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Example sentences for "suit the"

  • The chinking wedges necessarily varied greatly in dimensions to suit the sizes of the interstices between the larger stones of the wall.

  • The nails, however, have a broader head, and are somewhat larger, varying in size to suit the dimensions of the slate.

  • These were made of molasses, glue, and tar, in proportions to suit the temperature of the weather.

  • The process of the manufacture is varied, of course, to suit the materials.

  • The formation for review may be modified to suit the ground, and the present arms and the ride around the line by the reviewing officer may be dispensed with.

  • These are conducted pursuant to commands or orders formulated to suit the conditions of the proposed movement or exercise, and, in general, in accordance with the principles applicable to the regiment.

  • To maintain the axes of the live and dead spindles in line, they are fitted to a slide or guideway on the shears, the headstock being fixed in position, while the tailstock is adjustable along the shears to suit the length of the work.

  • Nuts are varied in form to suit the nature of the work.

  • He knew, also, that to take up the matter through the regular diplomatic channels would be a process too infinitely slow to suit the situation.

  • Well, his mood could be made to suit the trail's; he was in no hurry, having all day for his talk with young West.

  • When addressed his invariable reply was, "Aw," properly inflected to suit the occasion.

  • Sometimes these houses were placed in pastures not suitable for mowing or for cultivation and remained there permanently, but as a rule they were moved from time to time to suit the rotation of crops on the farm.

  • The size and special structure of the feather are always adjusted to suit the part on which it grows or the service which it has to perform.

  • Outside of this area many different types were gradually developed to suit the needs or the tastes of people in different countries and localities.

  • Any braid or stitch that may be required to mask the join is next put on; this may be made ornamental by interlacing knots at the corners, or by any other device that happens to suit the work.

  • When used for flowers or leaves the width and the closeness of the stitch are varied to suit the shape to be filled.

  • This is even more important in weaving than in embroidery, for in the latter the stitch and method may possibly be chosen to suit the design, but in weaving no variation of stitch is possible; all must be carried out in the same way.

  • The sequence of the parts should remain the same, but the time should be modified to suit the needs of any special environment.

  • To bring out the fact that the language must be varied to suit the character of the reader or listener, tell a fairy story to a sleepy five-year old so that he will not go to sleep.

  • In an inflected language the words may be massed almost to suit the writer; in an uninflected language, within certain limits the order determines the relation between groups of words.

  • The difficulties which beset the path of reproduction are by no means always the same--all manner of adjustments have to be made to suit the needs of different species.

  • The proportions of the ingredients are varied to suit the nature of the casting.

  • Besides colourless transparent glass, which forms the most important part of this manufacture, various coloured glasses are made to suit the taste of the public.

  • A gauge is first cut out out of brass or copper plate to suit the curvature of the lens, the circular arc being traced by a pair of compasses.

  • These slips are mounted in a wooden or iron stock or handle, in which they may be placed at different distances to suit the width of the comb teeth.

  • How say you, Sir Piercie Shafton, is it not the court fashion to suit the man to the office, and not the office to the man?

  • Thomas Aquinas, with critical revision to suit the exigencies of the general advance in learning.

  • To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.

  • Again they may be put in with colored pencils of a tone deep enough to suit the rest of the work.

  • The graining colors proper are prepared to suit the shade of wood desired from raw sienna, raw umber and for very dark antique oak with a little ivory black added.

  • The varnishing is an important part of graining, which can be done in various ways to suit the kind of graining done.

  • To suit the cap; it's all to suit the cap," said Adela, the keen of eye.

  • Yet, critical as was this lady, she acknowledged that it was no mere acting effort to suit the cap.

  • The comparison was meant to suit the moment of your reciting.

  • My only duty is to place evidence before the reader, and then let him judge how much reliance is to be placed upon any historical statements that have been trimmed and modified to suit the purposes of the Spanish Inquisition.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "suit the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    answered the young lady; either cheek; enemy machine; foreign trade; great glee; great throng; hasty retreat; her great; immense booty; inform them; mail service; need were; next year; religious body; royal warrant; shallow dish; single point; suit case; suit the; suitable localities; suitable number; suitable place; suitable spot; sunny days; this figure; water could