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Example sentences for "connection"

Lexicographically close words:
conne; connect; connected; connectedly; connecting; connections; connective; connectives; connectivity; connector
  1. This marriage strengthened our connection with the Consular Government, and a month afterward Mme.

  2. I must, however, mention him in connection with the memoirs of his mother, as he had more to do with them than might be supposed.

  3. The 18th Brumaire completely severed her connection with those individuals.

  4. Our connection with the Continent has always been most intimate at this eastern corner, and the tin was conveyed along the trackways from west to east.

  5. Maker church tower was used as a signalling station during the French wars, in connection with another at Mount Wise; there is now a regular signal station at Rame Head.

  6. The most notable point about Cairnech is his connection with St. Patrick, who appears to have been his intimate friend; some even say that Patrick was baptized by Cairnech.

  7. But when we think of Watt and Stephenson in connection with steam transit we must never forget that the Cornishman Trevithick deserves at least an equal share of honour.

  8. The connection may have been a happy one; the mermaid was evidently courteous in manners, though her representation on the Zennor bench-end is not exactly beautiful.

  9. There was a heritage of trouble in connection with the Lanhydrock estate, and the defendant in one particular case sorely needed the witness of Tregeagle himself, to settle a disputed point.

  10. The position of the Mount caused it to become not only ecclesiastic but a secular stronghold, and it is in this connection that it chiefly claims historic notice.

  11. It is interesting to note that there is a Sully isle lying off Glamorgan, south of Cardiff, and there may have been some connection between the two names, for Scilly was sometimes spelt Sully; there is also a Scilly in Ireland.

  12. Theory is in itself of no use, except in so far as it makes us believe in the connection of phenomena.

  13. The good man was not aware that in that very moment the divine in him stood in the closest connection with the divine in the Universe.

  14. He is the happiest man who can set the end of his life in connection with the beginning.

  15. The column P shown in the plan was so located as to prevent a direct connection between the centrifugal circulating pump and the condenser inlet.

  16. The circulating pump was removed to the position shown, and a direct connection substituted for the S-bend.

  17. His designs sprung straight from himself, they had no connection with any European tradition.

  18. I have devoted a brief chapter to the origin and development of written constitutions, and the connection of our colonial charters therewith.

  19. In connection with the political history, Stanwood's History of Presidential Elections, 2d ed.

  20. We have already had something to say about courts in connection with those primitive areas for the administration of justice, the hundred and the county.

  21. In connection with Bagehot's English Constitution the student may profitably read Woodrow Wilson's Congressional Government, Boston, 1885, and A.

  22. This subject is treated in connection with the township in several of the books above mentioned.

  23. In connection with the questions on page 269 relating to tariff, currency, etc.

  24. An admirable book in this connection is Hannis Taylor's (of Alabama) Origin and Growth of the English Constitution, Boston, 1889.

  25. In connection therewith, the work of Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 2 vols.

  26. The system was thus more democratic than in Virginia; and in this connection it is worth while to observe that parochial libraries and free schools were established as early as 1712, much earlier than in Virginia.

  27. Is there any connection between public sentiment about a law and the enforcement of that law?

  28. In connection with the books just mentioned much detailed and valuable information may be found in the collections of essays edited by J.

  29. In connection with some of the questions on page 271, the student may profitably consult Woolsey's International Law, 5th ed.

  30. His great work, however, was in connection with Atlanta University, an institution for higher education, whose foundation he was active in securing, and over whose interests he presided until the day of his death.

  31. Latest in development in connection with our schools, it may yet prove first in value.

  32. Do Christians in this country realize as they ought the connection between their prayers and the blessings bestowed on the opposite side of the globe?

  33. There was a connection between them and prayer offered in our own country, of which David would say, "Whoso is wise, and will observe it, even he shall understand the loving kindness of the Lord.

  34. On this Epistle we have full notes prepared in Syriac, and we study it carefully, in connection with the Old Testament.

  35. In connection with this, one incident claims our notice.

  36. So, in viewing the wonders of divine grace, we need to see its results in connection with what has been.

  37. In the school we have studied Ezra, in connection with Haggai and Zechariah, and are now in Nehemiah.

  38. We shall hear from Hoimar again, in connection with the communion.

  39. It does not fall in with the design of this volume to give a complete account of the revival, but we cannot leave it without a word more about the instrumentality of Mr. Stoddard in connection with that work of grace.

  40. But there was a special centre of prayer for the Female Seminary in the institution at South Hadley; and pious hearts loved to watch the connection between the two.

  41. This is observed in connection with the strange courses which letters run if, by a first misreading of the address, they happen to get out of their proper line or direction.

  42. The postboys were a source of great trouble and vexation to the authorities of the Post-office through the whole course of their connection with the department.

  43. A traveller in 1688 relates, also, that besides the horse-post from Edinburgh to Berwick, there was a similar post from Edinburgh to Portpatrick in connection with the Irish packet service.

  44. It is only by a side-light that any connection between the saint and the custom can be traced.

  45. The customs of St Valentine's day have no direct connection with the saint whose name has been borrowed to designate the festival of the 14th of February.

  46. But perhaps the most curious difficulty arising out of a shipwrecked mail was that which took place in connection with the loss of the Union Steamship Company's packet 'European' off Ushant, in December 1877.

