Colonel Cator, for such we had found our host's name to be, held rather sceptical views regarding the power of aeroplanes to combat airships, and he waxed distinctly humorous as we sat together.
The purblind optimists waxed hilarious, and called it the `Scareship Campaign.
It was plain that the match was to end with another contest between the Indian and Enoch Harding and the interest waxed high.
In the midst of the good time, while the fun waxed furious, the door of the hovel opened and there stood in the opening the tall, slim figure of Crow Wing.
Walter; for now he had heard that the Maid was not slain he had waxed wary again, and stood watching his chance.
Then waxed Walter wood-wroth, and cast down his bow and drew his sword, and strode forward towards the bent against the Dwarf.
As for Walter, he was confused in mind and shaken in spirit; and withal he seemed to see guile and cruel deeds under the talk of those two, and waxed wrathful thereat.
As to the Maid, she so waxed in loveliness and kindness, that it was a year's joy for any to have cast eyes upon her in street or on field.
When the noon-day heatwaxed fierce, she had to rest, though it required her utmost strength of will to keep herself quiet, lying listening with straining ears to the endless whirring of countless insects in the silence of the veldt.
It was the intellect which condemned him when he wore a joyful air, and the sensations when he waxed over-solicitous.
Suns waxed and waned, And still my spirit held an upward flight, Spiral on spiral, gyres of life and light More and more gorgeous--ever that face there The last admitted!
His insensitivity has waxed inordinately, and led him to mix styles, to commingle dramatic and coloratura passages, to jumble the idioms of three centuries in a single work, to play all manner of pointless pranks with his art.
The staid people who earned good pay waxed wroth as they read the literature, and said abusively: "Breeders of rebellion!
As, however, the mutiny gathered strength on the outside, the indignation waxed daily within the capital.
Moreover, the discord among the Reformers themselves waxed daily, and became more and more mischievous.
But the honest indignation of Market Street that an agitator should appear in a pulpit--that an agitator for anything, should appear in any pulpit--waxed strong.
After all, who cares that Thomas Van Dorn waxedfat in the land, that he received academic degrees from great universities which his masters supported, that he told men to go and they went, to come and they came?
And off in a dark corner, Daniel Sands, who was hunger incarnate and nothing more, spun his web, gathered the dust and the flies and the weaker insects and waxed fat.
For a moment his companion stared at the flushed face of the youth, who had waxedso grandiloquent as emotion got the better of him.
Noticing Hillary's curious stare as he regarded the beautifully polished skulls, many of which still had hair clinging to the bone, Ingrova waxed sentimental, stepped forward and took the smallest skull down from its nail.
The clear fire of their love waxed ever stronger, devoured the days and weeks and months, and refined and fused them all into golden memories without one smallest speck of alloy.
It was more than ten years since that day in the Meadows, and the blight there put upon his person had waxed with each year.
White marks on waxed surfaces may be removed by rubbing lightly with a soft rag moistened in alcohol, after which rub with raw linseed oil.
Place the paper, waxed side down, on the picture and while holding it firmly with the fingers of one hand, rub the back thoroughly with some hard substance until all parts of the picture have been gone over.
Illustration: The Repair on a Whip Made with a Notched Ferrule and a Waxed Thread] Repairing a Worn Thimble Silver thimbles are easily worn through at the end, and they can be quickly repaired by soldering from the inside.
Wind the whole from end to end with a waxed linen thread, such as used by harness makers.
When the last coil is made, cut off the thread from the spool and tuck the end under the whipping by pulling on the ends of the waxed loop, as shown at G.
If the current is right, the deposit on the waxedplate will be a flesh pink; if too strong, it will be a dirty brick color and the plate will have to be washed and the current reduced.
A simple and effective way to prevent a cork from sticking is to place a small piece of waxed paper on the bottle opening so that when the cork is pressed in, the paper will be between the cork and glass, as shown.
The point of the latter is sharpened and then the bamboo wound with waxed twine, or fine wire, to prevent its splitting.
Remove the paper and a perfect copy of the picture will be found upon the waxed side.
What did it matter whether a few more or a few less pounds had been drawn out, whether the drain had waxed or waned in the last quarter of an hour?
These folds are actually modelled in waxed paper, the needlework being stretched over them, and probably fixed on by a gentle heat.
The other parts of the dress are worked in the same way, but without the waxed paper, and the edges of the garments are in some places marked with what might be called a metal fringe, made in a small recurring pattern.
Abraham is dressed in a red under-garment on waxed paper, in heavy folds with a belt and edge of stamped-out metal, a blue flowing cape and high boots, all worked in needlepoint lace in coloured silks.
After a few hours the assurance would have waxed dim, and he would have questioned again.
The manager himself would bring it in; a brilliant gentleman named Juniper with red baggy cheeks the laxness of which was compensated by a waxed moustache that stuck out on either side as if a skewer had transfixed them.
At any rate, he waxed more and more cantankerous and disagreeable as he grew bigger and stronger.
Lecoq always waxed warm on this subject; he felt a strong resentment against the injustice practised on his profession.
The carpeting of waxed canvas between the doors had been torn up, and on the white marble slabs large drops of blood were visible.
As the child waxed in knowledge and in strength questions like these dropped from his lips so frequently that they distressed me:-- "Papa, what is God?
Men waxed enthusiastic over the beauties of nature on Midsummer Day; were overwhelmed by the thought of their sins on the great fast-days; fell in love when they were twenty, went to bed at ten o'clock.
He lectured on the nature of poetry and philosophy, waxed enthusiastic over the Nibelungenlied, studied ancient German history, poetry, and legend.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "waxed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
