of the spring.

  60. Not over a half-mile south stood the ranch-house, just back of a row of giant cottonwoods.

  61. My ranch lays just fifty miles south of the railroad, and not a fence from here to there.

  62. He would travel south as far as Phoenix and then swing back again, over the old Apache Trail--if he did not overtake Cheyenne.

  63. They was new to the country, and seems they locked horns with a outfit runnin' sheep just south of Springerville.

  64. He waited for an opportunity to leave without being noticed, and, carrying his trusty rifle at the ready, he stealthily disappeared in the brush south of the spring.

  65. Cheyenne now turned directly toward the south and a range of hills that marked the boundary of the mesa level.

  66. He would spend the night there and then head south again.

  67. Next thing, he'll sell 'em or trade 'em, down south of here.

  68. She was buried in the tomb of her great-grandmother, the beautiful Mary, Queen of Scots, in the South Aisle of Henry the Seventh's Chapel.

  69. All the congregation sit in the choir in front of the altar rails, and in the north and south transepts, which spread out right and left from the choir like two broad arms of a cross.

  70. South Kensington, that vast quarter of handsome houses, has only come into existence in the last fifty years.

  71. It lies on the south side of the Abbey, and is only separated from the Confessor's Shrine and the tombs of the kings by the ambulatory.

  72. So he decided to ask you to take charge of his collection, and I said I'd stay until you arrived, as Uncle Toby had to leave in a hurry, to catch a ship that was sailing for South America.

  73. He must have left it, even if he is going to live in South America.

  74. South America must be a good way off, for Uncle Toby hasn't gotten there yet.

  75. When did you get back from South America?

  76. We haven't heard from Uncle Toby since he left for South America.

  77. He may be gone for several years, and he said he might live the rest of his life in South America, where he is going.

  78. But finally, as you know from the letter he wrote you, he decided to take a long trip, and perhaps he may never come back, if he finds he likes it in South America.

  79. He had been through three South American revolutions; had served with the Americans in Cuba; had been mentioned in despatches for his services before Ladysmith, and was now contemplating volunteering for service against the Mad Mullah.

  80. After a week here in this quiet rural dulness, the old fever sets up in my blood, a longing for action, a longing to go south to Italy--the country which seems to hold me in a kind of magnetism which I have never been able to resist.

  81. To go to South America is simply running into the arms of the police.

  82. From south of the city a dozen different ways lead off the Okehampton road, therefore it seemed certain that our unfortunate accident had negatived all our attempts to overtake Mr Murray and his party.

  83. You may pound it, we’ll have no more trouble with the cattle for the winter, and they’ll be in good fettle to start south in the spring.

  84. Nature has done so much that I am afraid—as in South America—man does very little.

  85. Large trade with South Yarra—lime, timber, firewood—shortest way to the bay too.

  86. We strike due south now, towards that mountain peak far in the distance.

  87. A calm and beauteous summer morn, warm, but tempered by the south sea-breeze, bid the children of the Great South Land greeting.

  88. They drove out on the South Head road, and duly noted the white-walled mansions, plunged deeply in such luxuriant flower-growth as the Northern strangers had rarely yet beheld.

  89. Horse and rider seemed so harmonious, indeed, that a ringing cheer burst from the crowd, and all the throats whose owners inhabited the hills and vales south of the Great Lake shouted themselves hoarse for St. Andrew and Mr. Hamilton.

  90. I’ve seen all the best part of New South Wales,’ said the explorer.

  91. The surplus hands, who were paid off and sent back to New South Wales, talked largely, as is their wont, about the wonderful new district.

  92. In Port Phillip, sir, below 35 south latitude, you have climate, soil, and extent of territory combined.

  93. Sternworth lives in New South Wales, not New Zealand,’ returned he rather testily.

  94. I look upon the Camerton stock as the very best horses in New South Wales, probably in Australia.

  95. Chairs, with all things proper, and a reading-desk, had been arranged on the south side of the wide verandah.

  96. There was nothing now but such pleasant rides and drives; lingering rambles, after the heat of the day; expeditions into Yass, where they were fêted as if they had included the South Pole in their discoveries.

  97. Every man there had seen the thing, as it barreled south of the field.

  98. Some of the disk missiles were supposed to have been launched from a British island in the South Pacific; others came all the way from Australia.

