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Example sentences for "terminus"

Lexicographically close words:
termino; terminological; terminology; terminos; terminum; termite; termites; termorrer; terms; termys
  1. We reached it by the Underground Railway from Paddington, the terminus of the Great Western Railway.

  2. The largest is the Strasbourg Railway Terminus, nearly 13 acres in extent; while the Western Railway Terminus covers an area of 5 acres.

  3. In the middle of the afternoon, we reached the Northern Railway Terminus (Embarcadere du Nord) in Paris.

  4. Candon, the coast terminus of the main trail, lies in the coastal plain area about 4 1/4 miles from the sea.

  5. The main trail is to-day passable for a horseman from the coast terminus to Tinglayan, three days beyond Bontoc pueblo.

  6. And just outside the terminus the train jolted over temporary rails, and on either side of the railway the houses were blackened ruins.

  7. It will be seen that a terminal moraine does not necessarily mark the terminus of the ice at the time of its greatest advance, but rather its terminus at any time when its edge was stationary or nearly so.

  8. Stopping in the path along which he had been speeding, Mr. Byrd glanced before him and behind, in a momentary calculation of distances, and deciding he could not regain the terminus before the storm burst, pushed on toward the hut.

  9. The first object, starting place, or terminus a quo, is this northwest angle of Nova Scotia.

  10. Atlanta was to become the western terminus of the coast roads, built, as has been said, to provide an outlet to the sea for the Piedmont cotton belt.

  11. At some distance beyond X, the terminus of this railroad, was another oyster-growing place, Y, which sent its oysters to market by another route.

  12. London by the Great Eastern railway, on the Long Melford-Cambridge branch, and is the terminus of the Colne Valley railway from Chappel in Essex.

  13. It is the cathedral town of the Anglican diocese of Riverina, the terminus of the South Western railway, and the principal depot for the wool produced at the numerous stations on the banks of the Murrumbidgee and Lachlan rivers.

  14. That being the terminus of his railroad communications, it is probable he was directed to remain there awaiting orders.

  15. Fort Hays was just beyond the line of the most advanced settlements, and was then the terminus of the Kansas-Pacific railroad.

  16. From there I was to make my way overland, first to Fort Totten near Devil's lake in Dakota, and thence by way of Fort Abercrombie to Saint Cloud, Minnesota, the terminus of the railroad.

  17. Next morning I sent back to Wright all the cavalry except one regiment, which escorted me through Manassas Gap to the terminus of the railroad from Washington.

  18. From Abercrombie we drove on to Saint Cloud, the terminus of the railroad, where, considerably the worse for our hurried trip and truly wretched experience with the mosquitoes, we boarded the welcome cars.

  19. The plan contemplated that, in addition to crossing the Tennessee River and making a lodgment on the terminus of Missionary Ridge, I should demonstrate against Lookout Mountain, near Trenton, with a part of my command.

  20. Great Western Railway has its terminus at Paddington, where a fine new station was built a few years ago.

  21. South-Eastern Railway Bridge, to connect the London Bridge Station with a new terminus in Cannon Street; this bridge, having five lines of railway, is midway between London Bridge and the one next to be named.

  22. The terminus has a splendid new hotel adjoining it.

  23. North London Railway, consisting wholly of viaduct and cutting, has its terminus at Broad Street, Finsbury.

  24. London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway has for its terminus a portion of the great London Bridge Station, contiguous to which a hotel has been constructed.

  25. Great Northern Railway has its terminus at King’s Cross—a building more remarkable for novelty than for beauty.

  26. The Midland Railway has a magnificent terminus in the Euston Road, and a junction with the Metropolitan line.

  27. Great Eastern Railway has its terminus in Bishopsgate Street, or rather Shoreditch, and a large depôt and station at Stratford.

  28. This station is the London terminus of a system exceeding 1,446 miles.

  29. It establishes through trains with other companies; and although it has no actual London terminus of its own, it is a great convenience to the western margin of the metropolis, for the fares are low.

  30. Green, the terminus of the Blackwall Railway, the East India Docks, and two or three river-side taverns where whitebait dinners are much in fashion during the season.

  31. There is also a connection with the South-Western terminus in the Waterloo Road.

  32. Blackwall Railway, with which is associated the Tilbury and Southend, has its terminus in Fenchurch Street.

  33. South-Western Railway has its terminus in the Waterloo Road, which has been placed in connection with the London Bridge Station.

  34. London and North-Western Railway has its terminus just behind Euston Square.

  35. From this terminus across the plantation land to the wooded swamp was an open plain, with scarce an obstruction to the deploy of troops or the sweep of artillery.

  36. On the south side of Market street, exactly opposite the terminus of Montgomery street, stood a vacant fifty-vara lot, owned by a well-known old pioneer by the name of Selim Woodworth.

  37. When Ralston and I opened New Montgomery street we never doubted that its manifest importance would compel an immediate and voluntary extension to the natural terminus of the waterfront and prove the logical outlet for congested trade.

  38. The railway terminus is placed at a point within the harbour where the sand-spit joins the mainland.

  39. In 1840 Boston was selected as the American terminus of the Cunard Line, the first regular line of trans-Atlantic steamers.

  40. Its western terminus is in the Wind River Mountains, latitude 42° N.

  41. Its western terminus is Cape Mendocino, a bold snow- capped headland, bending over the Pacific in 40° north latitude.

  42. Pericard also proposed that they should start at once, and as they had no money to spare for cabs or omnibuses, they must walk to the distant terminus from which they must start for the south.

  43. When they got to the great big terminus she still felt dreamlike, allowing Joe and Pericard to get their tickets and make all arrangements.

  44. The pillar marks the northern terminus of the line, and stands in lat.

  45. It is the eastern terminus of the only post-road across the mountains to Trondhjem (Drontheim) in Norway, which passes through the extensive province of Jemteland.

  46. She would walk for some distance, and then take a cab to the railway terminus at London Bridge, and wait till the earliest morning train started.

  47. It is the terminus of the ocean-going vessels, and the starting-point of the smaller cargo and passenger-steamers bound for Ichang, about 390 miles further up the river.

  48. Finally, Hankow is at present the terminus of China's only trunk railway, that by which I travelled from Peking, and it will soon be similarly connected with Canton in the south.

  49. The reason is plainly this: Erranti terminus nullus.

  50. The Romano-British period has been selected as the terminus a quo.


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