Punch describes how this modest measure was "turned down" in the Lords on the initiative of the Prime Minister, who scented in the concession possibilities of a revolt of domestic servants.
Chelsea Reach, and did not disguise his satisfaction when the scheme was "turned down" by a Select Committee.
The Venus of Milo, by the way, has in 1922 been "turned down" by a fashionable Chicago lady as utterly early Victorian.
In the latter case, a corner should be turned down.
Beds, instead of being made up as soon as people rise out of them, ought to be turned down, and exposed to the fresh air from the open windows through the day.
Sleeve lappets are attached to the arm holes, being gathered near the edge, and set on before the arm hole is hemmed, so that when the edge is turned down no stitches will appear.
If you sew selvages, they must be joined evenly together; but if raw edges, one must be turned down once, and the other laid upon it, but a few threads from the top.
May the Blessed Virgin grant that she shall have no turned down pages in her life," and forcing her proud and bitter mouth into a provocative smile, she went forward to welcome Harlan.
There's a turned down page in each life, and mine--a story might unfold, But the end was sad of the dream divine.
Tendons of flexor digitorum sublimis and profundus, and the lumbricales muscles cut and turned down.
I had reached the end of a lane which ran around a ten acre field, and come out into another that ran from a house, through a cedar brake; and coming to this last lane, I turned down it to a party of soldiers I saw close by.
I turned down it to a long break in the line; I then followed the general direction of our front for half a mile, when I reached one of our own batteries which I found to be literally dismantled.
Calpurnian Law a standing court was instituted for the trial of officials accused of extortion in the provinces.
The revolt took Caesar by surprise when he was in Cisalpine Gaul and his troops still scattered in winter quarters.
It is not surprising, then, to find that by 133 B.
These boughs should not be larger than a match and crooked stems should be turned down.
The spoke B is bent over back of the spoke C and out between C and D, and so on, until the spoke E is turned down.
The toughened shape can now be turned down in its upright position, cut off the bat, and the base hollowed in a chuck (see next chapter).
The plaster block, which should be turned down before it sets hard, is shipped back into position, the jigger revolved and the profile gradually pressed down until the true section is obtained, i.
Yet they also, if built carefully and stoutly, may be turned down in the above manner.
It is obvious that the surface D may be turned down on the angle plate and bolted as before, the surface A being set parallel to the chuck plate surface as before, and all four of these surfaces will be finished true as required.
When, however, the work will admit of being sufficiently reduced in diameter, it may be turned down, leaving a face F in Fig.
A and at B, or its diameter may be turned down, as in Fig.
But now, having humbled herself again and been turned down, she went round another mental corner.
Turned down to the left; tolerable grass only; here we saw the first buffalo sign; the wolves kept barking all night.
As to personnel, I ask for young and energetic commanders, Byng and Rawlinson, and am turned down.
Next I ask for an old and experienced Commander, Bruce Hamilton, and am turned down.
Next I say that Reed, who would be a good staff officer to some Generals, is not well suited to Stopford; I am turned down.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "turned down" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
