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Example sentences for "terminating"

Lexicographically close words:
terminally; terminals; terminate; terminated; terminates; termination; terminations; terminator; termine; terminer
  1. About 10 miles in an air line from Kaunakakai and the same distance from Mr. Cooke's home, on a mountain known as Mauna Loa, is a narrow, sharp ridge extending nearly south and terminating abruptly at the junction of two deep ravines.

  2. At the end toward the ocean, is a platform 20 feet wide, terminating 50 feet from the sea.

  3. Near the inner end the cave divides, one branch going to the southeast and opening in the face of the bluff, the other turning north and terminating abruptly near the doorway, which is worn through its rear wall.

  4. A little further south, there is a rocky ravine winding through a gorge and terminating in a waterfall, with a large pool of beautiful water at the base, and with many large and deep holes of water in the rocks above.

  5. In a few miles we came to a well-beaten native road, and again our hopes were raised of speedily terminating the anxiety and suspense we were in.

  6. The legs are circular and tapered, terminating in circular feet.

  7. The illustration of a chair, in beech, with a plain wooden seat, has a somewhat intricate ribbon-like pattern terminating in the Prince of Wales's feathers.

  8. The legs, always the stumbling-block to the less experienced artificer, are here of exceptionally fine proportions, terminating in club feet.

  9. South of the Bistritza are the Cambunian mountains forming the boundary of Thessaly and terminating to the east in the imposing mass of Etymbos, or Olympus (9794 ft.

  10. The building, finished in 1894, consists of a nave without aisles flanked at each exterior corner by a turret and terminating in an apse.

  11. Miss Burdett Coutts displayed a band of jewels, after the fashion of the gentlemen's baldricks, passing over one shoulder and terminating in a diamond clasp fastening back the upper skirt.

  12. The enumeration of the various nationalities listening to St. Peter begins from the extremest east; it proceeds then to the north, from thence to the south, terminating with Rome, which represents the west.

  13. From the two gate towers, right and left, there extends a considerable stretch of sheer wall terminating at either extremity with two more towers which mark the corners on the landward side of the fortress.

  14. They can be identified by their special costume, the loose surplice of linen with wide sleeves covering the cassock, and by the "amice," a headdress of thick black stuff with a flat top and terminating on each corner in a kind of horn.

  15. Scutum with the articular ridge terminating downwards in a small, sharp, free point: adductor ridge prominent.

  16. In one case the two cement-trunks extended parallel and close together, one of them terminating long before the other.

  17. Subcortical; hexapod; antennae obsolete: body much depressed, with the last segment elongate, terminating in three or more mucros.

  18. The terminating points of the Mandibulae.

  19. In the medipectus and postpectus of Acrida viridissima there is only a single aperture, terminating in a single tube, which after rising vertically a little way sends off a branch on either hand to the sides of the trunk.

  20. Reaumur mentions a caterpillar that to this kind of tail added the resemblance of two ears, or two cylindrical bodies, terminating in a point, which emerged from the first segment behind the head[347].

  21. That of the grub of a gnat noticed above (Corethra crystallina) forms a kind of sharp horn or claw, terminating the body anteriorly[227].

  22. But the consequences of the battle of Bunker Hill were greater than those of any ordinary conflict, although between armies of far greater force, and terminating with more immediate advantage on the one side or the other.

  23. Nine days later they were at Bayona, a small seaport of Galicia, where they delayed three days, their long sea journey at length terminating on the 16th at Cascaes, whence they travelled overland to Lisbon.

  24. The elements had crumbled the rocks down for ages, until what perhaps had been once a deep canyon was now a narrow flat, a mass of debris, terminating at the top of the steep, ragged cliff that pitched downward before us.

  25. At a brisk order the lid of the cart was thrown back revealing a couple of cylinders to which were attached lengths of armoured metallic hosepipe terminating in elongated nozzles.

  26. Ahead rose the steep hill terminating in a frowning cliff--the first of three such ridges that lay betwixt him and Scarby.

  27. Small clumps of Acacias were strewed over these downs, which were very extensive, and from them I saw several rather high hills to the eastward, terminating abruptly over a low country to the northward.

  28. The action was fought in the Pterian country, and was stoutly contested, terminating at nightfall without any decisive advantage to either party.

  29. This consisted of a projection from the prow of the ship, either above or below the water-line, strongly shod with a casting of iron, and terminating either in the head of an animal, or in one or more sharp points.

  30. It bore the name kitaris or hidaris, and was a tall stiff cap, slightly swelling as it ascended, flat at top, and terminating in a ring or circle which projected beyond the lines of the sides.

  31. This education continued for fifteen years, commencing when the boy was five, and terminating when he reached the age of twenty.

  32. The inscriptions cover a space of at least a hundred and eighty years, commencing with Cyrus, and terminating with Artaxerxes Ochus, the successor of Mnemon.

  33. A footstool consequently was provided, which was plain, like the throne, but was supported on legs terminating in the feet of bulls.

  34. One is only a partial consideration, terminating in one alone; and the other is a consideration of both, as existing separately.

  35. But all the rest, terminating purely in pain and pleasure, are, I think, to be found in all men.

  36. On the left we have always the mainland of Asia, and on the right a tongue of land belonging to Europe, and terminating at Sed Bahe.

  37. The walls near the chief altar are overgrown with a kind of delicate moss of an emerald-green colour, with the white rock shining through here and there; and in the midst rises a natural cupola, terminating in a point.

  38. The doorways in the wall are numerous, and are of a very archaic character, being either covered in by a single long stone lintel or else terminating in a false arch.

  39. Another, rather curious than elegant, consists of a double twist, ornamented with lozenges, and terminating in triangular points finely granulated.

  40. At either extremity is a cylinder of very fine granulated work, terminating in one case in a lion's head of good execution, in the other surmounted by a simple cap.

  41. Behind them and between them are a continuous row of tall stiff reeds terminating in blossoms, which are supposed to represent the papyrus plant.

  42. Andreas; the other nearly central, but nearer the south, beginning at Cape Renaouti in the west and terminating at Cape Greco.

  43. It was patterned, and parted towards the two sides, while a richly adorned lappet, terminating in uræi, fell down in front.


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