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Example sentences for "extend the"

  • Tell them that my Name must not be used to extend the misery or ignorance of their brothers, nor shall they restrain in my Name, intelligence and thought, which I created free.

  • August 1, to extend the line of trenches to the Pasay road.

  • One of the claims of West Point for high consideration is in teaching the beauty of white trousers, and our tropical army experiences will extend the fashion.

  • He had never forgotten his boyish vow to do all in his power to extend the Kingdom of Christ; and now he formed another society like the old Order of the Mustard Seed.

  • Instructions were sent to Count Mauritz of Nassau ordering him to continue in the command, to extend the sphere of the Dutch dominion, and, if possible, to capture Bahia.

  • He farmed out a portion of these new Colonies, contracting with the Welzers, merchant princes of Augsberg, in Germany, to take charge of and to extend the settlements in that part of the continent which is now known as Venezuela.

  • Once definitely settled here, the conquistadores set themselves to extend the frontiers of their dominions, which in the first place were confined to the neighbourhood of the new town of Asuncion itself.

  • Mr. TOSEN said that when the proposals came to extend the franchise, such proposals had to come from old burghers, and so far the old burghers had not signified their willingness that this should be done.

  • Hop on L, and at the same time and count, extend the R, to second position (count one.

  • Hop on L, and at the same time and count, extend the R to second position (count three.

  • Hop on L, and at the same time and count, extend the R to second position, (count one.

  • Extend the term of the Fish and Game Commissioner to four years.

  • Extend the term of your State Warden to four years.

  • Extend the term of the game commissioner to four years.

  • I introduced a resolution during the present session of our legislature, asking congress to extend the right of suffrage to women.

  • Church Howe, in voting, said: "I thank God that my life has been spared to this moment, when I can vote to extend the right of suffrage to the women of my adopted State.

  • Under this provision it was found possible to extend the service to a considerable number of places.

  • He is about to extend the field of his operations.

  • There is a constant tendency in our society to extend the sphere of their employments, and consequently to give them the information which is necessary to the discharge of those employments.

  • He was not merely a crusader, fighting to extend the empire of the Cross over the darkened heathen.

  • But the conquests of Alexander did more to extend the limits of geographical science, and opened an acquaintance with the remote countries of the East.

  • One was to extend the franchise to the blacks.

  • My object was to make the loan more negotiable in Europe and thus to extend the demand, and consequently, to increase the value of our securities.

  • Since 1890 much has been done by the national Government, aided in many cases by the local authorities and by private enterprise, to improve the harbours and to extend the limits of river navigation.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "extend the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    about forty; actual settlers; beside her; black precipitate; chronic poisoning; curious feeling; extend the; extend their; extended order; extending from; extending over; gives himself; her book; inorganic nature; laughed softly; little sister; love shall; miles from; municipal corporations; other peoples; political instability; pour some; present constituted; sickly smile; vide ante; wild honey