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Example sentences for "when seen"

  • When seen on the streets, the ladies generally wear the black "manta" drawn close about the head and shoulders and partially covering the face.

  • On our starboard bow there soon came into view the well known Ship Rock, which appears, when seen from a short distance, almost precisely like a full-rigged ship under canvas.

  • Even large objects on the earth, when seen on a distant eminence, or over a wide expanse of water, dwindle almost to a point.

  • When seen at a distance as they run over the ground, from their colour they look like pigs; but when seen seated on their haunches, attentively watching any object with one eye, as is their habit, their true character is known.

  • From his awkward, heavy appearance, when seen at a distance, it would not be supposed that he is extremely active, capable of moving at a rapid rate, and of continuing his headlong career for an immense distance.

  • They are an attempt to make the bird so live before the reader that, when seen out of doors, its recognition shall be instant and cordial, like that given to a friend.

  • When seen in the air, the crow is the only other bird for which the raven could be mistaken; but the raven does more sailing and less flapping, and he delights in describing circles as he easily soars high above the trees.

  • These were rival baits to those which the world fishes with, and were snapped at, when seen, with no less avidity.

  • Small as these white points are separately, when seen in the aggregate they change the color of the whole crown of the tree.

  • Pores--Wood is not the solid substance it seems to be when seen in the mass.

  • When seen in cross section they are arranged in short, wavy lines, broadest in the middle and tapering toward both ends.

  • To capture the butterfly, when seen at such times, is not altogether an easy matter, as for the purpose the net must be affixed to the end of a pole about 14 or 15 feet in length.

  • When seen it is generally high up on, or around, some oak tree.

  • Although it might be passed over for a Green-veined White, or other common butterfly, when seen on the wing, it is very different from any of our other species when seen at close quarters.

  • Comparatively little sins before conviction, when seen in the glass of God's law, and in his holy presence, become great ones.

  • The flowers are much smaller than those of the showy trefoil; however, when seen in masses, they form conspicuous patches of color in dry woods.

  • No passions are without their use, none without their nobleness, when seen in balanced unity with the rest of the spirit which they are charged to defend.

  • When seen he was suffering with pain in the stomach, and was advised to eat much heavy food and avoid aperients.

  • When seen by the surgeon his hair was matted and his clothes saturated with blood.

  • When seen on the third day he had ceased to vomit for three hours.

  • When seen on the third day, the lower part of the abdomen was motionless, tumid, and tender.

  • When seen on the third day the wound was gaping and pulped cerebral matter was found in it.

  • When seen on fourth day there was tenderness in the lower half of the abdomen, and the left thigh was held in a flexed position.

  • The ear is over the middle of the neck, when seen in profile.

  • Objects in relief, when seen from a short distance with one eye, look like a perfect picture.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "when seen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    but don; large brick; sharp fight; when calling; when cooked; when dissolved; when disturbed; when employed; when exposed; when going; when half; when only; when quite; when ratified; when required; when rightly; when sent; when speaking; when their; when they; when they saw him; when they were seated; when told; when what; whence the; white metal