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Example sentences for "charge"

Lexicographically close words:
charcoals; chardge; chardges; chare; charg; chargeable; charged; charger; chargers; charges
  1. We laid ourselves open to the charge of preferring it even to the little chapel of Saint Hubert, which stands on the edge of the great terrace and has, over the portal, a wonderful sculpture of the miraculous hunt of that holy man.

  2. If I spoke just above of the cathedral as "moderate," I suppose I should beg its pardon; for this serious charge was probably prompted by the fact that it consists only of a nave, without side aisles.

  3. The administrative body of the fair, determining upon a decorative scheme to be properly carried out, appointed to take charge of the mural painting Francis D.

  4. Richardson, in 1876, offered him a commission to take charge of the interior decoration of Trinity Church, Boston.

  5. It is not intended to supersede or clash with any of the elementary treatises to which I have alluded; indeed its plan is so peculiar, that I apprehend such a charge cannot be brought against it.

  6. Plato might have put this argument into the mouth of Euthyphron as a reason for indicting his own father on the charge of murder: as I have already observed in reviewing the Euthyphron, which see above, vol.

  7. Otherwise what can be meant by this charge of "cunning reticence or keeping back?

  8. I had been ordered to take charge of the execution of a malefactor who had just been sentenced to death.

  9. This charge required a man of discretion, accustomed to travel in the woods, and familiar with Indian manners.

  10. His father received a call to take charge of a church at Holland Patent, a village near Utica, N.

  11. The government asked Pestalozzi to take charge of some of them, and offered him some little aid.

  12. A man whom Mr. Gladstone could describe as possessed above all other things by a passion of philanthropy, may leave his memory safely in the charge of those whose best interests he honestly strove to serve.

  13. The name of Stephen Grover was given out of respect to the memory of a clergyman, Stephen Grover, who preceded his father in the charge of his new parish.

  14. Advancing to the charge with characteristic spirit, at the point of the bayonet, exposed to a heavy fire, he struggled through the ditch, and surmounting the defences, took the work in the most brilliant manner.

  15. His departure was hastened by the intelligence that the ministers intended to arrest him on a charge of fomenting rebellion in the colonies; he narrowly escaped this danger, and on landing in America, he was elected a member of Congress.

  16. Some time before he had caused the Empress Catherine to be solemnly crowned and associated with him on the throne, and to her he left the charge of fostering those schemes of civilization which he had originated.

  17. He and some of his friends, Sir Charles Gavan Duffy among the rest, were put on their trial on a charge of sedition.

  18. They charge an admission, and they get the best talent they can procure.

  19. Would you be satisfied if we were to restrict the performance of your music to charitable performances or where no charge was made?

  20. From this job he was presently called off by the captain of the Zeppelin, who sent him with a note to the officer in charge of the Anglo-American Power Company, for the field telephone had still to be adjusted.

  21. Jamesy took charge of him at once, and brought him round to the yard, where for the present he shut him up in his wooden house; but he did not intend to neglect him.

  22. The assizes came round, "the charge was prepared, the judge was arrayed--a most terrible show.

  23. But Emon had taken special charge of him, and would not suffer so premature an experiment, nor the interference of any other doctor.

  24. Cotter and a comrade soon returned and took charge of the body until the coroner should arrive.

  25. Bully was no coward at any time; but on this occasion his courage was more than manifest, being, as he considered, in sole charge of his mistress and her friend.

  26. It was impossible to hide the glaring fact of Tom Murdock's apprehension and committal to jail upon the dreadful charge of murder from his father.

  27. Presently Tom Murdock--there is no use in simulating mystery where none exists--took charge of the horse and cart to prevent them from moving, while three men stole up toward the house.

  28. But Lennon's father was still fastened on the horse's head with his left hand, while with his right he was alternately defending himself against the two men, for the first had somewhat recovered, who were in charge of it.

  29. Then there was the usurious interest which these money-lenders, be they private or public, charge upon loans, to be added to Tom's liabilities.

  30. And if I charge him twelve dollars, he may not pay me but nine.

  31. What is the charge against these young men?

  32. A few minutes later the stage, in charge of the sheriff, swung around in front of the house.

  33. If I'd said I'd charge him twenty-five dollars, likely he'd have only paid me nineteen.

  34. His friend Mike was the chief mourner at the burial service, at the conclusion of which those in charge wrapped the body in canvas preparatory to dropping it overboard.

  35. A gentleman of color who was brought before a police judge, on a charge of stealing chickens, pleaded guilty.

  36. When her bill was presented, there was a five-dollar charge marked "Extra.

  37. A colored man had been arrested on a charge of beating and cruelly misusing his wife.

  38. One Sunday morning a certain young pastor in his first charge announced nervously: "I will take for my text the words, 'And they fed five men with five thousand loaves of bread and two thousand fishes.

