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Example sentences for "ton"

Lexicographically close words:
toms; tomtit; tomtits; tomtom; tomtoms; tona; tonal; tonalities; tonality; tone
  1. On our starboard, or the Egyptian side, ran a caravan road overshadowed by plane and palm trees, and we saw several camels being driven along by Arabs in picturesque flowing garments.

  2. A dry dock is constructed with two galleries at the top built into the stone-work, and is reached by a flight of steps usually standing back about twenty feet from the edge.

  3. Three days later we received a wireless message saying that it was believed that the Koenigsberg, a German raiding cruiser, was coaling in Jidda, a port in Arabia, on the banks of the Red Sea.

  4. By 2 o’clock three-quarters of the water was out of the dock, and those of us who were not on duty went over the brow (i.

  5. When all this was accomplished a trial run of ranges and deflections with the ship occupied us until lunch-time.

  6. On the evening of the second day we weighed anchor and proceeded to Devonport, arriving there next morning.

  7. Having piled all the luggage on a taxi which had been hired for us, we started for the lighthouse, which was on the other side of the island.

  8. This, however, only made the suspect increase her speed, so our Captain rang down to the engine-room “Full speed ahead!

  9. According to Anaxagoras the question was extremely simple: [Greek: kai arrena men apo ton dexion, thelea de apo ton aristeron.

  10. Over the whole department in the Seleucid realm there presided a single chief ([Greek: ho epi ton prosodon], App.

  11. The chief of these ministers is denoted [Greek: ho epi ton pragmaton], and he corresponds to the vizier of the later East.

  12. Er sucht nur das, was Sinn und Wert für ihn hat, was er braucht, was er unbedingt haben muß.

  13. In herzzerbrechendem Ton sagte sie: »Wohl, wenn ihn Gott berufen hat, so darf ich ihm nicht in den Arm fallen.


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

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    tone process; tone production; tone quality; toned paper; tonnage duties; tons burden; tons burthen; tons displacement; tons each; tons gross; tons register; tons were