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Example sentences for "giving"

Lexicographically close words:
givers; gives; givest; giveth; givin; givings; gizzard; gizzards; glabella; glabra
  1. There seemed to be a "free ride" every Sunday and many were giving up lucrative positions there to go.

  2. It was necessary, therefore, upon their arrival in that city for them to crowd into the district largely restricted to negroes, giving rise to such unhappy conditions as to jeopardize the peace and health of the community.

  3. They were selling out everything they had or in a manner giving it away; selling their homes, mules, horses, cows, and everything about them but their trunks.

  4. Letters sent back, representing that section of the North and giving directions concerning the route best known, easily influenced the next groups to join their friends rather than explore new fields.

  5. For generations the negroes have borne it grievously that it has been difficult to obtain land for cultivation other than by paying exorbitant rents or giving their landlords an unusually large share of the crops.

  6. Italians and Greeks are giving way to the negroes in the section gangs along northern railroads, as you can see from the train windows, and as labor agents admit.

  7. The so-called agent collects a registration fee, giving in return for the money, usually one or two dollars, a card which is said to entitle the bearer to a position at such and such a plant.

  8. An effort was made to meet this by calling conferences and by giving publicity to the launching of a campaign to make unfair settlements and other such grievances unpopular.

  9. These northern negroes felt then that the coming of their brethren in the rough did them a decided injury in giving rise to a race problem in a northern community where it had not before figured.

  10. Naturally, in anticipation, I had conceived a systematic exposition of fundamental principles covering the whole ground, and giving every factor its due rating and position.

  11. She elected to remain with us, our chief giving her assurance that she would be well and honourably treated.

  12. Notwithstanding this, these receivers were capable of giving excellent articulation and were of marvelous delicacy of action.

  13. This arrangement had the advantage of giving a positive ring-off, regardless of the condition of the connected line.

  14. In this the ordinary polarized ringer is used, but in addition the tapper rod carries a latch which, when vibrated by the ringing of the bell, releases a shutter and causes it to fall, thus giving a visual as well as an audible signal.

  15. The reason for giving the fuse the largest possible surface area is to decrease the likelihood of the fuse being ruptured by lightning.

  16. It is obvious from what has been said that in all cases these speaking fundamentals are accompanied by their multiples, giving complexity to the resulting wave-trains and character to the speaking voice.

  17. They give a relatively high electromotive force and have a moderately low internal resistance, so that they are capable of giving rather large currents for short intervals of time.

  18. Until about the middle of the year 1909, it was the universal practice to employ permanent magnets for giving the initial polarization to the magnet cores of telephone receivers.

  19. You are just lovely, Tib," Milly replied, giving me a hug.

  20. If Miss Armstrong will honor me by giving me personally a few sittings each morning for my Academy picture I shall be more gratified than I can express.

  21. But I don't feel as though I was giving it at all, for it does not even pass through my hands.

  22. Formerly the assumption of masculine attire had been prohibited, and at one of our Literary Society dramas, a half curtain had been stretched across the stage, giving a view of only the upper portion of the persons of the actors.

  23. Professor Waite found her remarkably serviceable as a model, from her versatility and ability to adapt herself to any character, giving a great variety of types for us to copy.

  24. It may be that Lorenzo de Medici confided to its keeping a will, giving back to Florence the city's liberties, and that this will was stolen by the Magnificent's heir while the poor man lay dying.

  25. He has been giving me points on bicycle riding.

  26. Milly, who had unlimited credit at several stores, kept up this pernicious custom of lavishly giving presents of flowers and candies.

  27. But I may," Milly said with a smile, thinking of her own foolish little heart, and of how appropriate the advice she was giving to Stacey was to her own case.

  28. After what has happened, you will see the propriety of giving up your position as leader of the choir," said they.

  29. Paul, who in an instant seized his gun by the barrel, and brought the breech down upon the dog's skull, giving him blow after blow.

  30. Mr. Cannel twitted Deacon Hardback of cheating him, while on the other hand the Deacon accused Mr. Cannel of giving false weight in selling coal.

  31. Again, as in other days, Mr. Quaver rubbed his great red nose, as trumpeters wipe their instruments before giving a blast.

  32. Giving your attention to drawing, are you, Master Paul?

  33. No one could get into their room without giving a signal to those within, and they had a secret sign by which they knew each other in the dark.

  34. When the British Association first came to Newcastle, Mr. Cowen spent more than L500 in giving publicity to their proceedings.

