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Example sentences for "tali"

Lexicographically close words:
talented; talents; tales; talesman; talesmen; talia; talian; talibus; talipes; talipot
  1. I went up twice to the little room behind the stable, and found her lying on the floor, with Tali and Faauma and Talolo all holding on different bits of her.

  2. In magnum scandalum ignominium et contemptum dicti Capitalis Justiciarii et authoritatis suæ in malum et pernitiosum exemplum omnium aliorum in tali casu delinquentium ac contra pacem dicti domini regis nunc coronam et dignitatem suas &c.

  3. Sometimes, when a family is poor, the girl's mother makes an idol of clay, adorns it with flowers, and invests her daughter with the tali in the presence of the idol.

  4. The bride generally remains within the house till the time for tying the tali has arrived.

  5. The tali is taken up by the bridegroom, and placed by him round the bride's neck, to be tightly tied thereon by his sister.

  6. The tying of the tali (marriage badge) is said to have been tried in former days as part of the marriage ceremony, but, as the bride always died, the practice was discontinued.

  7. A single Tirumulpad often ties the tali round the neck of two, three, or four girls.

  8. The tali is taken round to be blessed in a piece of one of the cocoanuts.

  9. The widow breaks her tali string, and throws it on the figure.

  10. A peculiar necklace called cheru-tali is also worn, and beneath this Adhya women wear three garlands of manis or gold pieces, along with other jewels called kasumala, puttali, and kazhuttila.

  11. She ties the tali round the neck of the bride, who, if a milk-post has been set up, goes round it.

  12. The widow meanwhile has broken her tali string, and thrown it into a vessel of milk, which is set on the spot where the deceased breathed his last.

  13. A Brahman officiates at weddings, and the sacred fire is used, but the bridegroom's sister ties the tali (marriage badge).

  14. More than one girl may have the tali tied at the same time, provided that there are separate bridegrooms for them.

  15. The women dress like Vellalas, and wear the same kind of tali (marriage emblem) and other jewellery.

  16. The tali consists of a golden disc and black beads.

  17. It is, however, necessary that the girl must have her tali tied before some one contracts sambandham with her.

  18. The prayer of the plaint was that the defendants be compelled to allow the tali to be tied in the temple in view to the girl performing the dancing service, and enjoying the honours and endowments attached thereto.

  19. I, therefore, request that the Honourable Court may be pleased to give permission to the tying of the tali to my daughters.

  20. The temple priest places the cloths and the tali at the feet of the image, and sets apart one for the divine use.

  21. She is not, however, despised on this account, and indeed at weddings she prepares the tali (perhaps because she can never be a widow).

  22. He then teaches the girl the Panchakshara hymn if the temple is Saivite, and Ashtakshara if it is Vaishnavite, presents her with the cloth, and ties the tali round her neck.

  23. After the tali has been tied, the couple are looked on as being impure, and the pollution is removed by bathing, and the pouring of water, consecrated by the hymns of Vadhyars, over their heads.

  24. They have now, however, abandoned the custom, and have made the tying of the tali the actual marriage ceremony.

  25. At times of marriage, they substitute a turmeric-dyed string consisting of 101 threads, called bondhu, for the golden tali or bottu.

  26. The ancient Greek game of Astragali or Astragalismus--the Tali of the Romans--appears to have been played in a manner similar to that described in the text.

  27. I am tying the tali to secure religious merit.

  28. The food is thrown into the water, and, if the widow is an elderly orthodox woman, her tali is removed.

  29. The name refers to the peculiar tali (marriage badge) worn by married women.

  30. The tali or bottu (gold marriage badge) is attached to a cotton thread dyed with turmeric, and, among some castes, the tying together of the hands of the bride and bridegroom with such a thread is the binding portion of the ceremony.

  31. While the tali is being tied, the bridegroom's sister stands behind the bride, holding a lamp in her hand.

  32. In the North Arcot Manual it is stated that the Boya bride, "besides having a golden tali tied to her neck, has an iron ring fastened to her wrist with black string, and the bridegroom has the same.

  33. The next item is the tying of the tali (marriage badge).

  34. They are only consulted as regards the auspicious hour at which to tie the tali at a wedding.

  35. He next takes his seat on the cot, and is joined by the bride, who has had the bashingam put on her forehead, and the tali tied on her neck, by the bridegroom's sister.

  36. No tali (marriage badge) is tied at weddings, and the binding part of the ceremonies is the linking, on seven separate occasions, of the little fingers of the couple.

  37. Then the purohit gives the tali to the bridegroom, and he ties it on the bride's neck amidst silence, except for the music played by the barber or Melakkaran musicians.

  38. After three days of this human butchery, Tali and its environs presented a pitiable spectacle.

  39. Sidenote: THE TALI LAKE] The city itself is neither more nor less attractive than dozens of other Chinese cities.

  40. With the capitulation of Tali and the death of Tu Wên-hsiu the Mohammedans were able to make no further headway against the imperial troops.

  41. It must be admitted that all these lines--with the exception of the branch from Tali to Li-chiang--would be very costly to construct and to keep in repair.

  42. With this view he despatched his son to England in 1871, and as a token of his desire to become the vassal of the British Crown he sent Queen Victoria four pieces of rock hewn out of the four corners of the great Tali mountain.

  43. In 1867 he was proclaimed Imam or Sultan, and Tali became the capital of a short-lived Mohammedan state.

  44. Snow is said to exist in patches on the summit of the Tali mountains all the year round; and is hawked in the streets of Hsia Kuan, near Tali-fu, in the summer months.

  45. At the mission in Tali three women are employed, and of these two are goitrous; the third, a Minchia woman, is free from the disease, and I have been told that among the indigenes the disease is much less common than among the Chinese.

  46. The China Inland Mission in Tali was the last of the mission stations which I was to see on my journey.

  47. The native banker in the capital will remit for you by wire to his agent in Tali the sum of 1000 taels, for a charge of eight taels, exclusive of the cost of the telegram, and, as the value of silver in Tali is one per cent.

  48. Outside the city on the road to Tali there is a loss on exchange varying according to your astuteness from 3 to 6 per cent.

  49. Next day, the 28th of April, despite my misgivings, my men fulfilled their promise, and led me into Tali on the ninth day out from Yunnan.

  50. Ten li from Tali we stopped to have tea at one of the many tea-houses that are grouped round the famous temple to the Goddess of Mercy, the Kwanyin-tang.

  51. A coolie will carry eighty pounds weight from Bhamo to Tali for 12s.

  52. In addition to the three converts who have been baptised in Tali in the last two years, there are two inquirers--one the mission cook--who are nearly ready for acceptance.

  53. We passed the Temple to the Goddess of Mercy, and entered Tali by the south gate.

  54. The Sky Enter King Dushyanta and Mátali in the car of Indra, moving in the air.

  55. MÁTALI [holding in the reins of the car].


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