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Example sentences for "mixture"

Lexicographically close words:
mixes; mixeth; mixing; mixt; mixta; mixtures; mixup; miya; mizen; mizenmast
  1. Herklots will supply a host of recipes The Egyptian mixture which I quoted in Pilgrimage (ii.

  2. In wearing two or three, care is taken to produce an æsthetic mixture of colours--a little vanity which is met with sometimes at home amongst ladies who like to display petticoats of many colours.

  3. I think there is a mixture of both feelings.

  4. Then a mixture of prudence and curiosity held him back, or, rather, delayed his purpose.

  5. He was very busy putting gamboge on the curls of a lady whose petticoats, by a discreet mixture of gamboge and Prussian blue, were a most beautiful green.

  6. His feeling for his father was a candid mixture of amusement and contempt.

  7. Yellow is due to the excess of nitrogen; red and crimson to various proportions of oxygen; violet to a mixture of carbon; and green to chlorophyll.

  8. Carbonic acid is a mixture of carbon and oxygen, in the proportion of 3 lbs.

  9. An extreme red ray--a mixture of red and blue, the red predominating.

  10. A mixture of equal parts of gas and air will burn, but it will not explode.

  11. I will not endeavor to describe his lamentations with more prolixity than barely by saying they were grievous, and seemed to have some mixture of the Irish howl in them.

  12. The Constitution and Declaration of Rights of Missouri, therefore, exhibit the following singular mixture of declarations and provisions.

  13. It had a droll mixture of pride and awkwardness; of novelty with an attempt to make the words appear quite familiar.

  14. They greeted him at first with a mixture of shyness and resentment.

  15. Some rhubarb-and-soda mixture on the shelf in the bathroom, and a little box of pepsin tablets.

  16. Just try to imagine you're a mixture of Montmartre girl, Latin Quarter model and duchess from the Champs Élysées.

  17. The man who had posed as the leader stood there alone facing us, his expression a strange mixture of amazement and delight.

  18. The prescription for compounding that mixture could obviously be learned by nothing but experiment.

  19. Perhaps his vexation was increased by his consciousness that there was some mixture of truth in their sarcasms.

  20. After the Union these were bought by citizens and tradesmen, who spoiled, by the mixture of their own fancies, what had originally been designed by men of good taste.

  21. John, for his part, held his turban at arm's length between his finger and thumb, and looked at it with a mixture of reverence and embarrassment highly provocative of laughter.

  22. She once talked to me about her, with an odd mixture of discrimination, indifference, and antipathy.

  23. It ensued that Père Silas paid a visit to Madame Beck, and stirred by I know not what mixture of motives, persuaded her to let him undertake for a time the Englishwoman's spiritual direction.

  24. There are also descendants of the Wends, Letts, Lithuanians, Poles, and other early tribes, and a mixture of Frankish refugees.

  25. Least German of all Germanic states, Prussia is inhabited by a mixture of races.

  26. Etienne; a strange mixture of Gothic and Renaissance, with some fine features; the tomb of S.

  27. In France, before the dawn of history, there seems to have been as great a mixture of races as there is at present.

  28. Its skulls exhibit a great mixture of character and kind, and it is probable that it took up into it other peoples subjugated on its way west and south.

  29. His voice was full of its curious mixture of gentleness and sternness, and she shrank visibly from the sternness.

  30. The Lydians began coinage by stamping with a punch each ingot or nugget of gold or silver, or a mixture of them called "Electrum.

  31. Its Swastika is, however, painted with a single color or possibly a mixture of two, red and white.

  32. He seemed both frank and fearless, with a mixture of modesty and self-reliance quite captivating.

  33. It appeared to be a soggy mixture of melted brown sugar and small seeds.

  34. A very poor substitute has been adopted, in the mixture described at the gentlemen's assembly--it is called goattur.

  35. The mixture of good and bad tempers or dispositions is not confined to any class or complexion of people, but is to be met with in every quarter of the globe.

  36. I fancy this is a mere zeenahnah custom, for I do not find the males so particular about eating this most extraordinary mixture as the females.

