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Example sentences for "when touched"

  • When touched with a needle, the beak generally seized the point so firmly that the whole branch might be shaken.

  • When touched or pulled they suddenly drew themselves in with force, so as nearly or quite to disappear.

  • When touched with a needle, the beak generally seized the point so firmly, that the whole branch might be shaken.

  • Cohn remarks, there can be little doubt are sensitive to a touch, and, when touched, cause the leaf to close.

  • With respect to the functions of the several parts, there can be little doubt that the long jointed hairs are sensitive, like those of Dionaea, and that, when touched, they cause the lobes to close.

  • Stein discovered in 1873 that the bilobed leaves, which are generally found closed in Europe, open under a sufficiently high temperature, and, when touched, suddenly close.

  • When touched it darts away backwards as well as forwards, giving its body an undulating motion with such force and rapidity, that it seems to fly from side to side[448].

  • By means of this organ, when touched, it will syringe a fluid to a considerable distance, which, if it enters the eyes, gives them acute but not lasting pain.

  • When touched, the animal draws in its syphon, and only puts it forth anew when the danger has passed.

  • When touched or pulled, they suddenly drew themselves in with force, so as nearly, or quite, to disappear.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "when touched" 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:
    electric circuit; model aeroplane; puff paste; when baked; when cold; when considered; when cool; when crossed; when exposed; when life; when made; when perfectly; when planted; when questioned; when ratified; when soft; when suddenly; when sufficiently; when taken; when the door opened; when they had gone; when thoroughly; when time; when treating; when you; whenever possible