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Lexicographically close words:
tile; tiled; tiler; tiles; tiling; tillable; tillage; tille; tilled; tiller
  1. He mistakes the seeing his chains for the breaking them, delays action till action is of no use, and dies the victim of mere circumstance and accident.

  2. Macbeth's speech: Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, Till thou applaud the deed.

  3. This continued till the perfect establishment of Christianity.

  4. This book was lost for many centuries till a large fragment of it was discovered by Ceriani in 1861 (Monumenta Sacra, I.

  5. This task performed, he sank into a total imbecility both of mind and body, which continued for two years, till his death in January 1782.

  6. In Aqiba's time Sirach and other apocryphal books were not reckoned among the Hisonim; for Sirach was largely quoted by rabbis in Palestine till the 3rd century A.

  7. Till a few years ago, owing to Christian interpolations, it was taken to be a Christian apocryph, written originally in Greek in the 2nd century A.

  8. Chinese invaded the country, and eventually established there a supremacy destined to last, with little intermission, till the 10th century A.

  9. Neolithic period such as are dug up on European soil; they are evident relics of ancient populations who used them till replaced by metal.

  10. He left two illegitimate sons, and his descendants can be traced till 1687.

  11. Ruin, nothing short of it, accompanied poor Berry to her bed that night, and her character bled till morning on her pillow.

  12. I have had a thought this night that has kept me in torment till I rose to speak to you.

  13. She has nobly preserved the mask imposed by comedies, till the curtain has fallen, and now she weeps, streams with tears.

  14. One doesn't know what the earth is till one has seen the Alps.

  15. My belief is they none of them know anything till they join issue and go into Court.

  16. Ripton was fortifying himself so as to forget him altogether, and the world as well, till the next morning.

  17. Adrian begged her to retain her astonishment till the right season, which would not be long arriving.

  18. And is no angel of avail till that is drawn off?

  19. My opinion is, that orange-peel lasts all through the year now, and will till legislation puts a stop to it.

  20. Listen to me--give him my letter, and don't speak a word till he speaks.

  21. And fills, but does not fall; Softly I hear it call At heaven's gate, till Sister Seraphs press To look on you their old love from the skies: Those are the eyes of Seraphs bright on your blue eyes!

  22. Till he knew what women are made of, sir!

  23. You feel yourself strangely diminishing in those sweet mirrors, till at last they drop on you complacently level.

  24. I went pretty slowly, I tell you, till I got to the attic door, and there I stopped awhile, afraid to open it for fear of seeing something horrid.

  25. When this Turkey is disturbed, it runs swiftly through the under-brush, or springs upon the low branch of some tree, and leaps from limb to limb till it reaches the top.

  26. Then he invited his father and mother to walk up and see what he had done, for he had before requested them not to come up, till he got ready for them.

  27. And now I won't tell you but one more of these things, at present, but leave them till other occasions.

  28. And all the good they got for that was that they were clapped into prison till a way for doing it should be found.

  29. They sat long together under the dark bank, looking out over the quiet and cold moonlit waters, till the midnight hour.

  30. If we told, they would be taken from us," they said; and they waited till it was night.

  31. Very slowly the Cockatrice began munching the fresh fodder, and Beppo, intent on feeding him back to life, ran to and fro between the hillside and the cavern till he was exhausted and could go no more.

  32. Japonel, when she heard that answer, went away till she came to the pond in the wood.

  33. Now the first you must not sow till you find yourself in a white country, where the trees and the grass are white.

  34. For till then the Prince had not known anything; all had been kept a secret between the Queen and the King and the family Fairy.

  35. So he set himself to gather dead grass, and briers, and tufts of goat's hair and from farther down the hillside the wood of a ruined goat-paddock, till he had a great store of fuel at hand.

  36. After the king's death the queen was made regent till the king's son should be come to a full age; but already the little king wore the royal crown his father had left him, and the queen looked on and said nothing.

  37. The next morning she hung her head low, for she feared all her beauty was flown from her, till she heard her father say, "Wife, each day it seems to me our Japonel grows more fair.

  38. For that lower world of earth, which was ever till now subject to us, and from whence we received tribute, never sent us such a dead man before, never sent such presents as these to the princes of hell.

  39. For the first mother of your nation, Sarah, was she not barren even till her eightieth year: and yet even in the end of her old age brought forth Isaac, in whom the promise was made of a blessing to all nations.

