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Example sentences for "assists"

Lexicographically close words:
assistants; assiste; assisted; assister; assisting; assize; assizes; associat; associate; associated
  1. Oliver also assists the Saracen to put on his gear.

  2. Ferumbras is wrath and seizes his helmet, which Oliver assists him to lace.

  3. Oliver Olyue[rh] halpe him it to onlase; assists him to lace.

  4. The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication.

  5. A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art.

  6. It assists the mind in grasping the sense-rhythm,-- the design of the piece as a whole.

  7. It assists the emotions through the stimulus to the attention, through the reinforcement which it gives to the pulsations of the psycho-physical organism.

  8. The valet assists his master in dressing, and, when the toilet is finished, ties or buttons the boots, arranges the spats, and gives a final brush to the clothes.

  9. A gentleman always assists a woman in and out of a carriage or a public conveyance.

  10. This only in a general way indicates the losses in property sustained by the state during the period under consideration, but it assists one to understand somewhat the enormity of those losses.

  11. Pratt, Orson,--assists his brother Parley to escape from prison, 339 and note.

  12. A person who sits in a pew during a revival in order to see what is going on, assists passively; but, if he joins with the congregation in bowing, groaning, etc.

  13. Examples: Balbus detests idolatry, but in order to show courtesy he helps a pagan to burn incense before an idol, or he assists in the repairing of a pagan shrine, though his act is looked on as a sign of worship.

  14. Confirmation makes ready for the battle of life, Extreme Unction assists during the struggle of death.

  15. Formal cooperation is from its nature opposed to charity; for charity disapproves of the sins of others and strives to prevent them, while formal cooperation, on the contrary, approves and assists the sins of others.

  16. The good of a third party may justify cooperation, as when one assists in perpetrating a minor injury against him in order to stop a major injury.

  17. The external principle of good is God, who instructs us by His law and the voice of conscience, and assists us by His grace.

  18. Thus, the good of the sinner may justify one in cooperating, as when one assists in order to prevent the commission of a greater evil.

  19. The pastor assists lawfully at a marriage if he has assured himself of the freedom of the parties to marry and of his own right to assist officially at their marriage.

  20. Examples: A person who stands in the rear of a Quaker meeting house as an onlooker assists passively; but one who sits quietly among the others present, as if in meditation, assists actively.

  21. If theft is the taking away of goods without the knowledge and consent of the owner, what shall we call the act of a servant who assists a thief by carrying out the family silver to a waiting automobile?

  22. While this substance is not very valuable as a food, it lends body to soup or broth and assists in the preparation of certain made dishes.

  23. As such, it is valuable chiefly as a food; but, in the form of broths and extracts made from it, meat stimulates the appetite and actually assists the flow of gastric juice.

  24. It assists digestion, exhilarates the spirits, and counteracts the tendency to sleep.

  25. This affinity of the coffee oil for caffeol assists in the retention of aromatic substances by the whole roasted bean.

  26. For once that he relieves or assists it by his crooked instruments, he injured it ten times, and at last destroys it.

  27. Hard water is known by the lime it contains, therefore this, if drunk, assists in the formation of bone.

  28. The boiling kills any germs and assists in whitening the clothes.

  29. With certain restrictions, the Department of Education assists in equipping special rooms in villages and rural districts and also in maintaining instruction in this subject.

  30. As first, it assists in keeping the general appearance within the boundary of a pyramid, which being inverted, is, for a single figure, rather more natural and genteel than one upon its basis.

  31. Obscurity adds to impressiveness, and assists illusion; and they used it to produce an effect upon the astonished Initiate.

  32. Some he assists with money, some he protects with his authority, others he advances by introductions; those whom he cannot help otherwise he aids with counsel, and he has never sent anyone away disappointed.

  33. He regards himself as greatly enriched when he assists the oppressed, extricates the perplexed and involved, or reconciles the estranged.

  34. My feet are very remarkable, the toes being fringed by a membrane which assists me greatly in swimming as well as walking over the ooze.

  35. He signs the register afterwards as witness, and pays the clergyman's fee, and then follows the bridal procession out of the church, joining the party at the house, where he still further assists the groom by presenting the guests.

  36. It is well always to leave a card in the hall even if one is received, as it assists the lady's memory in her attempts to return these civilities.

  37. In normal conditions that is done by oxygen, and in doing so oxygen certainly assists the supply of energy, but it does not furnish the whole of it.

  38. There could hardly be a better demonstration of the fundamental fact that food assists restitution, but does not “cause” it in any way.

  39. The attraction of cohesion or chemical attraction, in its most energetic state, is not liable to be destroyed by gravitation; this power only assists the agencies of other causes of degradation.


  40. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "assists" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.