  39. Tell him," he said, "that if he will put up a strong fight we'll cheerfully pay the damages and charge them up to the advertising account.

  40. I don't often take it, but when I do I charge for it.

  41. He stepped up to the man in charge and inquired: "Is this the relief station, sor?

  42. After hearing the charge against the prisoner, the justice turned to the first witness.

  43. Newell Dwight Hillis, the now famous New York preacher and author, some years ago took charge of the First Presbyterian Church of Evanston, Illinois.

  44. Here the mere statement that a rational agent is bound to aim at universal good is open to the charge of tautology, since Clarke defines 'Good' as 'that which is fit and reasonable to be done.

  45. I do not myself usually employ the antithesis of Form and Matter in philosophical exposition, as it appears to me open to the charge of obscurity and ambiguity.

  46. Had a lighter offence been charged upon the old man, his face might have borne either of these expressions, but the very magnitude of the charge under investigation gave dignity to the judge, and true dignity is always gentle.

  47. He had thought over the whole matter--the charge of murder--the impossibility of disproving a single point of the evidence.

  48. I believe you are Mrs. Gray, the benevolent friend of that poor man lodged up yonder on a charge of murder.

  49. He became thoroughly conscious that a terrible charge had been made against him, and that appearances must sustain that charge.

  50. Indeed the entire bearing of his charge surprised him not a little.

  51. But you--they do not charge you with murder?

  52. It was not the prison--it was not the charge of murder that held that old man spell-bound and motionless so long.

  53. It was a rich firm that he served, and James had charge of the funds.

  54. That week the woman of a neighboring stall took charge of Mrs. Gray's business.

  55. Grapes and nectarines fell from bough and vine, untasted, or only to be gathered stealthily by the old man who had temporary charge of the grounds.

  56. Why should this girl, if indeed Jeromio's charge was actually a girl, why should she menace Barbara?

  57. It is now more than six months since I was entrusted with a commission to Paris, and Ben Israel requested I would take charge of some packages he desired to forward to his daughter.

  58. In the name of the Lord, I charge thee, avoid our path, young maniac!

  59. Manasseh Ben Israel had, as we have intimated, intrusted some packages for his daughter to the charge of the treacherous knight; and how he abused the trust has been already shown.

  60. As to your father, if you ever valued Walter, I charge you, even as you now value his life, that you give hint to no human being of his existence.

  61. Constance looked up and smiled; while poor Barbara endeavoured to free herself from the charge with earnestness and humility.

  62. All the others trooped around and after him, through the hall and into the drawing room, where the doctor laid his little charge on the sofa and put the pillows behind her so that she could sit up comfortably.

  63. Sandford, lifting his eyes from what had occupied them, though his ears had not been stopped, saw that the face of his little charge was flushed with pain and her eyes glistening.

  64. Sandford laid his little charge at once on her bed.

  65. He contrived that she should indeed oversee the making of the dresses for the poor children, and it was a very great charge for Daisy.

  66. Preston did not look delighted, Daisy saw, though he accepted the charge the doctor gave him.

  67. Then I shall take the charge of your entertainment, Mrs. Randolph," Mr. Sandford went on.

  68. I think I shall turn over the whole thing in charge to you, Daisy?

  69. Your business is to explain the charge Ransom has brought against you.

  70. Daisy being my charge as well as yours, gives me a right.

  71. English railway men charge Americans with having indulged in stock-watering to a greater extent than any other people in the world.

  72. This train-dispatcher is to be notified by telegraph of the movement of each train, and is to give his orders to the officers in charge of each train, as to what points they are to go, where to pass one train and where to wait for another.

  73. The charge made against State railway systems is that they are incapable of vigorous life.

  74. Still others charge that rich and powerful roads contrive to obtain a controlling interest in the depreciated stock of weaker roads and then manage these roads in their own interest and greatly to the detriment of other stockholders.

  75. They are very fond of getting the highest nominal value; and I can show from my books that, as a rule, I give the full price for each article which we charge in selling them, and have only a profit on the goods we give in exchange.

  76. That is the price which a party would charge a curer for curing his fish.

  77. No, some of them were not at liberty, but I was at liberty because I had charge of a vessel.

  78. They may pay some people in the south, who charge a higher rate for them; but we do not charge so high for them as in the south.

  79. I had charge of looking over the agreements and settling with fishermen for the first five or six years; and I have since conducted the correspondence, and taken the management of his business.