  40. For he had been assured by the Holy Spirit, that he should not die, till he had seen Christ come in the flesh.

  41. The Jews at the hearing of this were disquieted and troubled; and they seized Joseph, and commanded him to be put in custody before the Sabbath, and kept there till the Sabbath was over.

  42. And ye shall not talk with any man, but sit as dumb persons till the time come when the Lord will allow you to relate the mysteries of his divinity.

  43. St. Mary replied to her, Wait a little till I have washed my son Jesus, and put him to bed.

  44. They who have been kept here till they should live again upon earth, were taken away hence, not by their own power, but by prayers made to God, and their almighty God took them from me.

  45. For it is written, Enter into thy chambers for a little space, till my anger and indignation shall pass away: And I will remember the good day, and, will raise you up out of your graves.

  46. But Thecla desired the favour of the governor, that her chastity might not be attacked, but preserved till she should be cast to the beasts.

  47. In 1888 the districts of Rostov and Taganrog, which till then had belonged to the Pale, and had been developed largely through Jewish enterprise, were torn away and amalgamated with the Don district, in which Jews were not permitted to reside.

  48. It was not till about the eighteenth century that the Government began to resort to the usual methods of eradicating heresy.

  49. Having waited in vain till 1868, they offered to defray the expenses of the schools involved, if the Government would advance the money at the first.

  50. We have seen a gang waylay a Jew, stop his horses, and strike him till he fell from the wagon.

  51. From homes expelled yet still to Poland chain'd; Till want and famine mind and life consume, And sorrow's poison'd chalice all is drained.

  52. It still fits and will fit "the eternal people" till time is no more.

  53. This remarkable book, with the euphonious name The Ready Table, prescribed enough regulations to keep one busy from early morning till late at night.

  54. In Vallisneria, the male and female flowers are on different plants, and the buds of the female flowers rise on long spiral stalks, which gradually uncoil, till the flower appears above the surface of the water, where it expands.

  55. The capsule, which remains covered with the calyx till it is quite ripe, divides into five or ten concave valves, each having a placenta, to which the seeds were attached, in its centre.

  56. The true leaves, however, often appear on seedling plants; and thus, when seeds are sown of several kinds of Acacia, it is sometimes difficult to recognise them till they have attained a considerable age.

  57. The anthers of the stamens are often enfolded in the flowers before they are fully expanded, so that the filaments appear bent, till at last they open fully and hang down.

  58. The leaves are simple and cordate; and they do not appear till the flowers have faded.

  59. This is the theca, and the leaf it carried away, and which resembles an extinguisher, is called the calyptra, and it remains on till the sporules are nearly ripe.

  60. The leaves are very small when they first expand, but they gradually increase in size, till they become very large.

  61. The fruit is a fleshy husk in one piece, formed of the dilated calyx; it generally retains the stigmas till it has nearly attained its full size, and when it becomes ripe it does not separate into valves, but bursts irregularly.

  62. A very beautiful preparation may be made by soaking this calyx in water till it becomes completely macerated; that is, till all the pulp is decayed and only the fibrous part left.

  63. The flowers are inconspicuous, and the fruit is a triangular nut, retaining the calyx till it is ripe.

  64. The calyx is persistent, that is, it remains on till the fruit is ripe.

  65. This is an honour that up till then had never been accorded to any music-hall artiste, and I was, moreover, heartily congratulated by Mr. Wise at the conclusion of my show.

  66. I never realised till then what an appetite for ice-cream the British soldier can acquire in a hot climate, and when recovering from wounds.

  67. I was rather taken aback, for although I have often used the gag before in all sorts of places, nobody up till then had ever taken me seriously.

  68. These kept with us till darkness set in, when, of course, as we steamed with all lights out, there was little to be feared from submarines.

  69. I’ve been missing money from the till for quite a long while now.

  70. I have never lived where there were any books till now.

  71. Wait till you are told to, you lazy rascals!

  72. When her mental depression and suffering reached such a stage that she could not safely see a human face but his, he shut himself up with her in her darkened room till the crisis had passed.

  73. She did not speak till Mercy touched her shoulder.

  74. She would sit in her chair from morning till night, looking out of the window or watching the movements of those around her, with an expression of perfect placidity on her face.

