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Example sentences for "consumeth"

Lexicographically close words:
consumed; consumedly; consumer; consumers; consumes; consuming; consummate; consummated; consummately; consummating
  1. And as that fire of blazing flames at the end of the yuga consumeth all perishable things of the world, both mobile and immobile, so did Partha, O king, consumeth all foes in battle.

  2. But although it proceed not to that extreme, yet it consumeth time, and employeth the mind too much.

  3. Because that oftentimes the humours being digested and consumed by time and made thin and weak, all the heat vehemently, suddenly and sharply flying into the inward part of the body, consumeth the humours which cause the disease.

  4. When the stomach hath nothing else to consume, it consumeth the phlegm and humours which it findeth most ready and most at hand; and therefore we suffer hunger better than thirst, because the heat hath nothing to refresh itself with.

  5. And that fire called Samvartaka aided by that inauspicious wind, consumeth this world extending for hundreds and thousands of yojanas.

  6. Assisted by the wind, fire consumeth the forest.

  7. That Sraddha which is censurable, consumeth the performer thereof like fire consuming fuel.

  8. Remembering that seat of ivory in thy court, decked with jewels and beholding this seat of kusa grass, grief consumeth me, O king!

  9. Whatever sin, O monarch, a king committeth in acquiring dominion, he consumeth it all afterwards by means of sacrifices distinguished by large gifts.

  10. As fire becoming mightier with the wind consumeth straw and wood, so kings with Brahmanas consume all foes!

  11. And that lord of all things, that fire, blazing forth in effulgence consumeth this universe with gods and Asuras and Gandharvas and Yakshas and Snakes and Rakshasas.

  12. As are aided by the wind consumeth the forest, so Brahma energy mingling with Kshatriya energy, and Kshatriya might mingling with Brahma power, might, when they gathered force, consume all enemies!

  13. If I but have thy command I would go (to Hastinapura) and, even as fire falling upon a heap of grass consumeth it, would slay Duryodhana, putting forth my utmost might.

  14. And as (a small portion of) fire thrust into the hollow of a tree consumeth the tree itself to its roots, even so affection, ever so little, destroyeth both virtue and profit.

  15. For the Duchesse not onely is amorous of thee, but also consumeth for the earnest loue shee beareth thee.

  16. The lion also sometyme is made the foode of the smalest byrdes: and rust consumeth iron.

  17. For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

  18. Material fire consumeth the body, whereas the fire of the tongue devoureth both heart and soul.

  19. Such lamenting consumeth the heart and shaketh the being.

  20. And that discus blazing like the fire that consumeth all things at the end of Yuga, hurled with force from the hands of Narayana, and falling constantly everywhere, destroyed the Daityas and the Danavas by thousands.

  21. By this act, O father, extinguish the grief that consumeth me like a blazing fire, that robbeth me of sleep, and that pierces my heart even like a terrible dart.

  22. Like a blazing fire fed with clarified butter, Drona, possessed of Brahma might and uniting it with Kshatriya might, consumeth every antagonist in battle.

  23. And emitting itself from that mouth it consumeth the waters of the mighty ocean.

  24. And that fire which consumeth the waters of the great ocean, became like unto a large horse's head which persons conversant with the Vedas call by the name of Vadavamukha.

  25. And, O monarch, Arjuna, like unto the terrible fire that consumeth all things at the end of the Yuga, began to prostrate on the ground horses and cars and elephants by thousands.

  26. Sir 31:1 Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the care thereof driveth away sleep.

  27. Sir 18:18 A fool will upbraid churlishly, and a gift of the envious consumeth the eyes.

  28. Sir 14:19 Every work rotteth and consumeth away, and the worker thereof shall go withal.

  29. Sir 43:21 It devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the grass as fire.

  30. And that fire called Samvartaka aided by that inauspicious wind, consumeth this world extending for hundreds and thousands of yojanas.

  31. That Sraddha which is censurable, consumeth the performer thereof like fire consuming fuel.

  32. And that lord of all things, that fire, blazing forth in effulgence consumeth this universe with gods and Asuras and Gandharvas and Yakshas and Snakes and Rakshasas.

  33. A fool will upbraid bitterly: and a gift of one ill taught consumeth the eyes.

  34. As a moth doth by a garment, and a worm by the wood: so the sadness of a man consumeth the heart.

  35. Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the thought thereof driveth away sleep.

  36. And on the other side, there is nothing more hurtfull, fuller of damage, nor more dangerous then fire, which burneth and consumeth all that comes neare it.

  37. For I, Nephi, have seen it, and it well nigh consumeth me before the presence of the Lord; but I must cry unto my God: Thy ways are just.

  38. A weatherbeaten, bankrupt ass it is That scatters and consumeth all he hath: Each one do pluck from him without control.

  39. The sea's vast throat, in so short tract of time, Devoureth nor consumeth half so much.

  40. It is a costly sin, and consumeth more than would serve to many better purposes.

  41. Arjuna swept forward in his chariot like to the fire which consumeth all things at the end of time, and he destroyed horses and cars and warriors.

  42. I will consume thine army like to fire which consumeth withered grass.

  43. When the time of universal dissolution cometh, the fire Samvartaka born of thy wrath consumeth the three worlds and existeth alone.

  44. As are aided by the wind consumeth the forest, so Brahma energy mingling with Kshatriya energy, and Kshatriya might mingling with Brahma power, might, when they gathered force, consume all enemies!

  45. Remembering that seat of ivory in thy court, decked with jewels and beholding this seat of kusa grass, grief consumeth me, O king!


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