24394 examples of offering in sentences

"You are not offering that suggestion as an explanation, are you?

The mummy was unpacked, as were some other objects that he was not offering to the Museum, but several cases were still unopened.

The oldest form of sacrifice was the offering of food to the deity.

But the Chinese, after their manner, would neither yield nor fight; and contented themselves with offering large rewards for the head of every Englishman.

Mr. Clay had lost no time, when Congress assembled in December, 1840, in offering a resolution for the repeal of the sub-treasury act; but as the Democrats had still a majority in the Senate the resolution failed.

In June, 1832, was passed another tariff bill, offering some reductions, but still based on protection as the underlying principle.

" 1858 Nov. 20 Letter to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, offering the Sheepshanks Endowment.

Our Generall yet shewd himselfe right noble in offering ransome for poore Captive Pike. Sec.

She watched Janet pay the fares as in a dream, without even offering her own penny, though as a rule she was touchily punctilious in sharing expenses with the sumptuous Janet.

Ambition claimed as a right what merit had gained as a free offering.

They seemed inclined to tell him, if Prince Polignac required his opinion by offering an explanation, to say we considered the measure adopted was in violation of the Charter.

[Footnote 2: The Protestant cantons of Switzerland had sent Colonel Mey to England, offering to raise an army in aid of the Vaudois, if Cromwell would furnish a subsidy of ten thousand pounds per month.

This will usually exclude children below a certain age, insane persons and persons drunk at the time of offering testimony.

Among these are proposals giving land for the support of common schools and of a university, and for the erection of public buildings; and offering a portion of the net proceeds of the sale of public lands within the state for internal improvements.

The bas-relief of the main façade, picturing Industry and the Arts offering their products to the universal exhibitions, has several of its figures mutilated.

The same has happened to the colossal group by DieboltFrance offering laurel crowns to Art and Industry.

" "What's to prevent his running away?" "I'm offering him every opportunity.

" As a set-off to this discourteous reply to Pius, the Duke, whilst at Pisa, founded the military order of San Stefano, as a thank-offering for the subjugation of Siena, much after the pattern of the Knights of Maltaconstituting himself Grand Master and the Cardinal, Chancellor.

These four brothers, according to the myth, were born of the goddess, Hueytonantzin, which means "our great, ancient mother," and, with unfilial hands, turned against her and slew her, sacrificing her to the Sun and offering her heart to that divinity.

It was not given at a meeting specially concerted and called for the purpose, but grew up unexpectedly and spontaneously out of the feelings of the occasion, a free-will offering, the cheerful impulsive gush of free sympathies.

"If," Christ said, "thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee"note exactly Christ's words; He did not say, "If thou rememberest that thou hast aught against thy brother"; alas, it is very easy for most of us to do that; what He said was, "If thou rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee."

When, as an infant, Jesus was presented in the Temple, the offering which His parents brought was that which the law prescribed in the case of the poor: "a pair of turtle doves or two young pigeons."

he asked, offering the crystal decanter.

Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple, and ministering in the temple; they shall slay the burnt-offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them and minister to them.

I could not doubt that the damsel had stepped forward and gathered it up, in token that she accepted the offering, and the donor along with it.

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