  75. I simply cannot bear it,--at any rate, not till I am stronger.

  76. She frolicked with the negro children, and decked their little woolly heads with wreaths of golden-rod, till they looked as fantastic as dancing monkeys.

  77. The only emotion she showed was when Mercy left the room; then she would cry silently till Mercy returned.

  78. So that folk stood and watched the skiff growing less and less upon the deep till they could scarce see her.

  79. Thus he went on seeking his beloved betwixt the mountains and the plain, till the great rock-wall came down to the side of the sea and made an end of the Glittering Plain on that side.

  80. But he said to himself, "I will wait till I hear her desire hereon.

  81. For now since the Flaming Sword hath come, there is no need for haste; nay, we cannot depart till they have gone up-country.

  82. This second day as they went, the hill-sides on either hand grew lower, till at last they died out into a wide plain, beyond which in the southern offing the mountains rose huge and bare.

  83. Therewith he unmoored his boat, and sat down and took the oars, and rowed till he was out of the little haven, and on the green sea, and the keel rose and fell on the waves.

  84. As to thy throne, I bid thee keep it till a keel cometh thy way from our land, bringing fair gifts for thee and thine.

  85. There then they sat them down, and ate and drank what they would, sitting by the lip of the pool till a waning moon was bright over their heads.

  86. These two subjects hold a sort of dialogue in which Prospero has the last word till the Allegro con fuoco commences.

  87. It begins allegro con spirito and fortissimo, and keeps it up till the first episode, which is in the same time, but pianissimo and in the minor.

  88. After this there is nothing till the last act.

  89. The curtain goes up to exquisite music, which lasts till the end of the play.

  90. Mr German, following his own programme, works now for his great climax, the killing of Claudius by Hamlet, after which the music grows slower and slower and more and more piano till it finally dies away.

  91. The remainder of the music becomes high tragedy, and it remains so till the very end.

  92. To characteristic music he grumbles at his perpetual labour, till Prospero, angry, sends him off.

  93. The music then proceeds in fugato manner for a long time, and there are no more directions or quotations from the text in the score till towards the end.

  94. Hoping to gain some useful information, I now, with extreme caution, descended from the top of the tree till I reached a branch about twenty feet from the ground, and concealed myself among the thick leaves.

  95. Not that they worked like slaves, from morning till night.

  96. They had heard from Leatherwing that such an animal lived in the woods, but they did not think they should ever meet with him, as the bat had told them that he never came abroad till it was dark.

  97. When he had finished, the squirrels became so terrified that they ran and hid themselves in their snug retreat, declaring to each other that they never should be happy till they were sure that the monster had been killed.

  98. After our fortunate escape, nothing worth relating occurred till the day I was caught by that cruel boy from whose hands you so kindly rescued me.

  99. I left her flying up and down a shady lane nearer home, carrying her baby about with her, as she always does, you know, till it grows pretty strong.

  100. Then brother Softsides was angry, and bit my ear till I cried most bitterly, without laughing at all.

  101. Never men more friendly shall I need, till I am dying, Than those who now will help me.

  102. Queen Hilda him awaited till on the shore he stood.

  103. To him King Ludwig answered: "Ever free from shame Have I till age been living, and still a worthy name And rank among my fellows will hold till life is ending.

  104. Throughout the night they rested, till dawn of the coming day.

  105. Hagen bade his followers: "Now ask these guests of mine If they will deign most kindly to eat my bread and wine, Till they, within my kingdom, on lands they hold are living.

  106. Tis well for me," said Ortrun, "that I have lived till now, When as the wife of Hartmut you here yourself will show.

  107. If this shall last till morning, two may be left to fight, but not another.

  108. Then from Wa-te's lips Came kindly words to Hettel; he begged him to feel easy, Till they should again be coming, for to do his bidding they would all be busy.

  109. They walked along the seashore, till a tent was seen by them, With richest silken hangings; while they stood thereunder, What now to her should happen gave to Herwic's sister greatest wonder.

  110. If they my back shall smite With rods, from now till morning, I trow it will not kill me; But soon shall those who wronged us know themselves the ills they chose to deal me.

  111. I sat thus till noon; I had succeeded by then in getting ten, perhaps twenty lines down, and still I had not found an ending.

  112. I slept till between five and six in the morning--it was not yet light when I awoke--but all the same I got up at once.