  47. He turned scornfully on his heel, knowing that he had made one enemy, at any rate, during his short connection with his new business.

  48. As to the clergy, doubtless their names had been suggested by the good Bishop of S--, who would be in a position to introduce a considerable connection to his fellow- directors.

  49. The language of the Act must be read in connection with the Constitutional provision and be so construed as to promote the object and conform to the purpose expressed therein.

  50. He claimed an exclusive right to the use of the word "Chronicle" in connection with newspapers in Newcastle, and craved an injunction against the sale in Newcastle of The Sporting Chronicle.

  51. It has been suggested that not only the interests of the lawful producer will be safeguarded, but also interests arising in a third person from or in connection with such production, and this seems to be sound.

  52. They are intended to be used, and can only be used in connection with that upon which they are inscribed.

  53. He must be an extremely unintelligent person if he thinks that the Evening Post, which disclaims all connection with the Morning Post, and writes upon different topics and in a different style, is connected with the Morning Post.

  54. A title can only be protected as a trade mark in connection with a particular literary or artistic production which has become known to the public.

  55. The plaintiff claimed that he had acquired an exclusive use to the words "post office" in connection with a directory.

  56. Thoughts began to come fast now through Chris's brain, and the first were in connection with the mules and ponies they had left to graze up to the right of the gully.

  57. Right away after dark the Chinks will probably make some move in connection with that matter, if they haven't done it already.

  58. To secure the wardman it was necessary to go, to the Elizabeth street station, something Old King Brady greatly disliked to do, for he hates to have to apply to the police in connection with his own affairs.

  59. Only a few months before the Bradys had captured him in connection with a tong shooting affray.

  60. It is the inclusion in the Charter of the League of Nations of a clause rendering women, equally with men, eligible to all appointments in connection with the League, including the Secretariat.

  61. It may have come much later, through the close connection of the Israel of David and Solomon, first with Phenicia and then with Egypt.

  62. But the enormous influence which has thus been exerted by the Jewish and Christian Scriptures has had no necessary connection with cosmogonies, demonologies, and miraculous interferences.

  63. It is the merest ostrich policy for contemporary ecclesiasticism to try to hide its Hexateuchal head--in the hope that the inseparable connection of its body with pre-Abrahamic legends may be overlooked.

  64. Occasionally a plant is found which will keep up its connection with two or three generations; that is, a frond will root at the apex, forming a new plant (the second generation).

  65. None of the things that he was able to talk about seemed to have the remotest connection with the subject of money.

  66. I for one am heartily sick of old underhand connection between city politics and the city papers.

  67. The result is that the towers appear too close together, and lose all connection with the facade, which should rather set off their proportions than conceal them.

  68. The connection of these towers with the original west front was unfortunately hidden by the erection of the present Gothic screen-wall.

  69. No doubt you have heard hints of Dudley Lawton's name in connection with the case?

  70. Others were memoranda of Miss Wend's, and still others were autograph letters to Miss Wend of a very incriminating nature in connection with the fires by another person.

  71. You think there is some connection between her death and the letters?

  72. Then Hartstein, the adjuster for the insured, and Lazard, the adjuster for the company, both of whom had had more or less to do with her in connection with settling up for other fires, recognised her.

  73. What possible connection is there between a lump of paraffin and one of the few places in the country where they still race horses?

  74. For my part, I could not determine whether he was merely anxious to avoid any notoriety in connection with the case or whether he was concealing something that might compromise himself.

  75. Under no conditions betray your connection with Herr Schmidt.

  76. Say," he cried in great excitement, "here's another thing which may or may not have some connection with the case.

  77. I believe our engagement was formed when we were too young to know our own minds, but I would have done my duty and kept to my word; but you, sir, have yourself severed the connection between us by your insolence to-night.

  78. Cornelius himself did not much press this point, since, even supposing that the paper should turn up, it could not have any direct connection with the correspondence which constituted the crime.

  79. It had been carefully nurtured from the date of his first connection with the Three Bars.

  80. Truly, the Three Bars connection had the fat of the land at the Bon Ami.

  81. Worthy of especial mention in this connection are Sir Henry Ashurst, the representative of Connecticut, and Jeremiah Dummer, his successor.

  82. The French realized that they could not keep up connection between New Orleans and their settlements on the St. Lawrence if not permitted to hold the valley of the Ohio.

  83. The only public duties exercised by the habitants were in connection with parish affairs, and then the initiative was taken at Quebec, where resided the central authority, vested in the governor, intendant, and council.

  84. Thus far none had ventured to think of the possibility of dissolving all political connection with the mother-land.

  85. Colonists could on this side of the continent found new commonwealths, yet at the same time easily maintain their connection with the fatherland.

  86. Perhaps in such a connection as subsisted between this precious couple, these faults are inevitable on the part of the woman.

  87. There is an undoubted connection between earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

  88. A substance used in connection with welding of melting liquids to facilitate the process.

  89. In connection an alkali of some kind must be used.

  90. Do you think he had any connection with the skeleton we found on shore?

  91. We must make a tubular connection with the hole in the bottom of the crucible.

  92. There may not be any subterranean connection directly with the sea, and the animal has been trapped there; or it may be able to reach the sea in the cave at any time, by some underground channel.

  93. The dial finger has a connection with the moving end, and by that means pressure is indicated.


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

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    connection between; connection with