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Example sentences for "trough"

Lexicographically close words:
troublesom; troublesome; troubleth; troubling; troublous; troughs; trounce; trounced; trouncing; troupe
  1. The molten metal in the Kjellin trough forms the "secondary" circuit.

  2. Well, from the trough we were carried off, and put in kettles of what they called nitric acid, with pieces of tin in it.

  3. Reasoning thus, Selsey Bill got down, for he saw a wisp of hay by the trough just fitted to dip in the water and cool the muzzle.

  4. It was Bouvard that whipped the horse, while Pécuchet on the trough shovelled off the strained apples.

  5. As soon as you crossed the threshold, you came in contact with a stone trough (a Gallo-Roman sarcophagus); the ironwork next attracted your attention.

  6. He sees the bread trough open wide, And into it he jumps to hide; Then with a bump he shuts the lid.

  7. Out from the dough-trough Peter springs; Quickly he fetches John the things.

  8. Tall and raking though she was, the Ocean's Pride was all but buried when down in the trough of the waves.

  9. In addition to this, he had made a little wooden trough of cherry tree, that would hold about a quart, with a handle on one side, that was made out of the solid wood: this was to keep the soap in that was used about the sink.

  10. Dere was a trough for de niggers and one for de hawgs.

  11. Us sit 'round the trough and eat clabber and bread with big, wood spoon.

  12. We gits 'bout all de milk we wants, 'cause dey puts it in de trough and we helps ourselves.

  13. Dere was a trough wid water in it and dey set de milk and butter in it in de summer time.

  14. No sir, we didn' sit down at no trough for to eat.

  15. Piggie Wig and Piggie Wee, Greedy pigs as pigs could be, For their dinner ran pell-mell; In the trough both piggies fell.

  16. Let us suppose that the two parts of the trough are separated by a partition containing small channels at right angles with its direction.

  17. As long as the pressure of one part and another of the wet wall differs to a degree less than the capillary pressure of the largest channel, the gases disengaged in the two parts of the trough will remain entirely separate.

  18. A laboratory voltameter consists either of a U-shaped tube or of a trough in which the electrodes are covered by bell glasses (Fig.

  19. If the fish can make a trough like this, a hut will be no trouble to him.

  20. And our old trough is broken; besides, it's too small.

  21. First thing in the morning off you go, and ask your fish to give us a new trough to put the bread in.

  22. The old man went home, and there, outside the hut, was the old woman, looking at the handsomest bread trough that ever was seen on earth.

  23. I've been thinking," says his wife, "your fish might have given us a trough to keep the bread in while he was about it.

  24. This is far too fine a trough for a tumbledown hut like ours.

  25. If we were to keep this trough in such a hut, it would be spoiled in a month.

  26. There is a lot left over, and without a trough it will go bad, and not be fit for anything.

  27. Beneath their feet a lake of white vapour hid the trough of the Teme valley lapping the bases of other wooded hills.

  28. Their eyes were fixed, peering into the trough of the valley beneath them.

  29. For a mile or more the road ran along the side of the little river, but soon the valley fell away beneath them, a deep trough clogged with brushwood, and the road degenerated into a stony track.

  30. Tell Lin to get my shotgun from under the feed trough in the cow stable.

  31. A little over a mile below the big water trough the romantic spot known as the "Turkey's Nest" is reached.

  32. One of the most attractive features of the National Road was the big water-trough that stood by the side of every tavern, filled with fresh, sparkling water, and absolutely free to all comers and goers.

  33. A good water trough was maintained at this old stand, and travelers halted here for water.

  34. Calvin Morris, a son of William Morris, the old tavern keeper on the hill west of Monroe, and William Downer, a son of the old gentleman who lived at and maintained the big water trough on Laurel Hill, were also riders on the Pony Express.

  35. The indispensable water-trough was here also.

  36. A large water-trough was always maintained at this old tavern, where teams attached to all kinds of wagons, coaches and other vehicles, as well as horses and mules led in droves, were halted for refreshment.

  37. She descended till she reached a point where a little stream had been turned into a stone trough for cattle.

  38. The angry clouds had dropped lower on the moors; a few sheep beside the glimmering stone trough showed dimly white; the night wind was sighing through the untenanted valley and the scanty branches of the thorn.

  39. The board is held in place by a loop of iron, B, which hooks into the holes in the trough of the grindstone.

  40. It is common also to have a trough at the back of the top of the bench, i.

  41. Starting a Saw Cut in a Trough Cut With Knife.

  42. A dowel or nail may be inserted in the trough for a stop.

  43. This is a long wooden trough thru which water is led, and the logs floated end on.

  44. Now that his hunger had been satisfied, he was gazing contentedly at his little trough that was half full of good, sweet milk.

  45. Duke was drinking at the trough there, and uncle said: 'Just look at him.

  46. The milkpans were set on low shelves or in a trough so that the water could run around them and keep the milk cool.

  47. Clouds of spray were thrown far aside as she mounted the crest, and every plunge into the trough brought a torrent of water over her bows.

  48. The Fortuna rolled viciously in the trough of the choppy sea, making their footing extremely unsteady.

  49. Unguided by a hand at the wheel, the Fortuna fell off into the trough of the sea and began to roll broadside on.

  50. And, too, every day Aphrodite does have likes for her feeding-trough to be scrubbed clean all over.

  51. After I did give her the brushing, I did get moss and cover the clean feed-trough with it.

  52. Again approaching the river we pass a spring and water trough where the ~Sierra Point Trail~ (Trail Trip 12) joins from the right.


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