1699 examples of drill in sentences
The 2nd Somerset Militia assembled every year for drill; and for their benefit coffee and reading rooms were started and entertainments arranged, Miss Weston taking an active part in their promotion.
"Wewe're waiting for another party," said Miss Slayback, her hands still rigidly over the table-sides and her glance like a steady drill into Mr. Batch's own.
Oh for a drill-sergeant to teach them to stand upright, and to turn out their toes, and to get rid of that slouching, hulking gait which gives such a look of clumsiness and stupidity!
In order to facilitate as much as possible the repairs in such cases, the fish-plates are not riveted by machinery, but by hand; and it is only necessary to cut the rivets with which the fish-plate is fastened, and remove it if broken: A drill passed through the two holes of the rail removes all burrs that may be in the way of the new rivet.
The machine shop has a steam engine of 16 horse power, two engines and three plain lathes, a planer, a large drill press, a pattern shop, a blacksmith's shop, all of the machinery having been built on the spot.
He was in a white drill uniform, with deep cuffs of gold bullion, and a blazing row of orders on his breast.
The bride was in a white-lace dress from Paris, with veil and orange-blossoms, and the groom in a heavy black frock-coat over white drill trousers with lemon-colored, tight shoes; both looking very ill at ease and hot.
It was this. Discipline; drill; obedience to authority.
The sight of such an improvement set both men and women to work throughout the group, and not a dwelling was erected in the town, that the drill did not open the rock, and mud and sand form a garden.
Now there's going to be a great exhibition military drill for girls held in Philadelphia the last week in August and each county is to send its prize drill company.
Now there's going to be a great exhibition military drill for girls held in Philadelphia the last week in August and each county is to send its prize drill company.
Just wait until we beat them out in the drill contest!
"I can get somebody to drill us if you do.
Agony was talking animatedly about the coming drill contest and Mr. Wing was listening with smiling approval.
" "Father!" exclaimed Agony reproachfully, "do you think for a minute we'd do military drill with these shoes on?" "But, Father," said Oh-Pshaw eagerly, "don't you really wish you could be there to see?
"HALT!" shouted the drill sergeant in a voice bristling with disgust.
The drill sergeant rapped out a jarringly emphatic accent against a tree with her staff.
She had been trained in military drilling by an army drill officer and had acquired all his mannerisms, from the way of shouting his orders in such a way that it was next to impossible to understand them, to his merciless habit of calling out by name every one who made the slightest error.
"How did we do to-day, Miss Raper?" inquired Agony, as the drill sergeant prepared to depart.
The rest sauntered after them in twos and threes, practising drill steps as they went.
Veronica looked back to see where she was and came back to her, slipping her arm around her waist and hugging her in an ecstasy of girlish delight, born of the beautiful weather and the release from strenuous military drill.
You play it like Stage Coach, or Fruit Basket, only instead of taking parts of a coach or names of fruits you take articles that belong to the Camp Fire, like bead band, ring, moccasin, bracelet, fire, honor beads, symbol, fringe, Wohelo, hand sign, bow and drill, Mystic Fire, etc.
However, this also led to disaster one day when one of our well-beloved sisters of the bow and drill tried to make the hand sign for 'girl,' and raised her hand above her head.
SEE Hunter, Lewis G. RUCH, G. M. Algebra drill.
Edited with notes in French on adapted French-French English vocabulary & exercises for oral & written drill by Nelson H. Brooks & George P. Borglum.