  35. Giving too little and asking too much Is not alone a fault of the Dutch.

  36. He devised the scheme of giving the Queen the title of "Empress.

  37. He had for some time been giving his support to the Conservative side.

  38. He replied in a curt note saying I should "find a cheque for L2 within"--giving me the impression that he regarded it as an extortion, which he thought it better to submit to than resent.

  39. Nevertheless, it may be well to follow the Jewish rule of giving a tithe of your time to the public service.

  40. Trades unions were mostly against piecework as giving more active workers an advantage over the others.

  41. At that time Mr. Cowen was giving the support of his paper against Liberalism, which he had so long defended and commended, which was an incentive to the outrage.

  42. Both parent birds, giving their alarm notes, circled about overhead, where they were soon joined by a pair each of Eastern least and Temminck's stints.

  43. Two or three minutes elapsed this time between the return of the male and the giving of the low call notes, when, as before, another downy young quickly arose at the signal and toddled over to its parent.

  44. Seton Gordon (1915), after giving a charming account of the breeding haunts of the dunlin in Scotland, has this to say about the solicitude of a devoted mother.

  45. Perhaps a whole flock may slip in unexpectedly, wheel over the decoys and hurry away, giving the gunner only a hurried chance for a quick shot.

  46. It swims lightly as a cork, its thick coat of breast feathers giving it great buoyancy, its head is held high and carried with a graceful nodding motion.

  47. Only one was observed giving a vocal performance on the wing.

  48. The flight of the stilt is steady and direct, but not particularly swift; the bill is held straight out in front and the legs are extended backwards, giving the bird a long, slim appearance.

  49. I noticed that as this bird passed over a certain spot, it would hover about 15 feet above the ground, giving a whistling trill.

  50. Like most phalaropes this one was tame and confiding, but whenever I approached within 20 or 25 feet, it would rise and fly on a few yards, giving the whit call.

  51. Then he would stamp with one foot, giving several sharp, quick blows, after which he would bow his head near the ground and again listen.

  52. It may be that happiness is not possible here below, except on condition of living like a child, giving ourselves up to the duties of each day as it comes, and trusting in the goodness of our heavenly Father for all besides.

  53. I had indeed met my old colonel, who recollected that I had helped him out of the skirmish at Montereau by giving him my horse, and he had offered me bed and board at his house.

  54. I do not see much use, Deacon Pratt, in your giving yourself any further trouble.

  55. Here is a famous fellow of a mountain to the northward, coming down before the wind, as one might say, and giving us a cant into the passage.

  56. A man might walk in their midst without giving the smallest alarm.

  57. I do not like giving up 'till I'm forced to it.

  58. Circumstances, however, were by no means favourable to giving Roswell the same influence over the Vineyard-men as he possessed over his own crew.

  59. In order to be secured, he even went a little beyond his usual precautions, actually discharging all indebtedness of the deceased to the Widow White out of his own pocket, by giving to her the sum of ten dollars.

  60. As for the deacon, his health was actually giving way before anxiety, until the result was getting to be a matter of doubt.

  61. The inlaid surface of Boulle work is framed in by borders, cornices, or handles of brass or gilt bronze, giving a massive architectural character to the whole.

  62. Hence, in giving an account, whether historical or mechanical, of furniture, I class it under the more general head of woodwork.

  63. These numbers are approximate translations of the numbers given in the communication: no object could be gained in giving complex fractions.

  64. The thrower prepares the pieces of a thicker bulk than is required, and it is the turner's business to bring them to a proper thickness, by removing the excess of material and giving to the exterior a smooth and highly finished surface.

  65. But by mixing up the science with politics, and giving it an occasional political impetus, a different result may be reasonably expected.

  66. But among the moderns it is as connected with Nature, and giving a soul and a personality to her, that they are most valued.

  67. He knows by painful experience that they deserve no quarter; that there is no use giving them any; to spare them is to make them insolent; to fondle the reptile is to be bitten by it.

  68. Though always professing the greatest admiration for Paul, the author of the Acts avoids giving him the title of apostle,[I.

  69. Giving way to a sort of pleasurable sadness, they forget the stranger; it is Jesus whom they see holding the bread, and then breaking it and offering it to them.

  70. In fifty years more we shall find her reconquering the world, giving again her laws to thought, and sharing the throne of the Antonines.

  71. Many of the doctors were opposed to giving them any religious education.

  72. Thereupon, turning his back upon them, he strode through the apartments, giving orders for repairs, incessantly going up and down stairs.

  73. The executioners threw their corpses in front of their fathers and their sisters, who yet marched proudly on, giving hardly a second glance.

