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Example sentences for "husbanding"

Lexicographically close words:
hus; husband; husbande; husbanded; husbandes; husbandly; husbandman; husbandmen; husbandrie; husbandry
  1. Unhappily he never thought of husbanding his strength except for the purpose of making fresh demands upon it, and it was for this he took a brief holiday in France during the summer.

  2. He often lost his voice in these early days, having still to acquire the art of husbanding it; and in the trial to recover it would again waste its power.

  3. The things that lend themselves to the husbanding of the race will draw as a magnet those who have borne the race.

  4. A nation can make good in this cataclysm only if it centers its whole power on the two objects in view: military victory, and husbanding of life and resources at home.

  5. With honor within grasp, deliberately he had sought dishonor, little recking of shame and murder, and childishly husbanding green, red and blue pebbles!

  6. By a careful husbanding of resources and a system of mutual exchange the settlers had been able to prevent much suffering which a lack of care might have entailed.

  7. His energetic spirit strove with his disabled body, and he entertained the hope that by carefully husbanding his remaining strength he might be able to recuperate.

  8. State, husbanding its resources, and living at peace with all their neighbors.

  9. Chosroes remained aloof from the war, either husbanding his resources, or perhaps occupied by civil feuds, and left the defence of his outlying provinces to their respective governors.

  10. She swam directly toward the island, husbanding her strength like a wise person, but making steady progress, until before the afternoon was half gone, she knew she had placed many a long mile behind her.

  11. The resting spells gave each the opportunity for sleep, thus husbanding their vigor for the morrow.

  12. No doubt with proper husbanding and utilizing of the little stream, thousands of acres might be cultivated, and the whole region, both above and below Tucson, be made to produce largely.

  13. They had had tolerable crops of barley, oats, and potatoes, all of which that could be spared they were husbanding for seed the coming year.

  14. We should best consult the true interests of the country by husbanding our resources in a time of peace, and, instead of a lavish expenditure on all the means of defence, by placing some trust in the latent and dormant energies of the nation.

  15. Since that opening day I have been thrilled and electrified by this theme of Conservation, which is but another name for Patriotism, the husbanding of the Nation's resources.

  16. By husbanding and using economically the gifts of Nature, we shall have an abundant supply for our own times, and also make suitable provisions for the future.

  17. During the spring of 1800 parliament made some proposals for the husbanding of wheat and for bounties on importation, but, as we shall see later, the scarcity grew more grievous.

  18. Bills were passed with the object of husbanding the supply of wheat; liberal bounties were granted on importation, and the members of parliament entered into an agreement to curtail the use of wheaten flour in their own households.

  19. And this is all the husbanding of their ground that they vse.

  20. Perhaps he was only husbanding his strength.

  21. We are reminded that he was an amazing economist, husbanding and developing the national finances.

  22. But in serving the State he only served his own interests, because the State was incarnated in himself, and in husbanding his resources he was only acting like a miser who is adding to his hoard.

  23. Let there be only a proper husbanding of strength, and let each man proportion his efforts to his powers.

  24. In what ample terms is agriculture lauded by him in the book about husbanding one's property, which is called Oceonomicus!

  25. Constable very anxious to have husbanding of the books.

  26. Troops at a halt are supposed to be resting, night or day, and the fewer on outpost the more troops will there be resting, and thus husbanding their strength for approaching marches and encounters with the enemy.

  27. Still the cabinet persisted in husbanding every chance of saving the treaty.

  28. It should be of such a nature that he feels the necessity of husbanding his resources.

  29. More frequently by their own extravagance, perhaps; but, in numerous instances, by that of those whose duty it is to assist in upholding their stations by husbanding their fortunes.

  30. And, first of all, the husbanding of your time.

  31. To the end of husbanding their little purse, he employed himself taking charge of the mules or guiding the wagons, for which he received a few deniers and his food.

  32. By husbanding the water still left in this pouch, we shall have enough to reach Marhala with.

  33. The vessel alighted safely on the stream, and bearing in mind the necessity of husbanding the petrol, Errington thought he might now let it drift along on the current.

  34. But it was evident from what happened now that the men on the bridge had been husbanding their ammunition.

  35. If the scrupulous husbanding of waste refuse so universally practiced in these countries reduces the fly nuisance and this menace to health to the extent which our experience suggests, here is one great gain.


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