  113. Perhaps, though, I could wait till I got home; it would take a quarter of an hour.

  114. He takes his time; he has the whole night before him; he does not notice the paper bag--not till he comes quite close to it.

  115. Sat in state in the Stiftsgaarden till two o'clock; forgot door-key and a pocket-book with a thousand kroner at home.

  116. And as I went on I tried to think of a place where I could have it kept till later on.

  117. I had no doubt but that he would eventually see that; it only was a matter of waiting till the spirit moved me; and why shouldn't the spirit move me?

  118. Was there a hole to be found where I could creep in and hide myself till morning?

  119. Ah, I thought so; but you may just wait till you are blue first .

  120. It was still quite dark as I opened my eyes, and it was not till long after that I heard five strokes of the clock down-stairs.

  121. So I took a long time up over Drammensveien, and stayed away till the evening, pondering incessantly, as I walked along, as to how I would continue my drama.

  122. But Bavaria has up till now steadfastly refused to sacrifice the advantages of belonging to the German confederation.

  123. France is romantic in ambition, she is vivacious and happy and dignified, till she is called upon to pay anything.

  124. We do not come till we are invited, but then we usually stay," is the formula.

  125. These offices from morning till evening are crammed with people trying to get away from Poland.

  126. Benes; "we must wait patiently till it occurs to the Poles that a close brotherly relationship between the two countries is better than suspicion and jealousy.

  127. I've a machine here will take us round the park till she's drunk her fill of clean air again.

  128. Well, then, let you sit down, lad, and listen till I'm telling you the whole of it.

  129. Now, we'll wait till morning and then talk it all over.

  130. Wait a bit till we talk it over," said Daragh.

  131. Wait till you see the look she has on her.

  132. But I went my ways with a scandalous come-hither in my eye, leaning over a still pool till I'd see my bold face smiling back at me, and Larry Kinsella stealing behind to whisper his verses in my ear.

  133. Now it had surely been less than two hours from his first rising till the time that he wakened to the noise of Jenny from his second sleep.

  134. The clock said six minutes till eight and the second hand was sweeping normally.

  135. It must have been just about an hour till the traffic lights changed, but change they did at last.

  136. He and his brother had been separated for a great many years, and the bond of love which had united them in their childhood had become weaker and weaker till it scarcely held together.

  137. It was not till he reached his third decade that he could read and write.

  138. Shall we go into them to-night, or would you prefer to defer their consideration till the morning?

  139. It is a beautiful night, and I have made up my mind not to go to sleep till I have heard the nightingale, so how can I employ my time better than in the way I am doing?

  140. So last evening, when we parted, it was agreed that I should come to London to-day, and appeal to you to give me shelter till Kingsley's return.

  141. She lingered still, and said, with a kind of pathetic imploring: "Would a telegram be received here if addressed to the post-office till called for?

  142. Wait till you see her, and meanwhile give me your promise that you will do your best to further my wishes.

  143. Everything is so strangely beautiful that I can scarcely believe I am living the same life I lived till I became a happy, happy mother.

  144. But though they waited up till two o'clock there were no further developments.

  145. Tell him I may not be home till the morning, and that Hester is waiting for him.

  146. Perriera to go to Kingsley, and tell him that he might not return till morning, and that it would be best not to wait up for him.

  147. I will wait till the nightingale has finished its song.

  148. It happened last night that I had much to look after, and my affairs kept me up till the small hours of this morning.

  149. It will take the Navahos till noon to-morrow to ride all the way back and round to the head of Hell Cañon.

  150. Any fool ought to know anybody would hold off till you located the mine.

  151. He worked for Dad and was right decent, till he got in with Slade and the--business started.

  152. We've got to make it last till sundown, Jack," she warned.

  153. Wait till Cochise has had a little fun with you.

  154. Just hold your hosses a bit, though, till I tell you.

  155. We're safe from the bunch till Slade returns--only none of us can leave the Hole.

  156. Count on me to out-travel the pony till sun-up.

  157. We don't want to rile up Cochise till we git him cornered.

  158. That's all right till you get back the use of your hand.

  159. Only wait till you've made sure of Slade.

  160. Guess I can count on you till Cochise is made a good Indian.

  161. But now we're here, I think we'll take no more rides till Slade comes.

  162. Ivan, holding to his mouth a straw-covered pitcher full of spirit, which he to whom it was offered did not remove from his lips till it was quite empty.

