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Example sentences for "this position"

  • She was unable to keep even a tiny handful steadfast to this position.

  • The clamor over their imprisonments made this position untenable.

  • We do not consider ourselves subject to this court, since as an unenfranchised class we have nothing to do with the making of the laws which have put us in this position.

  • For example, man lives in the society of fellow-men; his actions derive their meaning from this position.

  • His examples of this position, however, have exclusive reference to the sentiment of pity, which all moralists regard as a primitive feeling, while few admit it to be the same as the moral sense.

  • This position is denied by some grammarians.

  • This position, as may be seen above, I do not suppose it competent for any critic to maintain.

  • Repeat some ten times, then take the "Stride" stand and repeat ten times in this position.

  • Holding the arms in this position, at the same time turning the hands and keeping the neck straight and the chest arched, will develop all the muscles over the shoulder.

  • In the "Daily Dozen" referred to later in this book, this position is called "Hands.

  • In the "Daily Dozen" this position is called simply, "Hips.

  • I was very willing to give way to any of them, but you have thought it best to continue me in this position.

  • This position he held for many years with distinction and honor.

  • Soldiers who had seated themselves with their head in their hands, and bodies bent forward in order to thus feel less the emptiness of their stomachs, were found dead in this position.

  • But this opinion is not admitted by Mr Arrowsmith, who has given but one island in this position, as we have already mentioned.

  • Lopatka; and as this position is found not to differ materially from that given by the Russians, it is probably very near the truth.

  • This position of the two islands affords a safe and commodious harbour, the entrance into which is from the N.

  • In front of this position, they say, a fortified outpost was set up on the Shevardino mound to observe the enemy.

  • He, the commander in chief, a Serene Highness who everybody said possessed powers such as no man had ever had in Russia, to be placed in this position--made the laughingstock of the whole army!

  • Minutes passed, and still he remained in this position.

  • He was still in this position, making persuasive little noises, when the door opened, and Avery Hill, his companion of a previous occasion, entered.

  • But her head was on his shoulder, his arms were round her; and in this position, nothing mattered greatly to her.

  • Something about this double-stopping here, and the fingering in this position.

  • Varvara Petrovna ruthlessly kept him in this position for a long time, a whole minute, staring at him without mercy.

  • This was a first success for Benedetta, and matters remained in this position.

  • However, the young man had scarcely taken up this position when he was surprised to hear some people talking, their words reaching him with great distinctness.

  • Moving on, I put my head down toward the pommel of my saddle and listened intently, trying to locate and interpret the sound, continuing in this position till we had crossed Mill Creek, about half a mile from Winchester.

  • This position of the Confederates was a strong one, defending Knob's Gap, through which the Nolensville and Triune pike passed.

  • This position is fully confirmed by comparative embryology.

  • Many of the acuter opponents of the theory saw at once the justice of this position, and, as this consequence was intolerable, they wanted to get rid of the whole theory.

  • If I had not known you and understood your nature and disposition as I fancy I do, I should not have allowed myself to be put in this position; but I have implicit faith in your doing what is wise and right, and so making it tenable.

  • Edinburgh has been tempting me again, and in fact I believe I was within an ace of going there, but the Government definitely offering me this position, I was too glad to stop where I am.

  • What I do care for is the justification which the being marked in this position gives to the course I have taken.

  • To race in this position, Number 1, the player whose back is in the direction to be traveled, leans well forward so that his weight is well on his own feet.

  • Each endeavors to pull his opponent across the line in this position.

  • Neck Tug of War Opponents interlace their fingers behind each other's necks and endeavor in this position to pull the other across a center line.

  • At the signal to go the first player bends forward, lifting the second player so that his feet are clear of the ground and carries him forward on his back in this position.

  • In this position, he circles around the stick three times and then runs forward to the distance line and returns, handing the stick to the next player on his team behind the base line.

  • The river Luczissa, which has worn itself a deep channel, marked the foot of this position.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "this position" 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:
    not because; right guard; this age; this argument; this beautiful; this case; this castle; this county; this crisis; this earth; this girl; this here; this incident; this instant; this law; this life; this movement; this name; this nature; this section; this singular; this spirit; this style; this they; this town; this way