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Example sentences for "thru"

Lexicographically close words:
throwin; throwing; thrown; throwne; throws; thruck; thrue; thrugh; thrum; thrummed
  1. Quail, turkey and other feathered game once on the inside and after eating the bait never think of going down into the ditch and out, but walk round and round the coop looking thru the chinks and trying to escape.

  2. A much better way, altho it is more work, is to bore a hole thru the side piece and round and drive in a hard wood plug.

  3. Set the trap in front of the hole, block up by setting up two stones V shape on the upper side of hole, forcing game thru the trap to enter or come out.

  4. Then set, pass lever thru the string over the cross piece and latch it in front of the treddle.

  5. Some years ago, I remember when doing considerable trapping in Southern Ohio, I came upon a deadfall built near a small stream that ran thru a woods.

  6. You can drive nails thru the outside pieces and the round.

  7. The lynx has long legs and carries his head straight in front of him and takes a snare by pushing thru it, or by a rush, never crouching and then springing.

  8. Bore one inch hole two inches from the top end and put round broom stick thru it seventeen inches long.

  9. Chaff or leaves should be placed on the inside so that the birds in scratching for the grain will partly fill up the hole thru which they came.

  10. To set the trap, pile stones on the end of the lid until it will tip easily, then put a pole thru under lid and go inside and fasten the bait on the bait stick.

  11. The small end of the pole should be split and a small but stout stake driven firmly thru it so there will be no danger of the pole turning and "going off" of its own accord.

  12. The spindle or trigger is run thru the bait and should be fastened on trigger near the end as shown in illustration elsewhere.

  13. Our colonel looked up and said "Now Boys get ready," and then the artillery lifts and we go thru the village.

  14. The same performance was gone thru and he gave the number of his battalion which was not the 25th.

  15. Going thru the village we came across two Huns carrying a wounded Hun.

  16. We went out right thru the village but no sign of the 26th.

  17. If I were a professional writer, I could describe a lot of things that happened that morning which would be very interesting to the reader but there are a number of incidents which I shall have to omit thru lack of memory.

  18. He says, "Now boys, the barrage will play there for five minutes and then we will go right thru the village.

  19. I was lucky enough to get over with my full amount of ammunition, which was very fortunate considering that we came thru quite an artillery barrage.

  20. But the korse ov tru luv never did run smoove, (this iz Shakesperes opinion too, i and he often think thru one quill) just az i was duing my best, .

  21. Thru the kindness of a nere and dear frend, i am able tew translate the wurd so that enny man ken understand it at onst.

  22. I had rather be a target for awl the bad luk in this wurld than tew go thru life shuteing a pizen arrow at awl the good luk.

  23. I also reseaved 2 letters bi to daez male, which i will let yu answer for me; thru yure valuable collums.

  24. Larfin at yure own story, while yu are tellin on it, is a good dele like firing a gun oph thru the tuch hole.

  25. I shud like tu set in one all thru Juli and August; a feller wud be as cool as a dog's nose in a wire muzzel.

  26. It kosts as mutch tew board one, as it duz a stage hoss, and yu mite as well undertake tew fat a fanning-mill, by running oats thru it.

  27. This can be successfully accomplished only thru the use of compressed air at low pressures.

  28. Thinner can be run thru the device without loss by placing a small can of reducer of the last material used in the machine, and forcing it thru in the usual manner.

  29. Spraying pressure is thus forced thru gun and fluid hose and the material backed into the container.

  30. Pressure on container will force thinner thru the machine and clean perfectly without loss.

  31. This is brought about thru the use of low pressure and the perfection of ingenious patent nozzles and other improvements.

  32. In about an hour the dye may be filtered thru a piece of fine woven cloth.

  33. It is advisable frequently to run thinner thru the machine as follows: (1) Place small can of thinner in center of container directly beneath fluid tube.

  34. To strain paint thru cheese cloth before using will be a safeguard against lumpy colors and streakiness.

  35. How can terrors of hell infuse fear in him when he knows that thru the medium of a powerful lawyer, God finds himself obliged (forzado) to pardon him.

  36. Thru a miracle, an angel took hold of the plow, guided the bulls while the saint prayed and did not work.

  37. Ask me thru the heart of my only begotten Son, and thru it I shall hear thee and thou shalt obtain all that thou wouldst ask * * *.

  38. In order that education be useful it has to form in the individual the sense of responsibility thru the free exercise of reason.