  99. Scores of Orangeburg, South Carolina, residents watched a disk that hovered over that city on March 10.

  100. Mantell died mysteriously in the skies south of Fort Knox.

  101. It runs from Florida into the South Atlantic.

  102. Not long before, I had seen South Pacific.

  103. For just an instant, something gleamed through the broken clouds south of the base.

  104. While he trailed it with his glasses, the object suddenly changed direction, from south to southwest.

  105. For almost a week, the aerial visitor was sighted around the Midwest, as far south as St. Louis and as far west as Colorado.

  106. Third, such a rocket would have had to travel from White Sands to Macon, Georgia, then circle around south of this city for over forty minutes.

  107. A sighting in Scotland could not be the cause of a similar one two days later in the south of France.

  108. From Mr. John Martin, a farmer who lives some six miles south of this city, we learn the following strange story: Tuesday morning while out hunting, his attention was directed to a dark object high up in the southern sky.

  109. They had caught sight of riders in the south and to the east.

  110. Satisfied that he would leave the members of the posse confused as to which side trail he had taken, he returned to his horse, mounted, and proceeded up the narrow trail leading to the top of the range to the south of the deep cañon.

  111. Again he mounted, and this time he turned to the south and rode down a long slope of lava rock.

  112. Or you can go up the road till you get to the big hogback--that's where they held up the truck driver yesterday--and cut straight up the hill from the south end.

  113. Then, as he reached the south end of the hogback where the trail left the road and cut straight across to the mine, two horsemen broke from the timber, and Rathburn reined in his horse as the guns which covered him glinted.

  114. The place looked poor, poverty-stricken, despite the small field of living green south of the house and the few head of cattle grazing along the banks of a little stream which wound through the valley.

  115. Rathburn motioned toward the south and Lamy rode along at his side.

  116. Presently she straightened and listened intently, looking into the south instead of northwest.

  117. These south and west fronts are sometimes criticized by those who regret the parts of the Tudor palace demolished to make room for them, but they are by no means wanting in either dignity or beauty.

  118. On the south side of the Palace, Wren's reconstruction stops short at beautiful bayed windows doubly decorated with the monogram E.

  119. Along the whole length of the southern side of the Fountain Court is the King's Gallery or Great Council Chamber--a magnificent room in which used to hang the Raphael Cartoons now at South Kensington.

  120. Laguerre is said also to be responsible for the painting of imitation windows in similar circular spaces on the south front of the Palace--imitations which are frankly hideous.

  121. This shady bower is in summer particularly delightful, and from the farther end of it is to be had, through and above the evergreens of this Privy Garden, a beautiful view of the south front of the Palace.

  122. Over the windows of the King's Gallery on the south side are a dozen round, false windows, filled with time and atmosphere darkened paintings.

  123. From the east and south sides we get views that contrast greatly with those of the older portions.

  124. You will remember also that the north pole of one magnet will attract the south pole of another magnet, but will repel a north pole.

  125. The north pole of the magnet is doing two things: it is repelling, or forcing away, the upper north pole of the armature and at the same time drawing toward itself the lower south pole of the armature.

  126. In the mean time the south pole of the magnet is repelling the south pole of the armature and at the same time drawing toward itself the north pole of the armature.

  127. If the ends of the needles sticking up out of the water are south poles and the end of the magnet you present is a north pole, the needles will come to the center; but will go to the side of the bowl if you present the south pole.

  128. Indeed, it is said that in some of the tropical provinces of South America, there are cattle which have an extremely rare and fine fur, in place of the ordinary pile of hair.

  129. Truths from the lives of these men, both of whom served their country before the war, and afterwards threw themselves into the cause of the South with unbounded zeal--affording valuable historic facts for all, North and South.

  130. Hides are imported from Russia and South America.

  131. According to him, the British cabinet views rebellion in a very different light, according as it appears in the centre or the south of Europe--on the banks of the Danube, or on the shores of the Mediterranean.

  132. And when, during the last dying throes of the rebellion, this great man was stricken down by the hand of an assassin, North and South alike united in lamenting his death, and in execrating the damnable deed and its reckless perpetrators.

  133. Suffice it do say, that the South was up in arms, in full preparation almost, before the North could realize that war was at hand.

  134. That he was an agent of the Confederacy he had already admitted, and that he was the bearer of dispatches to prominent sympathizers with the South who were now living in Washington, was also well known to the detective.

  135. They were frequently cautioned to be very careful, as there were Union soldiers stationed all along the river, and people whose hearts were with the South were not permitted to express their sentiments with impunity.

