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Example sentences for "umbrella"

Lexicographically close words:
umbracula; umbrae; umbrage; umbrageous; umbras; umbrellas; umbreller; umbrinus; umbris; umiak
  1. Every thing was put under seal, even to an ancient umbrella which had borne the brunt of many a shower in half the countries of Europe, to say nothing of storms it had weathered previous to its transatlantic voyage.

  2. Sometimes when the sun was strong the umbrella would be raised to shield the monkey's eyes, which could not stand the fierce glare incident to a long march upon sun-baked trails.

  3. Later on in the morning we saw other herds, but invariably at long range, sometimes teetering along the sky line or appearing and disappearing behind the flat-topped umbrella acacias.

  4. He is standing out there in all this rain with an umbrella in one hand, a trowel in the other, and a package of sunflower seeds in the other.

  5. Do so by all means," I replied, "as I have only two hands occupied with the trowel and the sunflower seeds it will be a pleasure to balance an umbrella as well.

  6. He of the umbrella offered to subscribe largely himself, and promote the subscription among others, hinting that many of the members of the kirk favoured the cause, and would be glad of an opportunity to display it.

  7. To such a congregation, after the decease of John Curtis, my friend of the umbrella made a proposition to have a chapel erected.

  8. The girl had to work hard during the day, and often the Witch threatened to beat her with the same old umbrella she always carried in her hand.

  9. Once the Witch struck Toto a blow with her umbrella and the brave little dog flew at her and bit her leg, in return.

  10. Mr. Parker unloaded the car and went to work with a will hammering the metal stakes of the umbrella tent.

  11. However, the government man was all smiles as he pulled up not far from the umbrella tent.

  12. Twice he put up the umbrella framework, only to have the entire structure collapse upon his head.

  13. Never, I beseech you, undervalue the waiter who restores the ring you dropped in the coffee-room; nor hold him cheaply who gives back the umbrella you left in the cab.

  14. She opens her umbrella and runs off up the slope.

  15. More Serviceable Umbrella Jars--Place a large carriage sponge in the bottom of the umbrella jar to prevent umbrellas from striking the bottom of the jar and breaking it.

  16. I must have a watch and chain, A silk umbrella and a cane.

  17. He all but thrust the point of his umbrella into another person's eye.

  18. Nor a silk umbrella with a silver mount and a crest on top, like this?

  19. She was grasping her pocket with one hand and waving her cotton umbrella frantically in her excitement with the other.

  20. Here you, Mr. Porter," she shouted, standing with difficulty and shaking a huge cotton umbrella at that officer.

  21. But could you--could you put that umbrella into the wardrobe and poke up the fire again to make a little light?

  22. That was dreary, only--she would go and buy the umbrella while he was away, and get used to having it before he saw it.

  23. And May put the umbrella away in the wardrobe and poked up the fire.

  24. Enter them, please," said Gwendolen, and she surprised herself by hearing her own voice asking for the umbrella department.

  25. That the future Mrs. Middleton should not even have an umbrella to call her own was monstrous!

  26. Did absolute sincerity mean that she would have to tell about the--the umbrella that she was going to get?

  27. That horrible umbrella was in her hand, in the other hand was a handkerchief.

  28. If she obeyed her second impulse on the moment, that umbrella would never become hers.

  29. The umbrella she had borrowed before, had disappeared from the stand: it must have been left by somebody and been returned.

  30. She had begun to consider that mental umbrella as already a real umbrella and hers.

  31. She ran down the steps without opening the umbrella, and dashed into the taxi, Lady Dashwood following under an umbrella held by Robinson.

  32. It looked exactly as if it was going to rain later on, and yet there was no umbrella she could borrow.

  33. The idea flashed into Gwen's mind that an umbrella could be bought for ten shillings.

  34. The Warden was in London, a free man, and there was the umbrella in the corner of the room, hers.

  35. She would not like the Warden to know that she was going to buy an umbrella with money that Mrs. Potten had "thrown away.

  36. Ever since she had put the note in her pocket, the mental image of an umbrella had been before her eyes.

  37. I went into the building and registered, and then from force of habit or absent-mindedness handed my umbrella over the counter and asked how soon supper would be ready.

  38. I am glad it is not the custom now to wear an umbrella in the thorax.

  39. Here we stowed ourselves away like so many sardines, and waited patiently under the umbrella for an hour.

  40. Just then an oldish man of a chunky build, and with an eye as black as the driven tomcat, reached through the crowded aisle with his umbrella and touched the girl.

  41. Another day the cars were full till you couldn't seem to get even an umbrella into the aisle, I thought, but yet the guards told people to step along lively, and encouraged them by prodding and pinching till most everybody was fighting mad.

  42. She put on her hat, seized an umbrella from the rack, and sallied forth.

  43. Bubbles looked as sympathetic as the occasion required, and trotted along by Dimple's side, holding the umbrella over her, and trying to suggest all manner of comforting things.

  44. The hands that clutched the umbrella trembled--she raised her eyes and looked at me.

  45. The umbrella was under her arm and she clutched the bundle with two gnarled and resolute hands.

  46. The mouth wrinkle under her nose was pursed to an extreme resolution, and ever and again she told her umbrella to come up or gave her tightly clutched bundle a vindictive jerk.

  47. You take an umbrella when you go in the garden.

  48. Tu-Kila-Kila rose; the kings of Fire and Water held the umbrella over him.

  49. The man within the umbrella drew aside the curtain of hanging nautilus shells.

  50. Fire and Water marched slow and held the umbrella over him.

  51. As soon as they were gone, Tu-Kila-Kila laid aside his umbrella with a positive sigh of relief.

  52. The umbrella should not be put in a corner, but in an open bed, where people can walk all around it.

  53. For example: Hold an umbrella over their heads, which is covered with a long cloak.

  54. Well, I should say I did, and what are you doing with that old umbrella frame, Marshall?

  55. They probably will not before next summer,” was grandma’s assuring comment, “and then your nasturtium umbrella would be one year old.

  56. It is very hot in the Ghetto, and everybody is uncomfortable, but the umbrella pedler is more uncomfortable than any one else.

  57. The cloak and umbrella business in New York is rapidly becoming monopolized by the Jews who began in the Ghetto; and they are also very large clothing merchants.

  58. Fooled," one of the most interesting of Levin's sketches, is the tale of an umbrella pedler.

  59. In the water they move along or swim by the slow pumping or rising and falling of the umbrella or disk, and are of all the colors of the rainbow.

  60. These arms, when extended, give the octopus a faint resemblance to an umbrella without a handle, and with very long supports.


  61. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "umbrella" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    aegis; blind; bombing; buffer; bulwark; bumper; canopy; chute; contraceptive; copyright; cover; curtain; cushion; drape; drapery; fender; fuse; goggles; governor; guard; harness; helmet; inclusive; insulation; interlock; lifeline; mask; mission; pack; pad; padding; palladium; parachute; parasol; patent; pilot; preventive; prophylactic; reconnaissance; safeguard; safety; scramble; screen; shade; shadow; shelter; shield; sortie; sunshade; sweeping; umbrella; veil; vent; windshield