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Example sentences for "cramp"

Lexicographically close words:
cram; crammed; crammer; cramming; cramoisy; crampe; cramped; cramping; crampons; cramps
  1. Mr. Cramp is pursuing his investigation on the plan of the essays on the letters of "Atticus Lucius," and those in defense of the Duke of Portland.

  2. CRAMP is preparing a critical analysis of the Private Letters of Junius to Woodfall, to be added to his new edition of Junius.

  3. Then La Normande would raise her arm a little, and say that there was no need for her to wear any stays to cramp and deform her figure.

  4. Instead of cramp couplets, each like a knife in your entrails, he should write, says Bluphocks, both classically and intelligibly.

  5. I have noticed an unusual cramp in my left arm for the last few days.

  6. Honorable and wise judges, a cramp which lames my right hand, the result of long years of untiring industry in the service of the law, does not permit me the honor of taking down the minutes of to-day's session unassisted.

  7. Writers' cramp manifests itself in the act of writing, dancers' cramp during dancing, and so on.

  8. But, regarded as a tic, it is unique in its dependence on the casual exhibition of the professional act; as long as the telegraphist has no occasion to transmit messages, his occupation cramp will not incommode him in the least.

  9. To obviate the trouble she used a pencil, at first with complete success; but the cramp occurred afresh, and she gave up writing altogether.

  10. The origin of this "cramp of speech" in psychical abnormalities is manifest.

  11. With this premise, we can identify the professional cramp as a functional anomaly recognisable by defective amplitude and force on the part of the motor reaction.

  12. We are ready to admit the close affinity of professional cramp to tic, with which it has an additional element in common in its occurrence among the psychically unstable.

  13. For want of a better word, we shall use the phrase professional cramp to specify functional disturbances taking place solely during the discharge of professional acts.

  14. Cramp & Sons, of Philadelphia, for the construction of two vessels of over 5000 tons each.

  15. And there is no cramp in my heart, no miasma clinging to my senses.

  16. The cramp of war was deep in us, as an iron frost in the earth.

  17. A nervous condition, which culminated in a long-enduring cramp of the heart, befell her; the cramp was followed by an hour-long swoon which could not be lifted.

  18. The effect of thus exalting the Torah was not, as it is so often said to have been, to cramp and harden the spiritual nature of the Jew, by confining it within definite limits and oppressing it by precise commands.

  19. All these terms have in common the idea of muscular contraction or spasm, and their relation in usage to one another may be represented graphically as under: Convulsion \ Cramp ═ Rheumatism.

  20. In this charm the word cramp seems to refer to the painful muscular spasms of labour.

  21. Bacon’s description of cramp in his Natural and Experimental History is fairly explicit and obviously does not embrace epilepsy: ‘The cramp cometh of contraction of sinews, which is manifest, in that it comes either by cold or dryness.

  22. Wiat of his goodnes sent unto me for a present certaine cramp ringges, which I distributed and gave to sondery myne acquaintaunce at Edinburghe, amonges other to M.

  23. Hellespont, and being taken with the cramp was drowned.

  24. Two ounces each of cramp bark, blue cohosh, slippery elm, raspberry leaves, squaw vine, orange peel and bitter root.

  25. A stomach cramp is a not infrequent cause of serious pain referred to the heart, and the rare condition of cardiospasm must also be remembered as a cause of pseudo-angina.

  26. She had suffered very much from cramp after dancing, and her first attempt to mount the bank brought on such a return of it as made her absolutely powerless--and in this state, and exceedingly terrified, she had been obliged to remain.

  27. As the patient was coming out of chloroform and regaining consciousness of his surroundings, he was repeatedly and persistently assured that the bending of his leg was now accomplished and the cramp removed.

  28. I was a long-hand biller for ten years, but I am now troubled with writer's cramp and unable to do much.

  29. In aphasia there is, however, no excessive muscular tension or cramp of the speech muscles.

  30. I married a good woman once, and take it from me they sure cramp a feller's style.

  31. He straightened it gingerly and ironed out the cramp with the back of his gun hand.

  32. When it reached his middle a cramp fell hammer-and-tongs upon his right knee, calf and sole of his foot.

  33. Your glue must be hot, and about the same consistency as when the ribs were fixed; and broad pieces of stiff cork must be procured, because the pressure of cramp 11 on back and belly at both ends will necessitate these safeguards.

  34. Now glue the two small ones for centre and carefully fit and force them end by end into slots, finally placing wood block 33 over glued linings, and clamp firmly with cramp 11.

  35. The other four are much easier to fit and fix; small cramp 2 being used; but here you must always be sure of a perfect fit all over, or you will find when taken from the mould there will be apertures, Fig.

  36. I would not cramp a boy's energies by compelling him always to cut wood, or draw water; but I would teach him not to be ashamed, should his companions happen to find him doing either one or the other.

  37. It not only produces corns, but makes the feet misshapen, to cramp them.


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