  37. When the horses are looking rough, the Natives feed them with a mixture of coarse brown sugar and ghee, which they say gives sleekness to the skin, and improves the constitution of the horse.

  38. And thus we are virtually told, that God must be regarded with a mixture of contempt, unless he be susceptible of personal affront.

  39. The contents of the production are briefly described by Caius; but they present such a mixture of agreement and disagreement with our canonical book, as to leave the ambiguity unresolved.

  40. Stir constantly until the mixture is smooth, then serve on bread toasted upon but one side.

  41. Stir and let the mixture simmer for a few minutes; pour the mixture over buttered toast and serve.

  42. When the mixture has been freezing for ten minutes, take off the cover and add 2 cupfuls of chopped figs.

  43. Stir the lobster mixture over the fire for 5 minutes and put in the cases.

  44. Take a round of beef, trim off the fat, cut fat bacon into strips and roll them in a mixture of sweet herbs, spice, salt and pepper.

  45. Turn this mixture over the apples until the cups are filled.

  46. Cook in a double boiler until the cheese has melted and the mixture is smooth and as thick as custard.

  47. When the mixture boils, remove from the fire and stir in the yolks of three eggs beaten until thick, then fold in the whites of the eggs beaten dry.

  48. Beat an egg, add 1/2 a cup of rich milk, and in the mixture soak the sandwiches a few moments.

  49. Set in the oven for 2 or 3 minutes, but the mixture must not cook.

  50. Wipe dry the inside of the shell and put the mixture in.

  51. Bind the mixture with a beaten egg, stir over the fire one minute and set aside to cool.

  52. To each cup of the mixture allow a tablespoonful of fine crumbs; season highly with salt, a dash of cayenne, a little lemon juice, and a teaspoonful of catsup.

  53. Take some cabbage leaves and put them into boiling water for a minute, and then roll the chopped meat mixture up in them like a sausage; then stew them in a little soup stock.

  54. Cut cold boiled ham into rather thick slices, cover with a mixture of pepper, olive oil, and mustard; dip in egg, then in cracker crumbs and set in a cold place.

  55. Such as she was I must make the best of her, and well I knew how to address her, for many times had I admired the mixture of politeness and audacity which should be used in such a case.

  56. He looked at me in some surprise, and said that any mixture was good enough for him.

  57. It may take a homicidal, or it may take a religious turn,' he said; 'or it may prove to be a mixture of both.

  58. Though the grizzly is sometimes brown, it is always with a mixture of white tipped hairs; but the most essential distinction is to be found in the greater ferocity of the latter, and his far longer and more curving claws.

  59. In that part of the Amazonian territory which lies within the boundaries of Brazil, the settlements are, of course, Brazilian--the settlers being a mixture of Portuguese negroes and Christianised Indians.


  60. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mixture" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    admixture; alloy; amalgam; amalgamation; assemblage; assembly; assortment; balm; balsam; bassoon; blend; brew; building; buildup; cello; clarinet; clarion; combination; composite; composition; compound; concoction; confection; confusion; conglomerate; conglomeration; constitution; construction; contrariety; contrast; cornet; decoction; departure; deviation; diapason; disaccord; disagreement; discrepancy; disparity; dissent; dissimilarity; dissonance; distinction; divergence; diversity; drop; drug; elixir; embodiment; ensemble; fabrication; formation; fusion; hash; herb; hotchpotch; hybrid; incompatibility; incongruity; inconsistency; incorporation; inequality; infusion; integration; interfusion; intermingling; junction; make; makeup; medication; medicine; medley; merger; mess; mingling; miscellany; mix; mixing; mixture; nonconformity; oboe; octave; odds; opposition; organization; paste; patchwork; physic; piccolo; pluralism; powder; preparation; principal; proprietary; rank; register; separateness; setup; solution; stew; stop; structure; sundries; syncretism; synthesis; syrup; tisane; tremolo; trombone; trumpet; union; unorthodoxy; variance; variation; variegation; variety; vibrato