  80. Do you charge these boys interest when they are in debt?

  81. It would be too large a price to charge for it.

  82. No, we don't charge that, but they get 3d.

  83. Purchasers come into it now and buy directly, instead of buying through natives resident here acting as their agents, and who perhaps might charge something extra for their own trouble, and that had to come off the people.

  84. They do not charge the actual cost, but make a slump charge for the whole work?

  85. Is that charge according to an agreement made at the beginning of the season with the men?

  86. Yes, and I could charge a small profit on it; but I cannot do that on the great bulk of the things I get.

  87. Then that is a charge made upon your father and not upon you?

  88. It seems to be a fair conclusion from the evidence that this firm does not, as a rule, charge high prices.

  89. That assumes that the charge for the goods is about 100 per cent.

  90. The plebe is called up daily before the tactical officer in charge of his company, and asked if he has any complaint to make.

  91. A re-examination of Cadet Stanard is hereby ordered to be conducted immediately under the charge of the--ahem!

  92. One brigade has charge of a hand engine, another forms a bucket line, etc.

  93. A re-examination of Cadet Smith is hereby ordered to be conducted immediately under the charge of the lord high chief quartermaster of the academy.

  94. I regret now that I shall be obliged to mention the fact that you remonstrated with an officer during inspection, a most serious charge indeed.

  95. These demerits are not given by the instructor or the cadet who notices the offense; but he enters the charge in a book which is forwarded to headquarters.

  96. There was an awkward silence for a few minutes after that; Bull Harris could think of nothing to say, for he knew the charge was true; and as for Baby Edwards, he never said anything until after his big friend had set him an example.

  97. Reveille and roll call the next morning passed without incident, except that Cadet Mallory was reported "late" at the latter function; the charge being true, no suspicions were awakened.

  98. He was a very honourable man, and took charge of her small--very small--property with unimpeachable care.

  99. Her guardian was a man who had been engaged in business relations with her father, and who had accepted the charge of the little orphan as his duty.

  100. We are all growing older, and the time will come when ladies will think you are not lively enough to take the charge of young children; they will think you are not active enough to go out for their walks.

  101. You know we shall be going to the country in about a month, and how do you suppose I can take the charge of the children, with all I have to do?

  102. The firm ashore made them heavier than the engineer's speecifications, an' then forgot tull charge for the dufference.

  103. And Brown will take 'em in charge for an unprovoked assault," said Noakes.

  104. You'd better all come along and charge each other, seems to me!

  105. Still, his father might cut up rough; he'd certainly charge you for the hair-oil you'd wasted.

  106. When the shew was past, the Jew said to me; "I shall not be able to attend you as I would, in regard of some charge the city hath laid upon me, for the entertaining of this great person.

  107. But towards the end of his life comfort came, and during the last year of his life he was in charge of the Moscow (government) Theater.

  108. After his departure, Varvára takes charge of her fate and persuades her to indulge her affection and to see Borís.

  109. At one point she meets the caravan which is bringing the silver from the Nertchínsk mines to the capital, and she asks the young officer in charge if the exiles are alive and well.

  110. Právdin then announces that the government has ordered him to take charge of the Simpletons' house and villages, because of Mrs. S.

  111. Upon what charge was he exiled to Siberia?

  112. I know that Miss Denham has been under your charge as a patient.

  113. III Mrs. Wesley kindly assumed the charge of establishing Washington Flagg in his headquarters, as he termed the snug hall bedroom in Macdougal Street.

  114. Lynde lost no time getting Ruth into the saddle, and the party began their descent, the guide again in charge of the girl's mule.

  115. The young man drew the reins over his arm and moved forward, glancing behind him at intervals to assure himself that his charge was all right.

  116. Mrs. Hawthorne, if that little man has become your singing-master, will you not intrust me with the honorable charge of likewise teaching you something?

  117. There were those, of course, who called Mrs. Hawthorne vulgar; but too many persons liked her for the charge of vulgarity to go undisputed or become loud.

  118. The one case in which an American citizen arrested under the Coercion Act in Ireland during Mr. Blaine's tenure of office had been liberated when Mr. Frelinghuysen took charge of the State Department, was that of Mr. Joseph B.

  119. He heard of it for the first time on Saturday, and, sending at once for the priest in charge of the Carmelite Church, forbade the celebration.

  120. The fixed charge of the priest for a burial is twenty shillings, but there is usually no service at the grave whatever.

  121. But he was assured by them that the Irish intended to vote for him; and at a subsequent time he was rashly assailed in the House of Commons by an Irish member with the charge that he had broken faith with the Irish who elected him.

  122. And why did the Lord charge them that they should tell no man?

  123. The chairman should have charge of such rules and regulations and protect and enforce them; the other members should be submissive, and refrain from conversing on superfluous and extraneous matters.


