In this he considers the various solids which may be formed by the revolution of a segment of a conic section round a line which is not its axis, a condition not unfrequent in the form of a cask.
Then the Redshank, one of the prettiest and most graceful of our indigenous wading birds, is a by no meansunfrequent visitor to the sandy reaches about the eddies in the Highland burns.
This song usually commences about the beginning of March in the north of England, but in the southern counties it is not unfrequent in February, another instance of climatic influence.
This species is a notunfrequent autumn visitor to the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk.
It is not an unfrequent thing to see soldiers shot at Manilla for some misdemeanours, and I have not heard of one of them dying a poltroon; certainly, all those I have ever seen suffer, met their doom with the utmost calmness.
This was an event unfrequent and consequently unexpected, and our garments were thoroughly soaked before we could realize our misfortune.
Duels of a similar character, fought on the spot with knives, the left arm protected with a garment used as a shield, were by no means unfrequent among the Spaniards in the New World, and the barbarous custom is not yet obsolete.
When the watch was called, I pointed out the fiery ball to Eastman, and to Mr. Adams, the mate, and learned that the object which gave me such a fright was not of veryunfrequent occurrence during a gale of wind.
The gallantry and romance of a former day, though at the time of our story subsiding, were not quite dispelled; and nightly serenades under the casements of a distinguished beauty were by no means of unfrequent occurrence.
Observant, courteous, witty, and versed in the various accomplishments that combine (that most unfrequent of all unions!
May you be blind,” or “May you squint,” is not an unfrequent Arab curse.
Miss Vanbrugh sometimes took Olive with her on those little errands of charity which were not unfrequent with the gentle Meliora.
Of this kind of tower the examples are notunfrequent in the smaller churches in Lombardy, and in the public halls and private houses of many of the cities described in these pages.
What cause, my sister, brings thee, who art seen Unfrequent here, for that thou dwell'st remote?
The beasts all whitening roam the lifeless plain, And caves unfrequent scoop the couch for man.
These sheds, the erection of which is not unfrequent in case of fever, have the advantage of pure free air, by which the patient is cooled and refreshed.
It is no unfrequent thing to see the majority of an Irish congregation drowned in sorrow and tears, even when they are utterly ignorant of the language spoken; particularly in those districts where the Irish is still the vernacular tongue.
Albani Library at Rome; or from Lazzari, Dizionario dei Pittori di Urbino, where not unfrequent errors occur: others from the originals.
All these were bishops of Lisieux, during the ages when canonization was not altogether so unfrequent as in our days.
Saint Mary, the Egyptian, who is among them, covered with her tresses, which may easily be mistaken for a long plaited robe, is a saint of unfrequent occurrence in this part of France.
These duels among the old trappers of the Rocky Mountains were not very unfrequent occurrences.
They often anticipate the evil effects of drink, and it is not unfrequent to see a New Mexican assuming the airs of a drunken man after two or three mouthfuls of "aqua-diente.
Alec, who found some escape if not relief from painful thought in the prosecution of his favourite study, was thus occupied one evening, no very unfrequent occurrence, by candlelight.
It is not an unfrequent occurrence for minds in Germany, even at the present day, to be led to accept the truths of the Gospel by the reading of the True Christianity.
The Avocet is met with throughout a great part of the Old World, and is said to be not unfrequent in Holland and France.
The Great Bustard was formerly not unfrequent in Britain, but of late years it has become so rare that it is now impossible to describe its habits on the testimony of a living eye-witness.
In Ray's time it was not unfrequent on the eastern maritime coasts.
It is of very rare occurrence in the pine-forests of Scotland, and a still more unfrequent visitor to England.
The Golden Eagle breeds only in the Highlands, but it is not an unfrequent visitor to the Lowlands of Scotland in the cold season.
This bird is not unfrequent in East Anglia, and it is met with now and again along the south coast, and has wandered up the Thames valley.
Hypertrophy, or enlargement of the prostate gland, is not an unfrequent disease in the adult or middle-aged man.
Young girls, as they approach the age of puberty, seem possessed with the idea that the unfrequent action of the bowels is a desirable habit.
Care must be taken to prevent the accumulation of pus, lest it burrow, and sinuses become established—not an unfrequent result of want of sufficient caution in this regard.
The records of the Crimean campaign afforded not unfrequent examples of such wounds.
The question which would be thus started is one of notunfrequent recurrence, and it is very worthy of observation how often, so soon as we take note of etymologies, this contradictio in adjecto is found to occur.
These brilliant assemblies were a common and notunfrequent feature in our old town and district life {22} all through the reign of George III.
This unfrequent communication between the principal cities of the great Southern States is rather a curious contrast to the almost unintermitting intercourse which goes on between the northern towns.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unfrequent" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: few; infrequent; occasional; rare; scarce; seldom; slow; sparse; sporadic; uncommon; unique; unusual
