Courage and devotedness were now the great supports of the faith.
One of the greatsupports of the royal influence was the fiction of the law by which all lands were supposed to hold of the Crown.
Strong arms and sharp swords are excellent supports of generalship, but cannot always be a substitute for it.
This view he supports by showing that there was once a considerable literature in circulation regarding Manasseh's later history.
A tax on brandy increases the sale of rum, andsupports our southern colonies.
The critic or biographer, who writes from materials already before the public, may be excused if he give way to his prepossessions and partialities, and limit his task to the representation of all that justifies and supports them.
But still, it will be observed that it is only in details that he receives instruction, and that he vigorously supports the fundamental principles of his system.
Who are the true "Makers of War," the promoters and supports of it, I showed long since in the note to the brief sentence of "Unto this last.
For instance, in such a passage as that which follows and supports the "Lie not one to another" of Colossians iii.
I-148] It would be impossible to give here the entire evidence with which Mr Jones supports his theory.
Mama mentions in her letter that she hears that Mr. Leslie supports his mother and sisters by his labors.
He fearlessly supports American principles in the face of all Europe, and braves the obloquy and intrigues against him of all the European powers.
With its supports thus broken and the whole weight of the remaining branches on one side, the weakened trunk sways for a moment then bows to its fate.
He has no recovery in him, no supports to fall back on, but is in full retreat, as we would say, from common decency.
His worshipers supply him abundantly with the drink he loves; and he supports them against their foes, ninety and more of whose cities he has destroyed.
Indra, if provided with Soma, is always indulgent to his votaries; he supports them per fas et nefas.
Everything I have seen to-day supportsmy original theory about this crime.
The fact that he had entered the room in his stocking feet supports this theory, because he would be well aware that he would not be able to carry the body over several hundred yards of rough ground in his bare feet.
His story, which it is not necessary for me to give you in detail, testifies to his innocence, and supports my own theory of the crime.
Reliance in the immortality of the soul, supports a man amidst all earthly calamities).
The mountains are called bhudharas or supports of the earth.
The Intellect is the human speech, and the firmament that supports the world; the intellect becomes the soul and the living principle, and it is this which forms the chain of created beings.
Hence there is no such thing as a positive certainty, but becomes transmutable to one in opposite nature, as the father supports the child in its youth, and is supported by the boy in his dotage).
I adore that intellect which appears before the Yogi, and supports him at the point which he has reached unto upon the setting of the prana and apana breaths, both within and without himself.
He does, he eats, he supports all, and moves every where; He breathes and feels and knows every member of the body.
This passage supports the free agency of man to go in either way in opposition to the doctrine of blind fatalism, and the arbitrary power of the Divine will).
When the prana breathing has ceased and the apana has its rise, it is then that one supports himself upon the Kumbhaka retained air, and does not depend on two other passing breaths.
The earth supports its trunk, and sky overtops its top; and it makes a garden of the universe (with its out stretched arms).
The supports should be just the right length to go in the arch.
The supports are made of selected white pine, which must be absolutely free from pitch.
On the outside of the supports the design is drawn in with pencil, the background is then cut out smoothly with a chisel to the depth of an eighth of an inch, leaving the decoration in relief.
The city supports two small papers, Los Andes and La Patria, but they are usually issued about ten days behind date.
No man sees what supports him; The prayer of Cynllo will not be in vain; God will not violate his promise.
Neale O'Neil, pointing to one of the wooden supports by which the roof of planks and snow was partly upheld.
The wooden supports giving way between her and the exit frightened the reckless girl immeasurably.
Hence it follows that to enlighten men's minds is to take away from this species of spoliation what supports and feeds it.
The difference in the power of these three salts, as tried in three different ways, supports the results presently to be [page 154] given, which are so surprising that their credibility requires every kind of support.
I don't thank a man for supporting me when he thinks me right,' was the cynical confession of a statesman of an earlier generation; 'my gratitude is with the man who supports me when he thinks me wrong.
Having got on to the road, I found the Northumberland Hussars,[67] who had evidently been brought up with the idea of their taking possession of the trenches if the supports were not up in time.
At last, then, the long-expected supports were arriving.
But next day the gallant battalion was cut off by German supports from Lille, and was surrounded, after suffering heavy losses.
December, and carried two lines of trenches, but found at daybreak that it had no supports on either side.
If Calvinism or Catholicism supports slavery, so much the worse for them, not so much the better for Slavery!
Perhaps I ought not to say, if Christianity supports slavery.
Well, if Christianity supports American slavery, so much the worse for Christianity, that is all.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "supports" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
