9515 examples of detail in sentences

The two of you were joined by an old gentleman who forthwith began to talk wordily, tediously, continuously, with needless repetitions and in tiresome detail; you suspected that he had suffered a mental decline from age, and that he might be excessively fond, in season and out of season, of talking about himself and his opinions.

No complicated action can be planned in absolute detail; much must depend on circumstance.

The Chapters, with their five million members joined in three thousand units over the United States, are so many monuments to the ability of women for detail.

They knew their Commander-in-Chief was on the spot, keeping his eye and hand on everything, organising with his organisers, planning with his operation staff, familiar with every detail of the complicated transport system, watching his supply services with the keenness of a quartermaster-general, and taking that lively interest in the medical branch which betrayed an anxious desire for the welfare and health of the men.

Having related it in full detail, we can now proceed to the narrative of Clive's life, he being the hero of this tale.

We cannot follow in detail the Pope's measures down to March, 1848, till which period the movement may be considered as all his own, emanating from his free choice and not from the pressure of outward circumstances or from revolutions in foreign States.

I have another interesting little detail of your life, which I will reserve until another time.

It looks to me as if you will have a noisy house for quite a while yet, and I wouldn't begin to worry over anything so far awayin fact, ma, it's a good rule not to worry till you have to, and don't do it then!" Pearl was bringing back "the room" to the state of tidiness it enjoyed during school hours, moving about with joyous haste, yet with strict attention to every detail, which did not escape her mother's eye.

" "You've mastered one detail of sheep-keeping," said Mr. Wood, as he slowly walked along beside his niece.

The influence of the prostate upon man's mental condition, and its contribution to the sex index, still remains to be investigated in detail.

It is impossible to review here in detail all the facts accumulated concerning the influence of the internal secretions upon all the processes of mind, intellectual and emotional.

The whole scheme was laid down in detail in a precious paper, in the keeping of Simôes Raposo.

That she remained dismal under circumstances that seemed to me not to warrant it was a detail of minor consequence.

On the other hand, his more practised colleagues heard the detail of the Bravo with politic coolness.

The theory in all its minutiae is exceedingly elaborate, and has been described in detail in Dr. Baraduc's published works.

Without going into detail, it may be added that he did not deny the fact to her, either, and so exerted himself and improved his opportunities that before much time elapsed he had secured a strong ally in his designs.

Of course, one cannot tell very well in detail how a starving young bird dies.

In every detail!

Now, then, Ambler, I've come here to tell you all the storyyou must listen to every detail.

"Yes," he went on, "there's just another detail that I may mentionit'll save time.

" Then Ralph told, with full detail, of his visit to Sharpman's office on Sunday evening, of what he had heard there, of his subsequent journey through the streets of the city, of his night of agony, of his morning of shame, of his final victory over himself.

The unity of Asia and the detail of Europe, the infinitude of the Asiatic soul and the defining, result-loving, machine-making, surface-seeking, opera-going Europe Plato came to join, and by contact to enhance the energy of each.

When, at length, we had concluded our examination, and the intense excitement of the time had in some measure subsided, Legrand, who saw that I was dying with impatience for a solution of this most extraordinary riddle, entered into a full detail of all the circumstances connected with it.

I knew that my design was very different in detail from thisalthough there was a certain similarity in general outline.

I thus detail the precise mode in which it came into my possession; for the circumstances impressed me with peculiar force.

9515 examples of  detail  in sentences