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Example sentences for "mirrors"

Lexicographically close words:
mirky; mirour; mirror; mirrored; mirroring; mirrour; mirth; mirthe; mirthful; mirthfulness
  1. Four large Venetian mirrors multiplied the extravagant splendours of the stately room.

  2. Two eunuchs brought mirrors inlaid with emeralds, and the miri achorok held the reins of splendidly caparisoned chargers.

  3. Cover the mirrors with crepe And the hilts of the swords.

  4. The Cheap Jack was feasting inside on fried ham rasher among his clocks and mirrors and pewter ware; and though it wanted an hour of dusk, his assistant was already lighting the naphtha-lamps when Hester passed.

  5. Hester thought at first there were half-a-dozen Cheap Jacks at least--he made such a noise, and the mirrors around his glittering platform flashed forth so many reflections of him.

  6. Mirrors of blown plate glass were manufactured in England.

  7. This glass was not distorted, so mirrors could be made perfectly reflective.

  8. In the upper galleries some mirrors were arranged in such a manner as to show the ships and objects at sea for some considerable distance.

  9. Tall-boys were found in the old inn bedroom, the corner washstand with its blue and white crockery, and one of those small loose mirrors (far too small for the modern beauty) with three little drawers underneath.

  10. The women of the wealthy classes decorate themselves with a profusion of gold and silver ornaments, and carry about with them small mirrors and scent-boxes.

  11. At the right and left are panels, with magnificent mirrors mounted in beautifully carved woodwork.

  12. These are most attractive in appearance, being decorated with mirrors on the interior, and beautiful rich carvings in cedar wood on the exterior.

  13. But we who are older use neither glass mirrors nor works of art.

  14. When you gain that you will put aside your mirrors and statues, your toys and your dolls.

  15. Darvid cast an inattentive glance through the room, over which, in the pale lamplight, two beautiful female heads seemed to hover, reflected and multiplied in mirrors standing opposite each other.

  16. Mirrors being very rare, the women bedizen themselves with tinsel, the bizarre effect of which they have no means of appreciating.

  17. The foot sinks into heavy and costly carpets; the walls are hung with rich tapestry; the furniture and mirrors are from European makers, and gorgeous in the extreme.

  18. Mirrors and silken hangings embellish the sides, while the enchanting scene is completed with a liberal store of glass chandeliers and coloured paper lanterns, interspersed with lovely little baskets of fresh flowers.

  19. Yet he could not forget that reflection he had seen in the woman's eyes, how the surest mirrors had shown him a horrible dread, her soul itself quailing and shuddering at an awful sight.

  20. Rich garlands of flowers, beautifully designed and carved, wind over the mirrors and hang down in festoons.

  21. The next day the mirrors and lustres borrowed from the citizens were sent home, with their ornaments.

  22. There were so many dancers there he loved, He was so greatly by the music moved, He had no time to study his own face There in the mirrors as from place to place He quickly danced.

  23. The ceiling and the wall were mirrors glancing Both flames of candles and the heaven's light, Though windows there were none for air or flight.

  24. Three mirrors shalt thou take, and two remove From thee alike, and more remote the third.

  25. Behold now the height and the breadth of the Eternal Goodness, since it has made for itself so many mirrors on which it is broken, One in itself remaining as before.

  26. There is no babe who so hastily springs with face toward the milk, if he awake much later than his wont, as I did, to make better mirrors yet of my eyes, stooping to the wave which flows in order that one may be bettered in it.

  27. Fix thy mind behind thine eyes, and make of them mirrors for the shape which in this mirror shall be apparent to thee.

  28. She came into the drawing-room, with its long mirrors in their gilded frames, its satin couches and heaped-up flowering plants, and huge windows looking on to the scrupulous gardens and park.

  29. Long gilded mirrors between tall windows occupied one side of the room, and had marble shelves beneath them upon which were placed ornate Bohemian glass vases and ormolu clocks and candlesticks.

  30. Ah, well, It is hardly so narrow as yours who daub and plaster with dyes The shining mirrors of heaven, the shadowy mirrors of hell, And blot out the dark deep vision, if it seem to be framed with lies.

  31. Can I not everywhere behold the mirrors of the sun and stars?

  32. The walls are draped with velvet embroidered with gold, and twelve immense mirrors also decorate it.

  33. A London bag with mirrors and cosmetic jars of which Thomas could not even have guessed the use!

  34. There were two big mirrors in the room, each with a pair of sconces bearing candles, and on the mantelshelf, too, were candles in china candle-sticks.

  35. I walked back, relit one, and as I did so I saw the candle in the right sconce of one of the mirrors wink and go right out, and almost immediately its companion followed it.

  36. The best known story is that he arranged a great many mirrors in such a way that he concentrated so many rays of sunlight on some Roman ships that they took fire.

  37. Whether this is true or not is not definitely known; but many centuries later Buffon, the French scientist, made an arrangement of plane mirrors with which he set fire to wood 200 feet away.

  38. Innocent youths and girls are also often impelled to contemplate themselves in mirrors and sometimes thus, produce the first traces of sexual excitement.

  39. Mirrors are present in profusion in high-class brothels--on the walls and also above the beds.

  40. The action of mirrors belongs to this group of phenomena.


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