  136. In April, 1860, the Democratic National Convention assembled in Charleston, South Carolina, for the purpose of nominating a candidate for the presidency.

  137. With the first shot the chief traitor, Lincoln, will die, then all Maryland will be with us, and the South will be forever free.

  138. This movement, difficult as it was, to the South of the rebels, was a complete surprise to the enemy, who was expecting their arrival from the North.

  139. The old man was none other than the veritable old Uncle Gallus, whose experience in the South seemed to be very different from the easy life he had led as the house servant of Mrs. Morton.

  140. Lee had left a force to dispute the possession of the passes, through which the roads across South Mountain ran, while he had dispatched Jackson to effect the capture of Harper's Ferry.

  141. Here rebellion and disunion were the order of the day, and a widespread determination existed to fight the cause of the South to the bitter end.

  142. Some one in the party remarked: "Are there no other means of saving the South except by assassination?

  143. He explained the object to be obtained by this battery, which was to break up the blockading fleet at the mouth of the James River, and thus give the South an outlet to the sea.

  144. It extends from the north side of the Methy carrying-place down the Clearwater, Elk, and Slave Rivers, and along the south shore of Great Slave Lake to the efflux of the Mackenzie.

  145. Pine-trees grow only in small detached clumps on its south bank; but the uneven valley, which we saw spreading for ten or twelve miles to the northward, was well wooded.

  146. The walls, three feet high, were inclined outwards, for the convenience of leaning the back against them, and the ascent to the door, which was on the south side was formed of logs.

  147. On arriving at the top of the mountain, we were refreshed by a strong south wind, which we fondly hoped might reach to the coast, and be of service, by driving the ice from the land.

  148. In clear weather the north shore is visible from the point of the south shore nearest Big Island.

  149. A south wind followed, which opened a passage for the boat, but Augustus was not in sight.

  150. The beach, both of the north and south shores of the strait, is strewed with drift timber.

  151. Mr. Fidler, on the south branch of the Saskatchewan, in lat.

  152. His vision took in the South and a part of the East and West, and in all those directions there was no end of the forest.

  153. Because she came from the South and not the North," suggested Kent.

  154. It is beyond the Sulphur Country you must go to find the Valley of Silent Men, straight through that gap between the North and the South Nahanni.

  155. South of it a wheezy engine drags up the freight that came not so many months ago by boat.

  156. It was late in June when he turned up the Liard to the South Nahani.

  157. To it came from the south all the freight which must go into the north; on its flat river front were built the great scows which carried this freight to the end of the earth.

  158. You go straight through between the sources of the North and the South Nahani," Marette had told him.

  159. I prefer bottom land, with heavy loam and red subsoil, southeast slope, sheltered from north and south winds.

  160. I think windbreaks essential on the south and west sides; Osage orange is good, set the same as for a fence, and allowed to grow tall.

  161. I believe windbreaks are a necessity, and should be made of trees planted two or three rods wide, four feet apart, on the south side.

  162. Windbreaks are essential on the prairie; would make them of a double row of Osage orange or evergreens, on the south and west.

  163. I think a windbreak on the south side very essential, and would make it of cottonwood and Russian mulberry, in five rows, alternating, six feet apart.

  164. I sell in the orchard, wholesale, retail, and peddle; sell the best to highest bidder; sell the culls to driers or ship South or West.

  165. Draw another line ten trees south of it, and stick a stake at every tag, and so on to the south side of the plat.

  166. Windbreaks are beneficial on the south and west; they should be made of quick-growing trees.

  167. They always work on the south side, where the sun shines on the tree.

  168. The Snow rots on the south side and dies.

  169. Believes windbreaks very essential on north, west and south sides; uses Osage orange hedge and two rows of forest-trees, planting them seven feet apart and seven feet away from the apple trees, when orchard is started.

  170. With a lister you can list in your corn or furrow out potato rows, running east and west one year, and north and south the next.

  171. Windbreaks are essential; would make them of peach, Russian mulberry, or cedar, by planting several rows on south of orchard.

  172. Windbreaks are essential on the south and west sides of the orchard, and I would make them of Osage orange or box-elder, planted ten feet apart.

  173. I have a windbreak on the south side made of Osage orange, to keep the hot winds off.


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

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    south coast; south from; south latitude; south pole; south porch; south side; south wall; south west; south wind; southeast trade; southerly direction; southern continent; southern latitude; southwest monsoon; southwesterly direction