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Example sentences for "exploits"

Lexicographically close words:
exploitations; exploited; exploiter; exploiters; exploiting; exploration; explorations; exploratory; explore; explored
  1. The record of the conversion of the famous King Teedyuscung is kept in the Moravian Congregation, and his exploits are frequently described in their annals.

  2. The memory of Jackson is cherished by the Southern people more than that of any other of their leaders in the Civil War, and his brilliant exploits and inopportune death have made him their special hero.

  3. Some reference to the earlier exploits of Scots on other fields may perhaps be pardoned, for there are some stories--like that already quoted regarding the Duke of Marlborough--that never grow old.

  4. Their next exploits were in the first Peninsular campaign, through which they came to Corunna.

  5. These exploits were the foundation of his after greatness; and yet young, at the return of Solon, he was already at the head of the democratic party.

  6. Devon took its unhappy share in the Wars of the Roses, and Perkin Warbeck besieged Exeter in 1497, but unsuccessfully, like most other exploits of that unlucky adventurer.

  7. Even whilst the hall porter was summoning a cab the news spread, within and without, that the lighthouse-keeper and his daughters, whose exploits filled the minds of all men, were standing near the door.

  8. He described his exploits on the march, and did not disguise his intention of bringing his troops into Hamburg next day.

  9. In the extraordinary campaign, which has been distinguished by the name of "the Campaign of Austerlitz," the exploits of our troops succeeded each other with the rapidity of thought.

  10. They cannot believe that a man who has performed so many great exploits can be content to live as a private citizen.

  11. For my part, I confess that I always admired him more for what he had the fortitude not to do than for the boldest exploits he ever performed.

  12. The body of the work is a narrative of exploits in which the hero Kṛishṇa plays a great part but revised so as to make him appear often as a deity and sometimes as the Supreme Spirit.

  13. Among his many exploits was the following.

  14. The sporting records at the end of the last century give the following exploits of horses of that and previous periods.

  15. They were exceedingly famous for exploits and accomplishments of every kind; but Lyngvi surpassed all his brothers.

  16. And in all their exploits they were so equal that no-one could distinguish which was the better of the two.

  17. His various exploits are told in the Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok, and in the Thattr of the Sons of Ragnar, and also by Saxo Grammaticus, Dan.

  18. To return to the young hoopoe of whose exploits I have been writing.

  19. He gives an interesting account of his early ambitions and exploits as an artist, which career he abandoned for that of an actor.

  20. In the days of our youth we have heard or read about Claude Duval and Jack Shepherd, and their wonderful exploits in old England; and we have a faint recollection of one John A.

  21. He had traversed Greece with an imagination full of the exploits of ancient times, and derived, from contemplating Thermopylae and Marathon, an enthusiasm that bordered upon frenzy.

  22. He had made sale of his property on advantageous terms, in the ports of France, and resolved to consume the produce in examining this scene of heroic exploits and memorable revolutions.

  23. Their discourse now turned upon the exploits of several women who mingled in the tumults of the capital and in the armies on the frontiers.

  24. To return to Zeus, his birth (whether as the eldest or the youngest of the children of Cronus) has already been studied; now we have to deal with his exploits and his character.

  25. The exploits of Quawteaht in the beginning of things were something between those of Zeus and of Prometheus.

  26. The peace pipe was smoked, and the conversation was peaceful regarding exploits in the hunt and the chase.

  27. It is unnecessary to recite in detail the exploits of these Frenchmen and their successors.

  28. The exploits of Guy were long held in high favour not only in England but abroad; we find a French version dated 1525, and the British hero is referred to in a Spanish romance which was written almost a hundred years before this.

  29. In Percie's "Reliques of Antient Poetry" is a long black letter ballad upon the exploits of Guy.

  30. Hayti became afterwards the theatre of the exploits of the ever-glorious Toussaint l'Ouverture.

  31. If ever the naval exploits of this country are done into an epic poem--and since the Iliad there has been no subject better fitted for such treatment or better deserving it--the West Indies will be the scene of the most brilliant cantos.

  32. He walked over to the charred and twisted remains of the Skyrocket, fighting down his strong impulse to pry into the thing and see if he could discover the secret of its astounding exploits before the crash came.

  33. Jerry grinned to himself at this; he had heard Tod tell of the exploits of this slip of a girl, and no boy in camp could do more with a four-ounce bass rod than she could.

  34. She exploits her soul as her husband exploits the globe.

  35. The son of an American loyalist, who remains true to our flag, falls among the hostile redskins in that very Huron country which has been endeared to us by the exploits of Hawkeye and Chingachgook.

  36. The conquest of Mexico by a small band of resolute men under the magnificent leadership of Cortez is always rightly ranked among the most romantic and daring exploits in history.

  37. The first night the camp was made on the banks of the Cataract, well within the woods, and not far from the scene of their first exploits with the two bears.

  38. But that which attracted them more intensely were the series of exploits which brought to light the hidden mysteries of the island, and which caused them to name it "Wonder Island.

  39. In other words he must prove to the satisfaction of his examiners that he is able to handle an airplane skilfully, barring of course any fancy exploits in the air.

  40. Yet undoubtedly the greatest exploits will be told of those heroes who, in the Great War, flew daily over the lines, meeting the aviators of the enemy in mortal combat.

  41. Among the very first of the French pioneers of flight was that gallant little Brazilian, Santos-Dumont, whose exploits with the dirigible had done so much to popularize air sports.

  42. Their exploits opened every great military operation, they constituted a reign of terror over the lines of the enemy, and their death-dealing blows saved countless thousands of allied troops from the need of sacrificing their lives.

  43. Henry Farman, who already had made his name famous in motor car racing, was the next to win popular acclaim for exploits in the air.

  44. But they did not achieve their daring exploits nor make their marvelous records in the air until they had passed through a series of tests and a system of training so rigid that it might well have discouraged the most stout-hearted.

  45. But his splendid pioneer exploits had borne their fruit in a permanent and growing interest in the navigation of the air.

  46. He was nicknamed the "Unpuncturable" by his comrades, since in all his exploits above the lines his machine had only twice received a bullet hole.

  47. Women keep watch during the night, and tell the exploits of their nation to keep awake.

  48. Their musical instruments are flutes and hollow trunks beaten with sticks or bones, and accompanied with song and impromptu words, relating the exploits of their gods, warriors, and hunters.

  49. During all these wonderful exploits which will live in history because men had the opportunity during the war to use them for the first time in actual conflict, the official reports have not mentioned the aviators by name.


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