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Example sentences for "greasing"

Lexicographically close words:
greaser; greases; greasewood; greasie; greasiness; greasy; great; greatcoat; greatcoats; greate
  1. The next morning he was taken to a neighboring blacksmith, who, by greasing one of his fingers, managed to insinuate it between the head and pot.

  2. You're worth a brigade of Darrins--confound the greasing meddler!

  3. With all the demerits Darrin will get, he'll have no heart for greasing the rest of this year.

  4. Tallow of inferior quality is employed for greasing the leather.

  5. Neither greasing the skin, nor wearing thick gloves, can protect the operators from the diseases induced by the poisonous action of the white lead; and hence they must be soon sent off to some other department of the work.

  6. Saying which, he resumed his greasing operations.

  7. A little beyond Rampont, we pulled into another camp, in Brocourt woods, where we spent the succeeding day greasing the carriage axles and cleaning the firing mechanism.

  8. He had taken two strips of thin yard-wide muslin each a little over four feet long, and with the inside of a bacon rind he was busily greasing them.

  9. The result of the greasing was to render the thin cotton fabric quite translucent, and indeed, almost transparent.

  10. The conviction has been forcing itself on my mind for some time that the naphthaline cones tend to promote greasing and verdigris, and carbolic acid in some small vessel secured to the cork, were, perhaps, preferable.

  11. But there is no way of preventing greasing or decomposition of the fats of the body, which may affect a specimen years after it has been in the cabinet.

  12. I want to tell them about greasing the chickens.

  13. Another way in which to prevent the formation of a hard crust consists in greasing the surface of the dough when it is placed in the pan, as at a, for rising.

  14. In greasing the griddle, see that there is no excess of grease, as this burns and produces smoke.

  15. A good greasing like this will last all winter.

  16. The whole apartment should be kept of one equal temperature, which ought never to be higher than is requisite to dry the hose for greasing in about forty hours.

  17. When the weather is damp, and the hose cannot be dried so as to be fit for greasing in two or three days, a stove should be put into the room in order to facilitate the process.

  18. Analogous trials were made on 8 radicles of the common wheat; and greasing their tips produced much less effect than in the case of the oats.

  19. It appears, therefore, at first sight that greasing the tips of these radicles had checked but little their bending to the adjoining damp surface.

  20. Essex, greasing the weapon instead of the wound in, i.

  21. Norwich, greasing the weapon instead of the wound at, i.

  22. Greasing the weapon instead of the wound, i.

  23. Harz Mountains, greasing the weapon instead of the wound in the, i.

  24. Cambridgeshire, greasing the weapon instead of the wound in, i.

  25. I grant that it was an act of folly greasing them at all, when we know the idiotic prejudices the natives have; still, it could hardly have been foreseen that this stir would have been made.

  26. Handle lightly, first greasing the hands with butter.

  27. Lay it on a waiter, greasing well with butter.

  28. Cut with a biscuit cutter, greasing one biscuit and placing another on it.

  29. Set it to rise, then make them up round and flat, greasing the upper side with lard and turning over one side.

  30. Every evening he would take an axe and cut up fire-wood enough for headquarters, and he was not above cleaning off his horse if his servant was sick, or did not do it to suit, and frequently I have seen him greasing his own boots.

  31. He was in our tent, greasing his shoes, and he looked up with a queer expression on his face and said, "Hello, Lieutenant.

  32. The hospital steward handed me the bottle that a dozen other sick soldiers had drank out of, and it was sticky all around the top, and contained something that looked like castor oil, for greasing a buggy.

  33. When Joseph La Flèche lost his leg, the old men told the people that this was a punishment which he suffered because he had opposed the greasing of the sacred pole.

  34. It will be noticed that on the way to the hunt, and until the time for the greasing or anointing of the sacred pole, the Wacabe tent is the more important one.

  35. They made great ceremonys in greasing our feete and leggs, and we painted them with red.

  36. They encouraged me so much, the one combing my head, the other greasing my haire.

  37. You have been a greasing your throat pretty strong, I see, with an extra pot or two; you'll be in for it as usual before the day's out.

  38. Dutch call smear-money, a term derived from the fee paid for greasing wheels).

  39. He found the job-master greasing the wheels of a carriage, while his wife leaned out of a window scolding at him.


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