  163. I will not be happy till I see your eyes full of tears.

  164. The heavy law costs soon swallowed up all the appellant's means, till at last his little property was put up to auction to defray his expenses.

  165. My acquaintances used to laugh at me because I sat all alone drinking silently till far into the night, just as they used to laugh at me afterwards for sitting by myself and singing hymns.

  166. The two defenders held their places, held them, at any rate, till the besiegers should stream through the window or shoot them down from behind.

  167. The old man would not let me go till vespers.

  168. Not till she has burnt down the castle of Hétfalusy, at any rate.

  169. Not a word did he say, but he shook the door till it trembled on its hinges.

  170. Man must wait till the last of his allotted days has come.

  171. That doesn't matter a bit, you must wait till the skein is unwound.

  172. On hearing these words the boy took to his heels--he ran and ran till he fell down senseless in the wood.

  173. I'll put you in irons and send you to the county jail, and there you may sit till your turn comes to stand before the judges.

  174. Once or twice there was a twitching of the eyelids over the stiffening staring eyes, till at last they closed painfully in the dream of death.

  175. The sole object of the besieged was to keep the mob at bay till the arrival of the soldiery.

  176. Such atonements has the goddess exacted from the despoilers of her temple; nor will she cease to pursue them, with every species of vengeance, till the sacred money shall have been replaced in the treasury.

  177. That fury and pest had by every kind of fascination engrossed his affections and obscured his reason; nor had she rested till she had with her own hands clad him with impious arms against his guest and friend.

  178. He sat silent for a short time till he was informed that the instigators of the mutiny were brought into the forum, and that every thing was now in readiness.

  179. Caius Calpurnius was ordered not to move his army from Arretium till his successor had arrived.

  180. He said, that he should himself attack Hasdrubal and the Carthaginian camp; but that he should not begin till he saw the fire in that of the king.

  181. The Faculty will diet you till indigestion stops, On what have always seemed to me interminable slops; A dainty dish is sure to be the worst thing you can eat; The bismuth and the charcoal come like nightmares after meat.

  182. Well, if you ask me, I think they'll keep till next year.

  183. It continued to sparkle till the first train came down from town, when our guests and the rain arrived together.

  184. Neglect of her husband and of her two step children makes an unhappy home till a friend brings a new philosophy of happiness into the household.

  185. Daw and Linday had to keep on; and they kept on till the disaster happened.

  186. The days lengthened till there was no darkness, the sun dipping at midnight, due north, for a few minutes beneath the horizon.

  187. That cat'd bunched back an' down till it had all of six feet slack in its body.

  188. Bill's bringing in the moose and won't get back till dark.

  189. She is happy in his love till another woman comes into his life.

  190. He had been triced up and lashed till he fainted, had been revived and lashed again.

  191. Out of this cabin with you till you can come back and say that I make him live.

  192. Because he's just goin' on livin' till you get there, if it takes you a week to make up your mind.

  193. It was not till he arrived between Mure and Vizille, within five or six leagues from Grenoble, and on the fifth day after his landing, that he met a battalion.

  194. Many of them appeared fanciful, and even grotesque, and nothing can be more unsoldier-like than to see a man laced in stays till his figure resembles a wasp.

  195. These copies soon became very scarce; many of them were illegible; and it was of till he arrived at Gap, on the 5th of March, that he found means to have them printed.

  196. After I had waited from eight in the morning till near twelve the pageant commenced by the arrival of half a dozen Greek priests, with long beards, and as richly dressed as the high priests who figure in the processions of the opera.


  197. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "till" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    bank; before; blackmail; boodle; booty; case; cashbox; chest; coffer; compact; cultivate; culture; cut; delve; depository; dig; dress; exchequer; fallow; fertilize; file; force; graft; harrow; haul; hoe; list; locker; loot; mulch; pending; perquisite; pickings; plow; plunder; prior; prize; prune; rake; register; repository; safe; soil; spade; spoil; squeeze; stealing; storehouse; swag; take; thin; till; treasury; vault; weed; work


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    till about; till after; till death; till finally; till half; till late; till night; till noon; till now; till past; till presently; till quite; till she; till suddenly; till tender; till the; till then; till they; till they reached the; till thou; till very; till when; till you