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Example sentences for "this season"

  • The river here cannot be less than ten miles broad; it is quite clear of islands and free from shoals at this season of the year.

  • We resolved to walk to his place through the forest, a distance of three miles, although the road was said to be scarcely passable at this season of the year, and the Una much more easily accessible by boat.

  • The navigation is attended with danger on account of the extensive shoals in the middle of the river, which are covered only by a small depth of water at this season of the year.

  • He had accordingly found it advisable to spend as much of this season as he could in warmer regions.

  • Whereas the fact is that a great many of the costliest gifts in this season do not count at all.

  • She must be 'etrennee' at this season, and therefore I think you should be so too: so draw upon me as soon as you please, for one hundred pounds.

  • Rather surprised to find them break fence at this season, yet putting it down instantly to their great fondness for ivy in winter-time, of which a great deal grew in the plantation, he followed through the hedge.

  • The first movement in his new progress was the lambing of his ewes, and sheep having been his speciality from his "youth, he wisely refrained from deputing -- the task of tending them at this season to a hireling or a novice.

  • The grass about the margin at this season was a sight to remember long -- in a minor sort of way.

  • Jones therefore left him to enjoy his nap; and as the reader may perhaps be at this season glad of the same favour, we will here put an end to the eighth book of our history.

  • Now, after this short preface, we think it no disparagement to our heroe to mention the immoderate ardour with which he laid about him at this season.

  • Moreover, we may remark that at this season love is of a more serious and steady nature than what sometimes shows itself in the younger parts of life.

  • Among the gay young fellows who were at this season at Bath, Mr Fitzpatrick was one.

  • In this atmosphere, which seemed to flow over all these Atlantic isles at this season, one endures a great deal of exertion with little fatigue; or he is content to sit still, and has no feeling of sluggishness.

  • Mr. McGregor is a fiery-haired Scotchman and brother, cordial and hospitable, who entertained our wayward horse, and freely advised us where the trout on his farm were most likely to be found at this season of the year.

  • Among the many delightful customs we did not inherit from our Pilgrim Fathers, there is none so pleasant as that of giving presents at this season.

  • The cake, however, which prevails at this season of the year comes from the Tyrol; and as the holidays approach, it is literally piled up on the fruit-stands.

  • I forbear at present to describe the fruit, as none existed at this season, excepting oranges and lemons, and I wish to introduce my readers to every scene and object precisely as they met my eye in travelling through the country.

  • The aspect of the country was pitiable; it should have been at this season a waving sea of green barley and young wheat, but it was a withered desert --with a few patches of verdure like oases in a thirsty wilderness.

  • We moved partridges in several places, but these were old birds packed in considerable numbers: a bad sign at this season, when they should have been sitting upon eggs.

  • The Nomads possess large flocks of sheep, the camels, cows, and goats being chiefly found at this season on the seaward side of the hills, where forage is procurable.

  • On every side appeared deep clefts, ravines, and earth cracks, all, at this season, dry.

  • Rain generally falls in partial showers at this season, and they are essential to the well-being of the spring crops of indigo.

  • The racks were elegantly fringed with a fern I had not hitherto seen, Polypodium proliferum, which is the only species the Soane valley presents at this season.

  • A boisterous current swirls round them, strong even at this season, and very dangerous in the rains, when the swollen river is from twenty-eight to forty feet deeper than now.

  • The atmosphere, too, of these regions is peculiarly favourable for views: it is very dry at this season; but still the hills are clearly defined, without the harsh outlines so characteristic of a moist air.

  • The farm-houses along the Sudbury shore, which rises gently to a considerable height, command fine water prospects at this season.

  • All laborers must have their nooning, and at this season of the day, we are all, more or less, Asiatics, and give over all work and reform.

  • But I find the sound of the mowing-machine and the patent reaper is even more in tune with the voices of Nature at this season.

  • It is very noticeable what a contrast he presents to his mate at this season, not only in color but in manners, she being as shy and retiring as he is forward and hilarious.

  • At this season an unusual commotion reigns in Reikjavik.

  • Several rivers, chief among which was the Laxselv, opposed our progress, but at this season of the year they could be crossed on horseback without danger.

  • We do," he replied, "at any rate at this season.

  • The river runs into it, and you can easily pass in at this season, but in the height of the wet season, when the river level would be some twenty feet or more above its present one, I doubt if you could.

  • You will find Paris bleak at this season of the year," I continued, longing to make him talk.

  • He was bound for far-away Alpine regions, ordinarily visited by tourists during the summer months only, and, one would think, impassable at this season of the year.

  • You are alone, and purpose undertaking a bitter and, it may be, a perilous journey in mountain ground at this season.

  • Have our readers ever remarked the peculiarly beautiful appearance of the pines at this season of the year?


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "this season" 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:
    one day; then sprinkle; this affair; this also; this arrangement; this body; this business; this conception; this division; this event; this game; this instrument; this law; this manner; this nation; this operation; this part; this people; this region; this scene; this speech; this story; this style; this treaty; this very; this wise