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Example sentences for "while others"

  • A few of them may have marked the tombs of some forgotten personages, the discovery of human bones beneath them confirming such a conjecture; while others seem to have been holy places and altars from the beginning.

  • Several times as we advanced in this close order the animal was evidently within a few feet of us, as certain elephants endeavoured to turn back, while others desired to dash forward upon the unseen danger, which all keenly smelt.

  • The varieties of cats are so numerous that I do not pretend to describe them; some are of sufficient importance to be classed among the smaller leopards, while others are no larger than the ordinary domestic cat.

  • In like manner we may observe the difference in animals, many of which are by nature extremely timid, while others of the same genus are more bold.

  • They convert all of his compost heap wastes into simple bodies, some of which are changed into plant foods, while others are at the same time lost.

  • Some species are found to produce good results with desired flavours, while others, under identical conditions, produce decidedly poor results with undesired flavours.

  • The capitals of the columns are of different designs; several of them bear a resemblance to palm branches, while others [p.

  • Some of my companions asserted that the pond contained a spring, while others denied it; from which I inferred that the water never dries up completely.

  • Many persons believe that he entertains some such design, while others, better informed perhaps, assert that the Sheikh will never make the attempt, because he knows that the mountaineers would never submit to a Druse chief.

  • Some say it is good, while others say it is bad.

  • This explains why some individuals with I Q somewhat below 75 can hardly be classed as feeble-minded in the ordinary sense of the term, while others with I Q a little above 75 could hardly be classified in any other group.

  • Some men dislike to be seen in cities, while others would go mad if obliged to live on the plains.

  • Some laughed at him, while others, after questioning him until they had arrived at the facts, would gravely shake their heads, and express an entire ignorance of the woman's whereabouts.

  • What art thou, speak, that on designs unknown, While others sleep, thus range the camp alone?

  • What art thou, speak, that on designs unknown, While others sleep, thus roamst the camp alone?

  • Some were for setting aside all thoughts of the expedition for that season; while others, more warm in their dispositions, and sanguine in their expectations, were for prosecuting it with vigour, in spite of all dangers and difficulties.

  • We were told that many who had attempted to reach the top of this mountain had never been more heard of, while others, on making the same attempt, said, on their return, that it was quite inaccessible.

  • They accordingly did as they were directed; but some poured the water into their throats and fell a coughing, while others poured it beside upon their faces and clothes, which much amused the king.

  • In consequence of this, the admiral gave orders for some of the ships to load here, while others were to do the same at Cochin[8].

  • Some sit and do themselves proud, while others do the drudging," said the Vanishing Man, Otto's comrade.

  • The children who did not know the hymn were carried along by the crowd, some of them contenting themselves with moving their lips, while others made up words of their own.

  • The general was mounted upon another of the elephants, some of his attendants riding, while others went a-foot.

  • Others sought out the mountains and hid among the rocks, while others hid in the woods.

  • Therefore, if he judges the earth, he sees and sets apart some from the mass doomed to destruction, while others he condemns, and he takes as his inheritance not all nations, but only a portion of the whole.

  • It was the fifth day of the week, and some outside the city were attacking the gate, while others continued to battle the inhabitants inside the city until evening.

  • Some took their way towards Assyria and Babylon, while others embarked at Tyre or Sidon for the islands of the Ægean Archipelago.

  • Some of the symbols in the inscriptions found on their monuments recall certain of the Egyptian characters, while others present an original aspect and seem to be of Ægean origin.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    another specimen; arms around; bright look; direct popular; fair castle; great value; inferior conjunction; mind about; much comfort; optical section; shall proclaim; three bays; while after; while another; while boiling; while engaged; while from; while his; while living; while longer; while looking; while others; while since; while standing; while their; while those