5081 examples of make an in sentences

Gracchus was induced to make an attempt to escape to the other bank of the Tiber, but when hastening down the hill he fell and sprained his foot.

Of the casualties in and around Antwerp during the siege it is possible only to make an estimate.

" "It is a thousand pities that Mr. Clay, in his compromise, neglected to make an exception against that article.

There was also one Arabio who was a prince among the barbarians dwelling close at hand, who had first helped Laelius and later attached himself to Sextius: him he ejected from his kingdom, when he refused to make an alliance with him.

Some of you may have been on the Hind Head or on Leith Hill, and have looked southward over the glorious prospect of the rich Weald, spread out five hundred feet belowa sight to make an Englishman proud of his native land.

Robert de Belesme, Earl of Shrewsbury and Arundel, William de la Warenne, Earl of Surrey, Arnulf de Montgomery, Walter Giffard, Robert de Pontefract, Robert de Mallet, Yvo de Grentmesnil, and many others of the principal nobility [r], invited Robert to make an attempt upon England, and promised, on his landing, to join him with all their forces.

He knew perfectly well that, other things being equal, the simplest administrative mechanism is the best, and he knew also that he was helping to make an extremely complicated mechanism.

For I would ask any one, What is sufficient to make an essential difference in nature between any two particular beings, without any regard had to some abstract idea, which is looked upon as the essence and standard of a species?

But I had to pretend all sorts of things to make an excuse for myself.

It is much easier for you to take from men the desire to make an attack upon your virtue by assuming a severe exterior, than to defend against their attacks.

The desire to clothe himself according to his wont became so keen that M. Desmoulin decided to make an expedition to Paris.

Stuart had been directed by General Lee to make an attack, with a cavalry force, on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, in the enemy's rear; he had promptly carried out his orders by striking the Federal communications at Catlett's Station, had destroyed there all that he found, and torn up the railroad, but, better than all, had captured a box containing official papers belonging to General Pope.

For, towards the north pole, there has only been discovered hitherto to the latitude of 77° or 78°, which make an extent of 1347 leagues; and between the equinoctial and the south pole, there has only been discovered to the latitude of 52° or 53° south, or to the Straits of Magellan; which amounts to no more than 960 leagues.

In a little time the flame and smoke appeared to die out, and we proceeded to make an examination for the cause.

Let him who shall make an offering do it when he please, and in what manner he please; in whatsoever manner he does it, let it be considered duly done.

You, Wrath of God, don't be afraid to make an inward smile, for your face will never tell on you!

Written stories often leave very wrong impressions; and the history of David and Goliah has been given in an infant school, so that it would make an excellent counterpart to Jack, the giant killer.

I had intended to make an excursion to the Lake Vaihiria, but deferred doing so, in order to be present at the burial.

The President did not invite my confidence as to the disposal of his funds; indeed before long I was alarmed to see a growing coldness in his manner, which I considered at once ungrateful and menacing; and when the half-year came round he firmly refused to disburse more than half the amount of interest due on the second loan, thus forcing me to make an inroad on my reserve of forty-five thousand dollars.

5.It is not in respect to their orthography alone, that these first words in literature demand inquiry and reflection: the pronunciation of some of them has often been taught erroneously, and, with respect to three or four of them, some writers have attempted to make an entire change from the customary forms which I have recorded.

It was not early in the morning, for, if there is anything a Korean hates to do, it is to make an early start on a journey.

" Hymbercourt was about to make an angry reply, but he was silenced by the duke's uplifted hand.

She had been through a mystic experience which left a profound influence upon her, and she was too much under the spell of it even to make an effort to shake it off.

I must to my horse and make an end to dallying.

Afterwards Mr. Blair dictated for and authorized me to make an entry on the back of my retained copy of the letter last above recited, which entry is as follows: JANUARY 28, 1865.

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