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Example sentences for "funnel"

Lexicographically close words:
funiculus; funk; funked; funking; funky; funneled; funnelled; funnels; funnier; funniest
  1. At the middle line abaft the forward funnel casing were the wireless-telegraphy rooms and the operators' quarters.

  2. Between the reciprocating engine casing and the third funnel casing there was a stewards' stairway, which communicated with all the decks below as far as E deck.

  3. On the starboard side of the wheel house and funnel casing were the navigating room, the captain's quarters, and some officers' quarters.

  4. The ship did not break in two, and she did, eventually, attain the perpendicular, when the second funnel from aft about reached the water.

  5. The simplest consists of a large glass vessel containing the silver solution, which is closed by a glass stopper, and terminates below in a funnel running to a fine point.

  6. The upper pot is open at the top, but the lower one has a cover, with hinged doors; and from the top of the cover a funnel is carried to a set of condensers.

  7. It came out of the funnel at full speed, but slowed down as it approached.

  8. To the right, on the side from which the train was to come, two great slopes, covered with vines, made a sort of funnel into which the track disappeared as though swallowed up.

  9. Ay, my lad, they've kept their fires banked up, and the smoke's pouring out of her funnel and hanging to leeward like a flag.

  10. All of Cézanne went into his painting; only now and then a drop escaped that voracious funnel and splashed on to life.

  11. For Cézanne poured all his prodigious energy and genius into a funnel that ended in the point of his brush.

  12. For, with a scream of ripping iron and the sharp snapping of guys, the Spirito Santo rolled her funnel clean off at the root, the casing along with it.

  13. Her long thin funnel amidships looked as though it had got there by mistake, and indeed she belonged rather to the class of auxiliary steam than that of auxiliary sail, in spite of the motive with which she had conceived.

  14. The 5th of February we at last entered the Gulf of Aden, a perfect funnel introduced into the neck of Bab-el-mandeb, through which the Indian waters entered the Red Sea.

  15. The high partitions, leaning forward on their base, grew into a vaulted roof bearing the shape of an immense funnel turned upside down, the height being about five or six hundred yards.

  16. The free end of the rope forms a noose above the ring of fibres, which tightens when the animal first attempts to lift his leg and holds down the funnel of ribs.

  17. Plates of rib bones of antelopes are firmly fixed in a ring of hard twisted vegetable fibres, which form a funnel with the points in a ditch.

  18. The next moment an avalanche of white and green water poured over her, flooding the decks and sending clouds of spray high over the funnel and masts.

  19. At this psychological moment a German shell carried away the funnel of the leading trawler and smothered her decks with smoke.

  20. Flames spurted from the short funnel of the patrol as she steamed at full speed after the retreating zeppelin, endeavouring to keep her within range as long as possible.

  21. Their friend was making a funnel of his hands and trying to attract their attention.

  22. The Very Young Man made a funnel of his hands and shouted up: "It's too far away.

  23. Mike took one look at the wild water, plunging noisily through the funnel of rocks, and smiled weakly over at Sandy.

  24. Sandy's raft quivered like a live animal as it shot through the funnel of rushing water, twisting steadily to the left.

  25. The slope of the sides of the vast funnel became momently less and less steep.

  26. Write to Schnitzler--let in the green-funnel boats--get an old Hamburg Jew to ruin him.

  27. The native passengers of the Sofala lay about on mats under the awnings; the smoke of her funnel seemed the only sign of her life and connected with her gliding motion in a mysterious manner.

  28. Her tall red funnel was inclined sharply, much of her side was above water, and muddy streams poured from the scuppers on the after deck, where men with long boots pulled a hose-pipe about.

  29. On the wreck's other side, the tug's mast and funnel slanted.

  30. Terrier's languid roll was getting sharper; mast and funnel swung into a wide sweep.

  31. She said the shareholders' meeting would be soon and she expected you to give a bigger dividend; the Blue Funnel people had paid five per cent.

  32. Brown watched the smoke until two masts and a funnel rose out of the vapor and began to get distinct.

  33. On the foremost funnel and along her sides were painted her national colours, while to leave no doubt as to her identity the words "Trone--Danmark" appeared amidships in letters six feet in height.

  34. More than one shell got home on board the British craft, playing havoc with the after-funnel and deckfittings, while three badly wounded but still irrepressibly cheerful seamen were taken down below.

  35. While running awash the fumes were carried off by means of a funnel that projected a few inches above the deck, which was fitted with a watertight cover that could be operated from the conning-tower when the submarine was trimmed for diving.

  36. In the funnel a which passes down from the crater or cup b, b, white-hot lava was surging up, having a large quantity of water and steam entangled in it.

  37. The entire apparatus is inclosed in a tin case in such a manner that only the aperture of the voice-funnel and the polar clamps for securing the conducting wires appear on the outside.

  38. On one side of the candle is a sheet metal voice funnel fixed upon a support, its mouth being covered with a movable sliding disk, fitted with a suitable number of small apertures.

  39. Both the speaking-funnel and the battery can be made to approach, at will, to the stream of warm air rising up from the flame.

  40. Crowding close to the funnel for warmth, and nestled in the space that the heat had made in the snow, crouched a creature that Wade recognized as "Ladder" Lane's tame bobcat.

  41. But from the battered funnel of the office camp came that trail of smoke, reaching straight up.

  42. There are a clitellum and sperm ducts which though like nephridia have a larger funnel and a less complexly wound duct.

