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Example sentences for "this nation"

  • Twice, indeed, rumors of the invasion of some parts of America in the interest of monarchy have prevailed; twice my predecessors have had occasion to announce the views of this nation in respect to such interference.

  • It would be unbecoming the representatives of this nation to assemble for the first time in this solemn temple without looking up to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe and imploring His blessing.

  • That port will yet mean the wealth as well as the strength of this nation, so it will be well to have it properly protected.

  • Never was a scarcity of cash and an exuberance of paper a subject of complaint in this nation.

  • The power to mold the future of this Nation lies in our hands--yours and mine, and they are joined together by the Constitution.

  • I believe that the admission of these persons will add to the strength and energy of this Nation.

  • Yet these very things justify the deepest confidence in the future of this Nation of free men and women.

  • This Nation is proud of the eagerness shown by our veterans to become self-reliant and self-supporting citizens.

  • I am convinced that such action is vital to the security of this Nation and to the maintenance of its leadership.

  • North America was once indeed a great strength to this nation, in opportunity of ports, in ships, in provisions, in men.

  • Will the five years' war carried on in Canada, in which fell one of the principal hopes of this nation, and all the battles lost and gained during that anxious period, convince this author of his mistake?

  • The people, however, said to Moses: "What avails it this nation to do homage to its king, who is invisible?

  • This nation accepted "the spoon of then shekels of gold filled with incense," every man among them being willing to accept the Ten Commandments and the Torah.

  • This nation, whose name indicates that they were "people whose village is on a hill," formerly resided on the Missouri, about thirty miles below where they now live.

  • This nation is now hunting in the plains for the buffaloe which our hunters have seen for the first time.

  • This nation, although it makes so many ravages among its neighbours, is badly supplied with guns.

  • The honor of this nation, however, requires that it should not be open to the imputation, unfounded though it be, of the slightest appearance of tolerating such crimes, whether to be committed against our people or those of other countries.

  • The claim of this nation in regard to the supervision and control of any interoceanic canal across the American Isthmus has continued to be the subject of conference.

  • That Congress, by taking such action, will give expression to the almost universal desire of the people of this nation is evident, and I earnestly urge the passage of an act similar to Senate bill No.

  • Grant, late General of the armies of the United States and twice President of this nation, the Congress confer upon him a suitable pension.

  • What would our condition be in the event of the greatest calamity that could befall this Nation?

  • And when I had tried you I wished your mind to open, to keep pace with the growth of this nation.

  • And so must we believe that God has reserved for this Nation a destiny high upon the earth.

  • There, sir, is the hope of this nation--the resting place of the power that is not only to control but to save the Union.

  • If Zoe as one of the numerous persons of color had already involved my life, how terribly would the curse pronounced upon the descendants of Ham fall upon this Titan, this nation builder!

  • There, sir, is the hope of this nation, the resting place of the power that is not only to control but to save the Union.

  • I cannot but think that as time and the conviction of their senses will restore men to love the peace now established in this nation, so they will gradually see I have acted no part but that of a lover of my country, and an honest man.

  • They are to be rooted out of this nation, if ever we will live in peace, serve God, or enjoy our own.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    this battle; this chapter; this character; this child; this church; this company; this continent; this convention; this house; this idea; this instrument; this king; this man; this name; this occasion; this part; this power; this province; this remark; this river; this story; this sudden; this very; this volume; this wise; this young