  74. It was Rome, as we have already several times remarked, which hindered Judaism from giving itself up fully to its intolerant instincts, and stifling the free instincts which were stirred within its bosom.

  75. At other times they supposed that the ecstatically possessed was giving utterance to new and hitherto unknown languages,[4.

  76. He had hoped for a lift in a farmer's cart; fortune had favored him in giving him four roadsters to drive himself.

  77. Half an hour later, Hubbo climbed up through the hatchway and approached the subahdar, who was pacing the deck, giving many an anxious glance down the river.

  78. Giving the word at once to advance, he led his men to storm the redoubt and the mound on its right.

  79. Goodby, sir," he said, giving Desmond a hearty grip.

  80. After the coursing match he was giving a supper party at his country house at Parell.

  81. Giving to the Gujarati the order to go ahead, he questioned the serang.

  82. Then he offended him by giving shelter to a fellow named Krishna Das, who came in a month ago with fifty sacks of treasure from Murshidabad; it really belonged to the Subah's aunt, but the Subah had an eye on it and he's furious at losing it.

  83. The consent of the Council was required, and Desmond wished Mr. Merriman to arrange the matter without giving any explanation.

  84. Meanwhile the Mayor came out from the cottage porch, his wife leaning on his arm, and two of his younger children bounding on before, with joyous faces, giving chase to a gaudy butterfly which they had started from the woodbine.

  85. And I no more like to raise a laugh at his infirmity behind his back, than I should before his pale, powerful, melancholy face; therefore I suppress the infirmity in giving the reply.

  86. The new turbine offers a striking contrast using as it does practically the entire material of the power-giving portion of the engine.

  87. The wire simply was strung on the spiders or cross pieces, and a filament of almost any length giving almost any desired candlepower light could be used.

  88. A fairly successful device for giving the phonograph and the projector synchronism, or, in other words, keeping them in step, has been worked out by the Gaumont firm of Paris.

  89. He opened the steam valves a trifle more, giving more power to the motive end of the combination and more resistance to the "brake" end.

  90. Although space prevents giving the names of all, opportunity is here taken to express to each the heartiest appreciation of their generous help and valuable suggestions.

  91. At their two sides were two vertical surfaces, giving the tail the appearance of a box kite, so familiar in the Voisin.

  92. Just think of it, a little engine that you could lift with one hand, giving 110 horsepower!

  93. In fact, he is content to let it be worked out by others just so long as it fulfills his idea of giving to workingmen good houses at a low price.

  94. Now the scientific leaders in aviation are giving every bit as much attention to the perfection of their planes, their gliding possibilities, and the scientific rules governing their action as they are to their engines.

  95. In other words, the explosion drives down the piston giving the power, and on its return trip the piston forces out the burned fumes.

  96. The pilot sits in front of the engine underneath the plane, which is a military advantage, giving him ample chance for looking down and observing everything over which he is passing.

  97. To name all his inventions would be almost like giving a list of the machines and devices that mark man's progress in the use of electricity.

  98. Here will be found the same delicate fancy, the same beautiful imagery, and the same musical phrases from well-known composers, introducing the several chapters, and giving the key to their various moods.

  99. Ump," I said, "how long could they stay in there without giving out?

  100. He was almost seventeen hands high, with deep shoulders, and flat legs trim at the pastern as a woman's ankle, and a coat dark grey, giving one the idea of good blue steel.

  101. Ump was sitting on the Bay Eagle, his coat and hat off, giving some order to the ferrymen who were starting to bring up the cattle.

  102. His happy, busy life, which is now begun, may have been made all the brighter for the momentary cloud which taught him that Providence oftentimes blesses us in better ways than by giving us exactly the thing we desired.

  103. I saw a letter to Francis in the post-bag this morning, so I hope she has relieved her mind by giving him the explanation which she refused to me.

  104. I had almost determined to shake her out of her ridiculous reserve, by asking boldly what was the matter, and giving her a thorough scolding if I dared; when the door opened, and in walked Francis Charteris.

  105. I am giving you, instead of this week's history, as usual--from Saturday to Saturday.

  106. These, who are not always or necessarily gentlemen, stared at me as if I had been some strange beast, all the time I was giving my brief evidence about the breach of regulations complained of.

  107. I know of no other animal capable of giving forth so much sound, in proportion to its size, as a frog.

  108. How wood-life sharpens the senses, giving a new power to the eye, the ear, the nose!

  109. Now and then the faint yeap of some traveling bird would come from the air overhead, or the wings of a bat whisp quickly by, or an owl hoot off in the mountains, giving to the silence and loneliness a tongue.

