56 Verbs to Use for the Word wear

It owes its shape simply to the accident of some of the beds toward the summit being especially hard, and thus able to stand the wear and tear of sea-wave, ice, and rain.

The place where a person whom we love formerly resided, a dress similar to that which we have seen her wear, or the objects that employed her attention, no sooner catch our eye, than she immediately occupies our mind.

Perhaps political honesty is like Joseph Surface's French plate, or the tinsel spread over a pair of Birmingham saleshop candlesticks, whose tenderness will not withstand the wear and tear of conveyance in the purchaser's pocket.

" "That is a rule which may be worth knowing," said the baronet, "as it would save much useless wear of the eyes.

And yet they hold it dearer so, Who see beneath the wounds it bears A grace no other garden wears.

That day, for the first time, he showed the wear and tear of the ordeal.

Noiselessly she arose, and replaced her outer wear, thinking to slip away without disturbing Roxy.

The notch of the eccentric rod for the reception of the pin of the valve shaft is usually steeled, to prevent inconvenient wear; for when the sides of the notch wear, the valve movement is not only disturbed, but it is very difficult to throw the eccentric rod out of gear.

You can eat as much, an' sleep better, an' wear as many clothes, an' see an' hear as well as we can.' "'Ah, but in the matter of quality I'm way behind the flag, Bill.

Mortifying as this is it is better, perhaps, to suffer it with a good grace and even with cheerfulness, if possible, rather than endure the wear and tear of the spirits which a brooding over the gross fraud occasions.

It has been an awful pull for us all, for not one of us has an atom of health to spare, and only keep about by avoiding all the wear and tear we can.

In many of the parts, moreover, it is necessary that the dimensions should be proportioned to meet the wear and the tendency to heat, instead of being merely proportioned to obtain the necessary strength; and the crank pin is one of the parts which requires to be large in diameter, and as long as possible in the bearing, so as to distribute the pressure, and prevent the disposition to heat which would otherwise exist.

this I know From quiet homes and first beginnings Out to the undiscovered ends There's nothing worth the wear of winning Save laughter and the love of friends.

Old scroll, the smoke of years dost wear, So long as o'er this desk the sorry lamp hath shone.

He was somewhat stiff in his manner, and almost clerical in dress, which indicated much wear.

The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green Edward Bradley is one of few English humorists of the mid-Victorian era who produced any work that is likely to survive the wear of time and change of taste.

Spartan leather soles defy hard wear.

Now if we take out the boxes and file them so we have, another eighth of an inch, by the time we have taken up this wear, we will then have this distance doubled, and we will soon have the piston head striking the end of the cylinder, and besides, the engine will not run as smooth as it did.

Mont. Empires in heaven he with more ease may give, And you, perhaps, would with less thanks receive; But heaven has need of no such viceroy here, Itself bestows the crowns that monarchs wear.

When the animal is lame and the existence of seedy-toe is surmised, or when the cause of the lameness is altogether obscure, a little information may perhaps be gathered from noting the wear of the shoe.

You owe me the wear of your spats Sunday.

In order to reduce the wear of the leading flanges, a jet of steam from the exhaust is directed against the outer side of each wheel.

As regards the wear of the rope, we may state that the relaying of the first rope between St. Goar and Bingen was taken in hand in September, 1879, while that between Obercassel and Bingen was partially renewed the same year, the renewal being completed in May, 1880, after the rope had been in use since the beginning of 1876.

But, although it was not generally conceded, this man knew very well that there was no water in the world so suitable to remedy the wear and tear of a city life as that of the Green Sulphur Springs, and therefore nobody could consider the young gentleman foolish for coming back again while the season permitted.

The whole southern two thirds of Trinidad represent a wear and tear which is not to be counted by thousands, or hundreds of thousands, of years; and yet which, I verily believe, has taken place since the average plants, trees, and animals of the island dwelt therein.

56 Verbs to Use for the Word  wear