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Example sentences for "overhang"

Lexicographically close words:
overground; overgrow; overgrown; overgrowth; overhand; overhanging; overhangs; overhasty; overhaul; overhauled
  1. Scoop shovel snout and a stern ugly as a battle-ship's, and the Lord knows there was overhang and to spare to tail her out decent.

  2. It acts through the medium of spiral springs s, which are carried in cases or boxes s', which overhang the end of the bar B.

  3. In moulding machines for light work the feed rolls and cutter head overhang the frame, such machines being designated as outside moulding machines.

  4. When, however, the wheels are upon long shafts, or when they overhang the bearing of the shaft, the corner contact will from tension of the shaft, continue much longer than when the shaft is maintained rigid.

  5. The view from the house verandas which overhang the high bank at Prairie du Sac, is superb.

  6. Hollister, I would give the animal I ride, to have had your single arm between the wretch who drew that trigger and these useless rocks, which overhang every bit of ground, as if they grudged pasture to a single hoof.

  7. On the top of this ungraceful exhibition was laid impending forward, so as to overhang in some measure the whole fabric, a large hat of three equal cocks.

  8. The chalk hills break into cliffs that overhang the Thames, or form valleys clothed with beech; the wilder portion of the country is rendered beautiful by exuberant vegetation; and the cultivated part is peculiarly fertile.

  9. Returning from Kettlewell we take the opposite side of the Wharfe, passing at first close to the river and then beneath gray and red cliffs that ominously overhang the road.

  10. The tiny village nestling beside its rippling river seems lost in the mighty hills that overhang it on every side, rugged and almost precipitous, yet velvety green to their very summits.

  11. The conscience is still perturbed, the forebodings still overhang the soul like a black cloud, and the heart is as throbbing and restless as ever.

  12. It was usual in such buildings to cause the upper storeys to overhang the lower ones.

  13. The eaves of the roof in some cases overhang the walls, resting on a simple stone band, called an eaves-course, and constitute the crowning feature.

  14. Its stony jaws, the abrupt mountain breaks, And seems, with its accumulated crags, To overhang the world.

  15. Languidly we talked about the morrow, our only regret arising from our inability to catch a glimpse of that monarch of the mountains, Nanga Parbat, and the ice-fringed precipices which overhang his southern face.

  16. When about to purchase either horses or mules, see that the upper row of incisor teeth do not overhang the lower, constituting what is called parrot mouth.

  17. In the north the high plateaus above the Rito shut out a glimpse of the Puye, but a whitish streak in that direction indicates the top line of the northern cliffs that overhang the Rito de los Frijoles.

  18. Above this the path ascends lofty flat-topped spurs, which overhang the river, and command some of the most beautiful scenery in Sikkim.

  19. The projection on the Canadian side has diminished but little, whereas the overhang on the American side has almost entirely fallen, as is abundantly shown by the huge pile of large bowlders now lying at the foot of the precipice.

  20. All around here, as at Roump, is a dead flat, except towards the crest of the ghats which overhang the valley of the Soane, and there the sandstone rock rises by steps into low hills.

  21. Roses overhang the paths, and green branches bend over its plot of grass.

  22. Directly opposite the Yampa, the right shore of the Green went up sheer about 700 feet high, indeed it seemed to overhang a trifle.

  23. The second box was for handkerchiefs, dimensions 8 x 7 x 3 inches outside, and no overhang at either top or bottom.

  24. This will allow an overhang of one foot at each end.

  25. On account of the long overhang of the front beyond the box, two cylindrical supports of the same material as the case can be glued between front and back, to add strength.

  26. No overhang is provided for the roof, as commercial roofing paper is to cover the whole outside of the house.

  27. A favourite resort of these bats is to the lofty india-rubber trees, which on one side overhang the Botanic Gardens of Paradenia in the vicinity of Kandy.

  28. At Chilaw, I have seen such vast flights of parroquets hurrying towards the coco-nut trees which overhang the bazaar, that their noise drowned the Babel of tongues bargaining for the evening provisions.

  29. Instead of the upper main plane being placed exactly above the lower it had been moved slightly forward or "staggered"--giving it an overhang in front.

  30. By this we mean that the upper plane has been set far forward, so that it appears to overhang the lower.

  31. The Digger finds a very curious species of edible bug, which builds its nest on the ledges of the cliffs,--especially those that overhang a stream.

  32. In the overhang at the bow there was a well, in which the anchor hung under water.

  33. Engines and boilers were aft, and the long overhang of the armoured deck astern protected the under-water rudder and screw propeller.


  34. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "overhang" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    approach; arch; await; beetle; bestride; brew; bridge; bulge; confront; extend; face; gather; hang; hover; impend; jutting; lap; ledge; loom; lour; lower; menace; near; overhang; overhanging; overlap; overlie; override; poke; pouch; pout; project; projection; protrude; shingle; span; stand; stick; threaten