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Example sentences for "broad band"

  • The capitals are carried across the jambs and the outer moulding, which is of granite, as is the whole except the three shafts and their caps, and between the shafts and this moulding there is a broad band of carved foliage.

  • A broad band of French and English Canadians overlaps the northern hem of United States territory from Maine to North Dakota.

  • Fore wings black above, spotted with white; hind wings black above, marked in the center with a broad band of crimson.

  • The wings are generally marbled and mottled on the underside, and sometimes crossed on the middle of the hind wings by a broad band of darker color.

  • On the under side the fore wing in both sexes is bright tawny-red, pale gray at the apex; the hind wings are bluish-gray, with a broad band of carmine on the outer margin.

  • It is distinguished from other species by the darker brown color, which covers the basal and median areas of both the fore and hind wings, leaving a broad band of lighter brown on the outer margin.

  • They take a broad band of stout leather, so stuffed and padded as to form a cushion, and fit this upon the hump of the ox, as shown in our sketch.

  • The rue ruddy is a broad band of double canvas or skin with the edges sewn in, and the bearing joints padded and stuffed with hair.

  • We have seen a broad grassy plain looking like an immense corn field, but right across it the road was marked by a broad band of yellow flowers contrasting with the deep green around.

  • The treeless fields stretch out from the high road, like a broad band of green wool, as far as the willows and birches by the river.

  • The rows of elms still extended the whole way at that time, making the high road a magnificent avenue, which cast a broad band of gigantic trees across the hill, which was planted with corn and stunted vines.

  • Thin brass head ornament for horse, and a broad band to go along the top of the head and mane.

  • Peculiar head-dress, a broad band on the frontal.

  • At the base is a broad band of formal design in aubergine, yellow, and rouge de fer, on apple-green.

  • Each section is surrounded by a broad band of "rouge de fer" containing formal flowers in white.

  • The shoulder and base decorated with a broad band of Joo-e-shaped reserves, bordered alternately with narrow bands of blue and grey edged with green; the smaller space between edged with a paler green.

  • The upper surface of the body was of a bronzed green hue, and a broad band of white crossed the lower part, but the wings were purple-black.

  • It was covered with long hair, the prevailing colour being that of dark grey, with a broad band of black running from the neck downwards on each side of the body.

  • At once the whole horizon line of water became a bright crimson, which deepened as evening advanced, glowing with more intense fire, and holding a broad band of what seemed solid color for more than three quarters of an hour.

  • I saw a line of Mount Marcys all round the horizon; the rosy tint in the west made a broad band of pink along the sky above the tree-tops; the evening star was a perfect circle of light, a hoop of gold in the heavens.

  • A broad band, like a riding belt, is fastened round the pelvis, so as to bind the splint to the trunk, and thereby keep the broken surfaces of the bone in contact.

  • The patient is secured by a broad band,—a common sheet suits very well,—passed under the perineum.

  • A broad band, translucent as sun golden chrysolite, ran about its periphery.

  • First the eyes rested upon a broad band of fluorescent amethyst, ringing the entire rocky wall.

  • The inner decorations of this and the following consist of a broad band only, of geometrical or architectural figures.

  • Regular handled cup; white ware, with a broad band in which are white crescents.

  • Springing from each side of the breast, and ordinarily lying concealed under the wings, were little tufts of greyish feathers about two inches long, and each terminated by a broad band of intense emerald green.

  • Down the middle of the breast is a broad band of scaly plumes of the same colour, while the chin and throat are of a rich metallic bronze.

  • The breast and belly are pure silky white, between which colour and the red of the throat there is a broad band of rich metallic green, and there is a small spot of the same colour close above each eye.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    aqueous vapor; broad arrow; broad band; broad base; broad expanse; broad flat; broad gauge; broad grin; broad sense; broad valley; broad white; broadcast station; broadcast stations; broadly elliptical; broadly oval; broadly speaking; country parson; former occasions; fortified place; gazed down; here meant; hundred pounds; narrative poetry; rarely more; said dolefully; told them