  124. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "charge" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accredit; accuse; achievement; activate; administration; admission; admonish; agency; aggression; allegation; allege; allegiance; ambassador; amount; amplify; anchorage; annulet; application; armory; arms; arraign; arraignment; article; ascribe; ask; assault; assess; assign; assignation; assignment; attache; attachment; attack; attribute; auspices; authority; authorization; authorize; azure; bail; bale; bandeau; bang; bar; baton; bearings; beef; behest; bellyful; bend; bid; bidding; bill; billet; blame; blast; blazon; boil; bolt; book; boot; breakthrough; brevet; brokerage; bumper; burden; business; canton; capacity; care; carfare; cargo; caution; chancellor; charge; charter; chase; chevron; chief; chock; choke; chore; cite; clout; cock; cockatrice; cogency; come; command; commission; commit; commitment; complain; complaint; complement; compulsion; concern; conduct; connection; consign; consignment; consul; contaminate; contend; control; coronet; cost; count; counterattack; cram; credit; crescent; crest; cross; crowd; crown; crush; curacy; cure; custody; damage; dash; deadweight; declare; decree; dedication; deference; delegate; delegation; demand; denounce; denunciation; dependent; deputation; deputize; detach; detail; detonate; device; devolve; devotion; dictate; difference; difficulty; dint; diplomat; direct; direction; disadvantage; discharge; diversion; drag; drive; drop; dues; duress; duty; eagle; effect; effectiveness; eject; electrify; embarrassment; embassy; emissary; emphasize; empower; encourage; encumber; encumbrance; energize; energy; enjoin; entrust; envoy; ermine; errand; escutcheon; ethics; etiology; exact; exaction; exercise; exhaust; exhort; expenditure; expense; expostulate; eye; fare; fealty; fee; fell; field; figure; file; fill; fine; finger; fire; fling; flush; force; forfeit; freight; fret; fuel; fur; galvanize; garland; generate; government; grievance; guardianship; guarding; guidance; gun; hamper; hand; handicap; handling; heap; helmet; hire; hit; hold; homage; homework; honor; impeach; impediment; impedimenta; imperative; implication; imply; impose; imposition; impregnate; imputation; impute; incite; inconvenience; incriminate; incubus; incumbency; indict; indictment; induce; infect; infiltration; inflict; influence; information; injunction; innuendo; insinuate; insinuation; instruct; instruction; irradiate; jam; job; jollies; jurisdiction; keep; keeping; kick; label; labor; lade; lading; lash; lawsuit; lay; legate; legation; levy; license; lift; lion; living; load; loading; loyalty; lozenge; lumber; lunge; make; mana; management; mandate; metal; might; millstone; minister; ministry; mission; motto; mouthful; move; must; need; nuncio; obligation; offense; offensive; office; onset; onslaught; onus; oppress; oppression; ordain; order; ordinary; overburden; overcharge; overload; oversight; overtax; overweight; pack; pad; pale; pastorate; patronage; payment; pelt; penalty; penetrate; pensioner; pepper; percolate; permeate; persuade; pervade; pile; pilotage; pistol; place; placement; plaint; plenipotentiary; plug; plunge; poison; portage; post; pot; potency; potentiality; preach; precept; prepotency; prescript; prescription; presentment; pressure; price; prime; proclaim; productiveness; productivity; project; prompt; promulgate; pronounce; propellant; prosecute; prosecution; protection; province; proxy; pull; punch; purview; push; put; quarter; quartering; quiver; quotation; race; rate; rectory; refer; regency; relegate; remonstrate; report; reproach; require; resident; respect; responsibility; riddle; rose; round; rule; running; rush; sable; saddle; safekeeping; salvage; satiate; saturate; score; scutcheon; send; sensation; service; shield; shiver; shock; shoot; short; shot; shudder; sinew; skinful; snipe; sortie; speed; stampede; steam; stewardship; stick; stiffen; stint; storage; strength; strike; stuff; subject; suit; superiority; superpower; supervision; surcharge; surfeit; surveillance; tariff; task; taunt; tax; taxing; teaching; tear; tell; thrill; thrust; tilt; tincture; tingle; tingling; tithe; toll; torpedo; towage; transfer; transfuse; tremor; tribute; trouble; trust; trusteeship; tutelage; twit; unicorn; urge; validity; value; vehemence; vicarage; vigor; vim; virility; virtue; virulence; vitality; wad; ward; wardship; warn; warrant; weigh; weight; wind; wing; word; work; wreath


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    charge against; charge thee; charge them; charge upon; charged them; charged with; charges against