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Example sentences for "insensibly"

Lexicographically close words:
insecurity; insemination; insensate; insensibility; insensible; insensitive; insensitiveness; insentient; inseparability; inseparable
  1. But meanwhile his great message went on rippling out to the world, touching heart after heart into light and hope, and doing, insensibly and graciously, by the spirit, the very thing he had failed to do by might and power.

  2. But gradually and insensibly the peaceful influences of that still and lovely hour tempered his heart's impatience; and he found himself walking at a pace more leisurely.

  3. But insensibly the tremor wore itself away, leaving her weary and worn but mistress of her thoughts and actions.

  4. On this account Henchard's manner towards Farfrae insensibly became more reserved.

  5. At twelve o'clock the rain began to fall, small and steady, commencing and increasing so insensibly that it was difficult to state exactly when dry weather ended or wet established itself.

  6. This naturally engaging a conversation, he acquainted me where he lived, which was at a considerable distance from where I met him, and where he had strayed insensibly on the same intention of a morning walk.

  7. These natural sights somehow insensibly deepened his confidence and ease.

  8. At last, regarding the notion as a whimsy, insensibly suggested, perhaps, by the theatrical aspect of Don Benito in his harlequin ensign, Captain Delano speedily banished it.

  9. Though ashamed of the relapse, he could not altogether subdue it; and so, exerting his good-nature to the utmost, insensibly he came to a compromise.

  10. The party was so much interested in this conversation that, almost insensibly to themselves, they had dropped down to the beginning of the rushes and rice, and had got rather dangerously near to the critical point of their passage.

  11. The extent to which I have insensibly Americanized you is very evident.

  12. Don't you dread the attitude that insensibly arises out of legal obligation?

  13. It was not till the time had nearly come for him to leave that he obtained a quiet talk with her, and his words tended insensibly towards his cousin.

  14. Almost insensibly they grew ashamed to be beaten by him, and strove to grow like him as far as they could.

  15. Associated with his country, in respect to his deceased wife, by a tie that he could never overlook, he was predisposed to this feeling, and the winning appearance of Don Rafaele insensibly led him to give it free rein.

  16. He appeared again in about an hour, when sixteen or seventeen Indians swam off and encompassed him; and, by continually tormenting him, drove, him insensibly ashore.

  17. His sweet voice accompanied the lute in the most enchanting manner; and when he sung the loves of Megnoun and Leileh, or some unfortunate lovers of ancient days, tears insensibly overflowed the cheeks of his auditors.

  18. But the important fact for us is, that though the workers can be grouped into castes of different sizes, yet they graduate insensibly into each other, as does the widely-different structure of their jaws.

  19. Closely allied species, now living on a continuous area, must often have been formed when the area was not continuous, and when the conditions of life did not insensibly graduate away from one part to another.

  20. May I confess to you, my dear Edmond, that the sight of these merry comrades and coquettish dames produced the same effect on my senses as the dishes had done on my appetite, and insensibly dispelled my gloomy ideas?

  21. The Jurassic or first part of the reptilian time shades insensibly into the second part, called the Cretaceous, which immediately follows it.

  22. Insensibly the mind is tempted at every turn to direct attention to the last battle or the future campaign which can be seen threatening.

  23. The mind was transported back insensibly to the times of the great Caliph of Bagdad.

  24. Pandora's heart had insensibly grown lighter, at every word that came from within the box.

  25. It was very remarkable, indeed, how familiar the old couple insensibly grew with the elder traveller, and how their good and simple spirits melted into his, even as two drops of water would melt into the illimitable ocean.


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