  39. The Ire of God The natural phenomena are looked upon thru ignorance as manifestations of the divine wrath which would not have taken place if no one among humanity had not provoked them by their conduct.

  40. It is said that San Ramon takes such a deep interest in the misfortunes and pains of his devotees, and is so extremely compassionate "that his images perspire thru the affliction of his devotees" (p.

  41. She remembers the "sojers" coming thru the place and asking for food.

  42. I was goin't thru the woods one day, and come up sudden in a clear patch of ground.

  43. As the men marched thru the lines the evidences of the superhuman struggle grew more and more.

  44. While walking thru the streets of Southampton, our throats parched and our feet sore, we were cheered time and again by the women and children, and many ran alongside of the marching column serving us cool water.

  45. And the child, crying, hurried to the small house and hid himself thru the night.

  46. Music screaming, higher, faster, insanely, sending shock after macabre shock thru night air, loosening the stars from their riveted stations.

  47. I'd just pinked her neatly in the gluteus maximus, when I was startled by a crash of glass, and turned around to see an aged man tottering carefully thru the remains of my French windows.

  48. A year ago when an invitation was sent you thru Professor Neilson to make this your meeting place for 1934, we were very much pleased to have the invitation accepted.

  49. Professor Neilson is present and better prepared to tell you of the work that has been accomplished thru his efforts during the last five years.

  50. Thru its alliances the shipping of Everett is in the hands of the same group of capitalists that control all other public utilities.

  51. Thru their scattering ranks the scabs on the tug Edison poured their rifle fire toward the men on the Verona.

  52. We poured the contents of the container out thru the bars and onto the floor.

  53. This was served to the men thru the bars but tasted none the less good on that account.

  54. While there a bullet pierced his hip, another went thru his back close to the spine, and a third completely tore off his left knee cap.

  55. The message of industrial unionism delivered thru the sworn testimony of a labor organizer was indeed an amazing spectacle.

  56. Shaw, a wood and coal dealer of Everett, admitted having joined the citizen deputies because of a call issued by the sheriff thru the Commercial Club.

  57. Sam Rovinson was beaten with a piece of gaspipe, but taking advantage of the fact that the shooting when Archie Collins made his escape had attracted the attention of the deputies he got thru the gauntlet with only minor injuries.

  58. They threw a cloth over my head and beat me some more on the head with their gun butts and then they dragged me thru the fence at the right-of-way and went a little ways back into the woods.

  59. He fell to the deck behind a little jog, against the bulkhead, and while in that position two bullets went thru his cap.

  60. I got thru them and there was a couple ran after me, but I beat it ahead of them.

  61. Thru the loopholes already provided, and even thru the sides of the warehouses they blazed away in the general direction of the boat, using revolvers and high powered rifles with steel and copper-jacketed missiles.

  62. First walk thru the court to the Triumphal Arch on the right.

  63. Now raise your eyes to those beautiful cameo figures on the burnt orange ground at the entrance to the colonnades, and you will be carried in thought to the Zodiac, that great imaginary belt thru which the sun and planets travel.

  64. He has reached this lofty position thru faith (represented by the priest) and war (suggested by the rude warrior).

  65. He has mounted thru war and his religion and stands at the feet of the Priestess of Religion, the last group at the upper part of the Tower.

  66. There came a time when, had you looked closely, you would have seen coming thru the Golden Gate a phantom flotilla of caravels, freighted with clever ideas.

  67. Pass thru this Tower of jewels noticing in the eastern and also the western arcades two fine fountains.

  68. On these primitive people pass thru life.

  69. Water - The bellowing ocean with mouth agape lies on the tossing waves, thru which sport the dolphins.

  70. Men, strong like the trees, are shooting thru the air their arrows.

  71. There you see the zodiacal figures, two and two, with their symbols, gliding thru space.

  72. Look thru the entrance into the Court of Palms at the Horticultural Palace across the way - a fine green and white picture.

  73. Marching along with primitive man, thru long periods of time, you next meet him developed as the Crusader of the Mediaeval period.

  74. Thru some such processes as have been rehearst, by some such influences, Shakspere's imagination must have been led to the construction of a spectacular play that would win applause both in the Blackfriars playhouse and at court.

  75. Romance had found its readiest entrance to the stage thru the shows and spectacles which delighted the courts of the Tudors.

