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Example sentences for "corrects"

Lexicographically close words:
correctives; correctly; correctness; corrector; correctors; corredor; corregidor; corregidors; correlate; correlated
  1. And the correction is produced by the same plano-concave lens as that which corrects the spherical aberration.

  2. Goblet d’Alviella very justly corrects the too enthusiastic assertions, on this point, of M.

  3. But science corrects the eye, measures distances at their just worth, probes ever deeper into the vault of heaven, distinguishing objects from their reflections.

  4. Errors which the child spontaneously corrects are not counted as errors.

  5. If the child makes an error and spontaneously corrects it, the change is allowed, but corrections must not be called for or suggested.

  6. But scientific knowledge corrects the uncertain testimony of consciousness; whilst we see coal burn and be apparently destroyed, science proves to us that the elements composing it remain undiminished.

  7. Thus, if a person who is guilty of far greater sins corrects his neighbor, this has a demoralizing effect, when the impression is given that good words rather than good deeds are important.

  8. Priestley did not know his countrymen, and especially that he was ignorant of New England; he corrects his political judgments, but admits the force in general of his social and literary criticisms.

  9. Mr. Romanes corrects his reference to the passage in which he says that Canon Kingsley first advanced the theory that instinct is inherited memory ("M.

  10. Intelligence gropes about, tries this way and that, misses its object, commits mistakes, and corrects them.

  11. The study of philosophy, or the habit of reflecting on pure concepts, combined with the practice of virtue, leads to the upbringing of this mysterious sense, which corroborates and corrects the conclusions of intellect.

  12. There is a certain power in us which rules over physical organs, corrects sense-errors, and unifies all knowledge.

  13. His mind should be completely free from the taint of prejudice and sin, so that he may gradually develop that inner sense, which verifies and corrects what intellect understands only as theory.

  14. But he corrects their theory of knowledge, in so far as he recognises an active element in human knowledge.

  15. Taste corrects or hides the natural differences of the two sexes.

  16. Gunner D likewise observes whether there is any deviation to right or left of the target and corrects in a similar manner.

  17. It bursts at 2 according to the observer, while gunner C also notes whether it is to the right or to the left of the target and corrects accordingly.

  18. The observer notes the altitude and relative position of the explosion in regard to the aircraft, while gunner B himself observes whether the shell has burst to the right or to the left of the objective and corrects accordingly.

  19. From the sum of the three rounds the observer corrects the altitude, completes his calculations, and communicates his instructions for correction to the three gunners, who now merely train their weapons for altitude.

  20. Now Our Lord wished the beginning of fraternal correction to be hidden, when one brother corrects another between this one and himself alone, while He wished the end to be public, when such a one would be denounced to the Church.

  21. If St. Paul in one place seems to indicate to the Thessalonians the speedy appearing of Christ and the end of the dispensation, in another epistle he corrects such a misapprehension of his meaning.

  22. But presently he corrects himself, saying, "Yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.

  23. When a father corrects his son it means as if he were saying, "My son, I beseech you, be a good boy.

  24. It corrects a sharpness of temper, and sweetens and softens the mind.

  25. They everywhere meet with some person who enlightens and corrects them; they are deceived by their idle curiosity, and often, after very long and painful efforts, can but just extricate themselves from the grossest ignorance.

  26. Another point on which this narrative of Deuteronomy corrects and restores that which the tendency of modern thought has perverted is an even more important one.

  27. Whatever that may be, it gives them a point on which to stand, and a vantage-ground from which they can gather up what widens or corrects their view.

  28. We will go and see him," corrects Sir Clifford, and she smiles, and does not dispute the correction.

  29. Of your reasonings," corrects the lawyer, drawing pen and paper toward himself.

  30. But it is a loose construction; Luke corrects it by the insertion of a second verb governing the noun.

  31. A writer of the seventeenth century, however, corrects this error, and says that "Strongbow did no more than run his son through the belly, as appears by the monument and the chronicle.

  32. The Four Masters give the date 498, which O'Donovan corrects both in the text and in a note.


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