  43. The Polychaeta, however, present us with another form of nephridium seen, for example, in Arenicola, where a large funnel leads into a short and wide excretory tube whose lumen is intercellular.

  44. In Polynoe the nephridia are short tubes with a slightly folded funnel whose lumen is intercellular, and this intercellular lumen is characteristic of the Polychaetes as contrasted with leeches and Oligochaetes.

  45. The internal funnel varies in the same way as in the Oligochaeta in the number of cells which form it.

  46. The sperm ducts are usually longer than the oviducts; but in Limicolae both series of tubes opening by the funnel into one segment and on to the exterior in the following segment.

  47. The network is, however, of the duct of the nephridium, possibly ectodermic in origin, and does not affect the glandular tubes which remain undivided and with one coelomic funnel each.

  48. In Hirudo the funnel is not pervious and is composed of a large number of cells.

  49. But the funnel is large and thus differs from the funnels of the nephridia in adjoining segments.

  50. B, Diagram of the nephridium of Alciope, into which opens the large genital funnel (coelomostome).

  51. The funnel varies greatly in size and number of its component cells.

  52. Rhynchelmis, which afterwards become by an enlargement and opening up of the funnel the permanent nephridia of the adult worm.

  53. Oligochaeta, sperm ducts of Phreoryctes, the coelomoducts occupy, like the nephridia, two segments, the funnel opening into that in front of the segment which carries the external pore.

  54. There are so many differences of detail that no line can be drawn between the one-celled funnel of Aeolosoma and the extraordinarily large and folded funnel of the posterior nephridia in the Oligochaete Thamnodrilus.

  55. The anterior nephridia, of which there are one to three pairs, contrast with the posterior series by their small funnels and large size, the posterior nephridia having a large funnel followed by a short tube.

  56. In both the cavity originally or immediately continuous with the coelom appears first in the funnel and grows backwards.

  57. The BYU Solar Funnel Cooker uses the glorious sunshine -- and the energy of the sun is a free gift from God for all to use!

  58. We were able to boil water in the Solar Funnel Cooker during this time, but we had to suspend the black jar in the funnel so that sunlight struck all sides.

  59. For long-term applications, one may wish to dig a hole in the ground to hold the Funnel against strong winds.

  60. Do this slowly, helping the cardboard to the shape of a funnel by using one hand to form creases that radiate out from the half-circle.

  61. I have personally used the Solar Funnel Cooker to cook lunches over many weeks.

  62. We have found that this works during the day also, when the funnel is pointed to a region of the sky away from the sun (and buildings, etc.

  63. For stability, place the Funnel inside a cardboard or other box to provide support.

  64. How to Build Your Own Solar Funnel Cooker - What You will Need for the Funnel Cooker - Construction Steps IV.

  65. Adjust the funnel to put as much sunlight onto the cooking jar as possible.

  66. If your funnel gets out-of-round, it can be put back into a circular shape by attaching a rope or string between opposite sides which need to be brought closer together.

  67. The Funnel Cooker is designed so that the hot region is deep down inside the funnel, out of harm's way.

  68. The design of the funnel allows it to collect solar energy for about an hour without needing to be re-positioned.

  69. Photo description: This is a picture of the funnel sitting tilted at an angle between two stands.

  70. I also donated two dozen solar funnel cookers for people in Guatemala.

  71. Of course, the Solar Funnel works much better outside of winter days (when the UV index is 7 or greater).

  72. When the funnel is formed, this becomes a full-circle and should be wide enough to go around your cooking pot.

  73. The Gulf of Finland forms a vast funnel pointing eastward, at the extremity of which stands the city.

  74. A strong west wind heaped the waters of the Gulf up into the narrow funnel of the Neva, and poured them, slowly at first, along the streets.

  75. Ah Chee knew all right where he was going, and at daybreak we sighted the island at which we had to meet the Ringdove, and two hours later saw her three masts and her funny little funnel sticking up.

  76. I thought that they never would, and the funnel was like a big torch, and could have been seen many miles away; but at last they heard and eased down.

  77. Her white hull and small, cream funnel proclaimed her an auxiliary yacht.

  78. As he called to the others a short funnel appeared, and a trail of smoke lay dark along the edge of the fog.

  79. While he watched the smoke from the stove funnel rise straight up in a faint blue line, he heard a splash of oars and Bethune appeared in the dory.

  80. The sooty cloud from her funnel streamed far to leeward, and Clay could feel her engines throbbing; but he saw that she was making poor speed, and he beckoned to Aynsley, who came aft and joined him.

  81. The vessel's tall, white side seemed right above them, but they were abreast of the funnel now, and the ash hoist began to clatter; Jimmy saw the dust and steam rise as the furnace clinkers struck the sea.

  82. I told him we'd only had a bullet through the funnel and a bit chipped out of the gunwale.


  83. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "funnel" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    approach; asymptote; carry; catheter; center; centralize; channel; chimney; close; concentrate; concentration; concourse; concurrence; conduct; cone; confluence; converge; convey; cop; cornet; crossing; flue; focus; funnel; hose; hub; intersect; meet; meeting; nip; nipple; pinch; pipe; pipeline; pipette; piping; radius; reed; siphon; spoke; stack; standpipe; stem; straw; tangent; tap; taper; transmit; trench; tube; tubing; unite; vent