Home
Idioms
Top 1000 Words
Top 5000 Words


Example sentences for "forthwith"

Lexicographically close words:
forthe; forther; forthi; forthinketh; forthright; forthwithal; forthy; forti; fortia; fortie
  1. Then, to their amazement, the governor invited them to undertake forthwith the reduction of Louisbourg.

  2. These were eagerly welcomed by the starving crew as agreeable substitutes for the five Englishmen; and, being forthwith slaughtered, were parcelled out among the men, who would not wait till the flesh was cooked, but devoured it raw.

  3. And the Inhabitants should not be forthwith put upon a good foot of Subjection and fidelity.

  4. As it is I shall use my best Endeavours forthwith to fit out a sufficient force by Sea to destroy M^r.

  5. They would probably send the regiment to the polls forthwith and examine their own consciences as to their duty to Erin; but they would never be easy any more.

  6. They assumed at once that their ruler was in league with that country, and consequently they, his people, would forthwith become a Republic and colonially expand themselves as a free people should.

  7. Hence, whoso will can readily remark That soul conjoined is with mind, and, when 'Tis strook by influence of the mind, forthwith In turn it hits and drives the body too.

  8. For ever the ampler and more wide a thing, As soon as ever its augmentation ends, It scatters abroad forthwith to all sides round More bodies, sending them from out itself.

  9. And when that wind Hath splintered that cloud, then down there cleaves forthwith Yon fiery coil of flame which still we call, Even with our fathers' word, a thunderbolt.

  10. For naught is harder than to separate Plain facts from dubious, which the mind forthwith Adds by itself.

  11. And first, Why doth the mind of one to whom the whim To think has come behold forthwith that thing?

  12. And thither when In horizontal flight the birds have come, Forthwith their buoyancy of pennons limps, All useless, and each effort of both wings Falls out in vain.

  13. Forthwith Joe went to work at his vocation.

  14. Forthwith he bounded up the steps and announced his arrival with five good, hearty, sounding raps at the door.

  15. But he will hear forthwith Christ's own answer--'If thou art bad, I can and will make thee good.

  16. The officer so jumped forthwith loses the interest he formerly had in the command, and does not exert himself to work for the good of the men under him.

  17. He had a personal interview with Colonel Burrell, while a prisoner at Houston, and produced an order calling upon him to report forthwith to the War Department, and requested a signed document from the colonel stating the facts.

  18. When they do they will, of course, forthwith take up all the others.

  19. Edward, a parlement was holden at Westminster, and the sentence of disheriting the kings aduersaries was pronounced against them, whose lands the king forthwith gaue vnto his trustie subiects, where he thought good.

  20. Forthwith to the glass she went, in a charming excitement.

  21. But he did not; and the Baronet jumped into the vehicle, which was forthwith in motion.

  22. As he spoke, he laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red-hot.

  23. A lane was forthwith opened through the crowd of spectators.

  24. Chardin was hailed as a master worthy to be placed beside the great Netherlandish still-life painters, and was urged by his friends to "present himself" forthwith at the Academy.

  25. Oh yes, Natalie will play you something," her father said, carelessly; and forthwith the girl sat down to the small table.

  26. That same evening he accepted; and the Secretary Granaglia was forthwith ordered to report the result of these proceedings to England, and give certain instructions as to the further conduct of business there.

  27. A fleet of fifteen vessels was forthwith equipped for this new El Dorado The northwest passage to Cathay was forgotten.

  28. You don't mean--" Asano touched his arm and gave him a warning look, and forthwith another of these mechanisms I screamed deafeningly and gave tongue in a shrill voice.

  29. A voice bawled in his ear, "The red police," and receded forthwith beyond his questions.

  30. Forthwith with rapid movements and a succession of deftly handled implements he shaved Graham's chin, clipped his moustache, and cut and arranged his hair.

  31. It seemed to him that the first need of this exhausted being was companionship He flung himself down on the steeply sloping turf beside the motionless seated figure, and deployed forthwith into a skirmishing line of gossip.

  32. When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.

  33. And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.

  34. It was easy to find the Mamurran palace, to the principal door of which, guarded by a Praetorian sentry on either hand, Paulus forthwith escorted Benigna.

  35. But Benigna, whose mind he thus relieved, he filled with a new anxiety by expressing his conviction that Tiberius Caesar would forthwith destroy him.

  36. Forthwith the bath and the supper introduced him to his remote home amid foreign faces.

  37. And the stranger was forthwith joyfully made welcome, and took rank among dear friends.

  38. The faith of childhood is great; and they saw no reason why he should not be able to do as he said, and so forthwith began to pet and coax him as unmercifully as they had scolded five minutes before.

  39. Wynn and Peel, as a manifest attempt to evade the provisions of the Grenville Act, which might forthwith be repealed if motions of this nature were sanctioned.

  40. Every individual whom any creature of government disliked, or any private enemy thought proper to denounce by an anonymous accusation, was forthwith consigned to the dungeons of the Limveiro, or of St. Julian.

  41. The Earl of Chatham delivered a long speech on that occasion, which was forthwith published in the Public Advertiser.

  42. If that resolution should be carried, he should move further, "that the said sheriff be ordered to refund the said amount forthwith to Messrs.

  43. It would have been bad policy had Washington not relented on the receipt of these letters; and he, therefore, forwarded them to congress with one of his own, and Captain Asgill was forthwith set at liberty.

  44. Accordingly, the crown lawyers having been consulted, the messengers were directed to seize Wilkes, and bring him forthwith before the secretary of state.

  45. These representations produced such an impression, that a motion was forthwith carried for a committee to inquire into the evils arising from lotteries.

  46. On his arrival he forthwith issued one of those boastful addresses for which the French emperor and his marshals had become celebrated.

  47. The Princess Anne was despatched to join her destined husband, who was forthwith baptized by the Archbishop of Kherson in the church of S.

  48. Grace after meat" followed, and forthwith Eli Todd began to deliver an address.

  49. They thought that by some superhuman effort he would rise forthwith to reach the table.

  50. A rocket, on the other hand, though not half so deadly in exposing an attack, demands that every man within its periphery shall endeavor forthwith to blend with the earth, or he will surely be seen and shot at.

  51. At this moment baby Marrot who had been sleeping when his father was brought in, became suddenly conscious of internal vacuity, and forthwith set up a lusty howl, whereupon Mrs Marrot pounced upon and throttled him--to some extent.

  52. But Mrs Tipps remained obdurate, and the captain left her, vowing that he would forthwith devote it as the nucleus of a fund to build a collegiate institute in Cochin-China for the purpose of teaching Icelandic to the Japanese.

  53. Forthwith the contractor went to work, and all went well and busily for some time, until it was suddenly discovered that a hidden quicksand extended 400 yards into the tunnel, which the trial shafts had just passed without touching.


  54. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "forthwith" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abruptly; apace; away; directly; expeditiously; flat; forthwith; immediately; instantaneously; instantly; now; promptly; pronto; quickly; right; short; simultaneously; soon; speedily; straight; straightaway; sudden; suddenly; summarily; swiftly