  110. More recent writers have divided and subdivided the group very much, giving new names to new classifications.

  111. I have seen one from the South that had some kind of coarse reed or sedge woven into it, giving it an open-work appearance, like a basket.

  112. The order of gentlemanly parleying and brokery has, therefore, with many apprehensions of calamity, been reluctantly and tardily giving ground before something that is of a visibly underbred order.

  113. Theresa, giving her hand willingly into his.

  114. They ought to have been in their chamber in the Castle of Kernsberg, busily concocting despatches to their master and mistress, giving an account of these momentous events.

  115. It clustered about the broad low brow in a few simple locks, then, sweeping back round her head in loose natural waves, it was caught in a broad flat coil at the back, giving a certain statuesque and classic dignity to her head.

  116. They proved to be unlocked and were filled with ancient parchments, giving forth a faintly aromatic smell, but without a particle of dust upon their leaves.

  117. The officer went out cursing the Muscovite ears that had listened to such things, and also high Heaven for giving such a Prince to his true German fatherland.

  118. At this Margaret tottered, her knees giving way beneath her, so that her guards stood nearer to catch her if she should fall.

  119. Holds the Record= for giving Splendid Exclusive Articles by recognised specialists.

  120. Holds the Record= for giving the Best Serial Story of the Year.

  121. Prince Louis must send his Muscovites back beyond the Alla first, and then we will speak with him concerning giving him up his wife!

  122. That we may often avail ourselves of these gracious opportunities of giving the equivalent of a "cup of cold water," we should plant fruits and flowers in abundance.

  123. Few old-fashioned gardens were without it at one time, but it is fast giving way to newer and more popular varieties.

  124. If we cultivate these beautiful and delicious fruits we always have the power of giving pleasure to others, and he's a churl and she a pale reflection of Xantippe who does not covet this power.

  125. It answers my purpose, however, giving me as good strawberry land as I could wish.

  126. The autumn and winter rains will carry it down to the roots, giving almost double vigor and fruitfulness the following season.

  127. If the roots are huddled together, so that only a few outside ones are in contact with the life-giving soil, the conditions are of course most unfavorable.

  128. Top-dressings of very fine, light manure would keep the surface from baking, thus giving the seeds a chance to germinate.

  129. The Agriculturist was once very popular, and is still raised quite largely in some localities, but is fast giving way to new varieties.

  130. By giving a cool, half-shady exposure in moist land, the culture of the currant can be extended far to the south, especially in the high mountain regions.

  131. In giving aisles to the choir Roger's plan was singular, for it was not usual for a choir to have aisles when the nave had none.

  132. It is in this way that I have succeeded in having long massive tuning forks made of malleable iron, giving no more than 12 to 15 vibrations per second, and vibrating with perfect regularity.

  133. By rapid heating to a higher temperature, as well as by percussion and friction, it explodes violently, giving off a shower of sparks.

  134. In the gorilla a ridge is raised from along the major part of that tract to increase the surface giving attachment to the biting muscles.

  135. Rowland, of Baltimore, exhibited a number of his new concave gratings for giving a diffraction spectrum.

  136. We have now seen how electro-tuning forks may be constructed of large dimensions, of large mass, and giving a small number of vibrations per second.

  137. In giving evidence of words, dates, and facts, in a court of justice, the utmost precision is requisite.


  138. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "giving" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accommodation; accordance; adaptable; administration; agape; alienation; altruism; amortization; announcement; application; assignation; assignment; award; barter; beneficence; benevolence; bestowal; bountiful; cession; charity; communication; compliant; concession; consignment; contribution; conveyance; deliverance; delivery; demise; disclosure; disposal; disposition; donation; ductile; elastic; endowment; exchange; facile; flexible; flexuous; formative; free; generosity; generous; giving; goodwill; grace; gracious; grant; granting; handsome; hospitable; humanitarianism; impressionable; investiture; large; lavish; liberal; liberality; limber; lissome; lithe; love; magnanimous; malleable; munificent; notification; offer; open; philanthropic; philanthropy; plastic; pliable; pliant; presentation; presentment; princely; profuse; provision; publication; receptive; responsive; sale; sensitive; settlement; sharing; springy; submissive; subscription; supple; surrender; susceptible; telling; tractable; trading; transfer; transference; transmission; transmittal; ungrudging; unselfish; unsparing; willowy; yielding


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    giving away; giving birth; giving effect; giving her; giving him; giving lessons; giving life; giving notice; giving offence; giving orders; giving power; giving rise; giving spirit; giving the; giving them; giving utterance; giving vent