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Example sentences for "this direction"

  • But books which are not ostensibly concerned with the effective presentation of their contents alone, of course go farther in this direction.

  • Personal service is still an element of great economic importance, especially as regards the distribution and consumption of goods; but its relative importance even in this direction is no doubt less than it once was.

  • A quarter of an hour passed while the boat advanced in this direction.

  • But they had not made fifty steps in this direction, when they heard the dog barking furiously.

  • Two miles were cleared in this direction, and then, after they had passed the last curtain of trees, appeared the plateau, carpeted with thick turf, and beyond that the infinite sea.

  • As for ourselves, we are passing through an inductive, technical, speculative period and have gone such lengths in this direction that a reaction, during which we shall pass to the other extreme, may be confidently predicted.

  • Analogy points in this direction, and though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.

  • If I left Mandeville alone in the garden long enough, I have no doubt he would impartially make an end of the fruit of all the beds, for his capacity in this direction is as all-embracing as it is in the matter of friendships.

  • In this direction there is no end, any more than there is to life.

  • Far as our newspapers have already gone in this direction, I am inclined to think that in their evolution they must drop this adjunct, and print simply the news of the day.

  • Yet Munich attempts to be an architectural reproduction of classic times; and, in order to achieve any success in this direction, it is necessary to have the blue heavens and golden sunshine of Greece.

  • How plain is this direction, and how does it commend itself to our common-sense; lumpish shoes, and pockets filled with stones, how absurd for a man who is running a race!

  • How plain and important is this direction.

  • Had Sibyl been more 'advanced' in this direction, undoubtedly Alma would long ago have followed her example.

  • Harvey ran small risk of erring in this direction; he admired and reverenced her maidenly aloofness; her dignity he found an unfailing charm, the great support of his own self-respect.

  • He said nothing, but wished to have more of Alma's views in this direction.

  • Other liberal measures were passed, but the tide which had set so long in this direction turned at last, the government was defeated in 1873 on a bill for University Education, and in a subsequent election the Liberal party met with defeat.

  • In fact, the Bulgarians gave way, and thus enabled Nazim Pasha to report to Constantinople some success in this direction.

  • In short, the empire has come into very active rivalry with Great Britain in the development of commerce, and to its progress in this direction it owes much of its flourishing condition.

  • The flames made their way unchecked in this direction, and by noon on Thursday the whole section was a raging furnace, the denizens escaping with what they could carry of their simple possessions.

  • On the farther western side the flames cut a wide swath to Van Ness Avenue, a wide thoroughfare, at which it was hoped the march of the fire in this direction might be checked, especially as the water mains here furnished a weak supply.

  • They pumped water from the bay, but the fire was soon too far away from the water front to make any efforts in this direction of much avail.

  • There was need of vigilance in this direction, for the vandals were quickly at work.

  • Successful manufacturing depends primarily on cheap food, which accounts to a considerable extent for our growth in this direction.

  • Every step in this direction is welcomed with public approval, and every interruption of steady and uniform progress to the desired consummation awakens general uneasiness and widespread condemnation.

  • I believe that substantial progress has been made in this direction.

  • It seems proper to declare the general principles that should, in my opinion, underlie our national efforts in this direction.

  • This will cover a field of special importance, in which our country holds a foremost rank; but the Executive is at present powerless to organize a proper representation of our vast national interests in this direction.

  • But has a bona-fide effort been made in this direction?

  • It is always the poor, the very poor, the people below the line that suffer in this direction.

  • A development in this direction will do much to end the disasters that attend decent fellows when they go on tramp.

  • But the attempt to cast them all in the same mould is disastrous; there is an over-education going on in this direction.

  • It is in this direction that we catch sight of the analogy between his intellectual unfolding and that of the great Florentines.

  • Would that they had been wrought out with a more masterly touch; and would that Irving had penetrated further in this direction!

  • At any rate the wind is not blowing in this direction.

  • It seems to me that the fire is advancing in this direction, also, Scopus.

  • Night and day a watch must be set at the mouths of all the channels by which they might penetrate in this direction.

  • Now, it has been pointed out over and over again that it is solely by a correct treatment of Australian wines in the cellar that we can hope to attain to excellence; in fact, the whole secret lies in this direction.

  • It is true that Sydney and Melbourne, and possibly Adelaide and Brisbane, have made an attempt in this direction.

  • And it is one markedly calling for consideration, as there have been, and still are, grounds for complaint in this direction.

  • But Garfield at first mistrusted his own powers in this direction.

  • It is true, his greatest work in this direction was in one sense a failure.

  • But you have always manifested a weakness in this direction; and, I suppose, it runs in the blood.

  • That a volume of truth lies hidden from common eyes in this direction, I can well believe.

  • Take my advice, and make no further advances in this direction.

  • He was coming in this direction, and, without questioning the man's identity, I naturally supposed that he was on his way to your house.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "this direction" 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:
    accurate knowledge; landed estates; this and; this case; this circumstance; this course; this feeling; this group; this incident; this land; this matter; this measure; this movement; this name; this picture; this plant; this prince; this province; this room; this scene; this they; this town; this treatise; this very; this volume; this voyage