6080 examples of plate in sentences

On the 28th of December, Cabral went on shore magnificently dressed and attended by thirty of his principal officers and others, the kings servants, in as much state as if he had been king of Portugal; carrying with him rich furniture for his apartments, with a cupboard of plate containing many rich pieces of gilt silver.

One of these let fly an arrow which hit Pedro on his breast- plate but without hurting him; on which Pedro levelled his piece and shot him dead.

pp. of platear, silvered, silvery, pale. platillo, m., little plate, dish; subject; hacer de, to converse about. playa, f., shore, strand; sin , boundless. plaza, f., place, post, square.

The anonymous pamphlet referred to above, says that Cook does not give the cause of Sutherland's death, and that he had been fatally wounded by the blacks whilst trying to secure a metal plate he had found affixed to a tree, recording that the Dutch had previously been on the spot.

The pamphlet goes on to say that Cook suppressed these facts in order to have the credit of being the first discoverer, but that the plate had been secured by some one and deposited in the British Museum.

Unfortunately, Cook does give the cause of Sutherland's death, and the plate is not in the British Museum, nor has it ever been heard of there.

A plate has since been attached to the rocks about fifteen feet above high water, and as near as possible to the supposed place of landing.

Everything she wore was in the very latest fashion of the Parisian demi-monde, that exaggerated elegance of a fashion plate which only the most exquisite of women could redeem from vulgarity.

Here and there against the fluted yellow drapery he fastened a large Rhodes plate; and the thing was done.

He ate a large plate of blueberry pancakes with a side of bacon, feeling quite the citizen, practically married, a man with responsibilities.

A hole for the stovepipe was waiting, covered by a decorated pie plate.

He ate the last of his homefries and slid the plate across the counter.

She returned with mugs and two toasted English muffins on a plate.

" "Up to the plate, Oliver."

[Footnote 1: In No. 353 and some following numbers of the Spectator appeared an advertisement of this plate, which was engraved by Vertue.

A servant followed her into the room with a plate full of raw eggs, and the doctor was asking for magnesia.

She looked down at the fruit on her plate and shot a side-glance through her lashes at Mrs. Peter Van Degen.

" With this Miss Panney walked into the shop, and having asked the loan of pen and ink, horrified the girl at the counter by proceeding to the table she had left, which, in a corner favored by all customers, had just been prepared for the next comer, and, having pushed aside a knife and fork and plate, made herself ready to write her letter, which was to a friend in Barport, informing her that the writer intended making her a visit.

" I invited him to my house, in the hope of winning him over to the side of morals, gave him a bed and plate, and treated him with courteous and respectful attention.

i., plate xliv.]

That museum holds an immense number of interesting things, and masses of jewels and plate which make all other European collections mean.

So instead she sent him five hundred rupees in a plate.

A kind of theatrical veneer threatened to plate over and obliterate my private individuality altogether.

There's not a whole goblet or plate in the entire establishment!

The bridge was broad with a gold lining-plate, shaped as shown by the enclosed tracing from the diagram on the prescription.

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