  76. He look up thru de pine tree tops and say: 'I see Jacob's ladder.

  77. What us has come thru since dat day and de days befo' dat, beyond freedom.

  78. The entire Confederate line left the field, disappearing thru the thick woods in the valley to their camp on Wilson's Creek, somewhat to the right of the Union center.

  79. Plummer had been pushing his Regulars thru the corn and oat fields toward the battery which he wanted to take, and was within 200 yards of it when Capt.

  80. He was encumbered with immense trains, for which bridges had to be built over numerous streams and roads made thru the rough country.

  81. The successful culmination of the long standing partnership of the Australian and New Zealand believers thru the emergence of the New Zealand N.

  82. Melkisidek hadn't mutch branes, but he didn't need much, for hiz bizzness thru life waz the lover bizzness.

  83. It would seem that a lamb ought to git along thru life more fluently than a hornet duz, but they duzzent, and i also notiss that the most suckcessful hornets are thoze who are bilt with a stinger on both ends ov them.

  84. Soloman Billings waz a leetle slippery, but he managed tew git thru life without slipping down mutch, and died reazonably well.

  85. But thare iz lots ov pholks who kant see enny phun in enny thing, yu couldn't fire a joke into them with a double barrell gun, 10 paces off, they go thru life az sollum az a cow.

  86. When he flies thru the air he iz az gracephull az a wind mill that haz broke away from its fastenings.

  87. When yu strike ile pull out yure auger at onst, and begin to barrell the ile, menny a man haz kept on untill he bored klean thru and sum other phellow kaught the grease at the bottom.

  88. The winner of the game collects full value of his score from each of the other players and throwing his hand into the discard is thru for that game.

  89. He set at my feet in Sunday school since he was so high, (measures knee height) and he come thru religion under de sound of my voice an' I baptized him and I know he's clean.

  90. The sun is dropping low and red thru the forest.

  91. Just cause she got a walk on her like she done gone crazy thru de hips!

  92. JIM (Plays the air thru once then starts to sing.

  93. Enter Mayor Clarke thru the pulpit door and is annoyed at the clamor going on.

  94. After nine cramped but interesting hours--we passed thru Chateau-Thierry--our trip ended at Fere en Tardenois.

  95. Next morning, before reveille, the Justicia slipped quietly down New York Bay, thru Ambrose Channel, and into the Atlantic.

  96. Then an almost heartbreaking hike thru Pas to the war-worn village of Couin.

  97. Next morning we moved to a position north of Florent, and three days later we moved thru the town of Le Four de Paris into those trenches north of La Harazee that had been deserted by the 122d German Regiment of the 2d Landwehr Division.

  98. Again and again we assaulted the position and finally, after a running fight thru the streets, the town was ours and the American wedge was in a fair way to split the entire German defense.

  99. Illustration: Our Path Thru the Argonne] No gain was made by this sortie and we drew back to our funk-hole position awaiting further developments.

  100. Thru Gezaincourt, Bernaville, Ailly le-Haut Clocher, to Pont Remy, where we entrained.

  101. We passed thru the outskirts of London at 6:00 A.

  102. But either thru knowledge or by chance, the Germans had prepared against this maneuver and the surprise was reversed.

  103. The intent was to surprise the enemy with a daylight raid and thereby obtain information thru capture and observation.

  104. B Company marched down the gang plank, thru half-lighted sheds, into those curious side-door railway cars so peculiar to Europe.

  105. As Lonnie plays thru a verse warming up, all the men get interested and start to hum.

  106. A still more marked symptom is the formation of great quantities of resin, which flow downward thru the injured parts and out into the ground.

  107. Smaller ones, but still quite distinct, are to be seen scattered all thru the wood.

  108. Fluted upper surface of the fruiting body of the fungus, which gets its food thru a great number of fine threads (the mycelium), its vegetative tissue penetrating the wood and causing its decay.

  109. Such tubes are known as pores, or vessels, or "tracheae," and sometimes extend thru the whole stem.

  110. This description is given thru directions for making a few simple, useful articles, suitable either for school or home problems.

  111. A common method of limitation is to cut trenches thru the duff so that the fire cannot pass across, Fig.

  112. For this purpose, the cuttings take place thru a series of years, sometimes lasting even twenty years.

  113. These are really bundles of cells running longitudinally from the rudiments of leaves thru the stem to the roots.

  114. If it is necessary to rotate the slip ring end frame to match the unit being replaced, remove the thru bolts, separate frames just far enough to rotate to desired position and replace thru bolts.


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