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Example sentences for "paid"

Lexicographically close words:
paha; pahs; paht; pahty; pai; paide; paie; paied; paiement; paieng
  1. Under Him it paid homage to seven principal deities.

  2. The veneration paid to numbers had its source there.

  3. Hypocrisy, the homage paid by vice and wrong to virtue and justice, 73-m.

  4. The idea of the right, and the respect paid to the right, are signs of the dignity of our existence.

  5. The reverence paid to Taurus continued long after, by the precession of the Equinoxes, the colure of the vernal equinox had come to pass through Aries.

  6. Taurus or Bull: after Sun advanced to Aries reverence was paid to, 450-m.

  7. From this idea of generation came the reverence everywhere paid the image of generative power, which formed the Stauros of the Gnostics, and the philosophical Cross of the Masons.

  8. It is certain that the Indians, Egyptians, and Arabians paid veneration to the sign of the Cross, thousands of years before the coming of Christ.

  9. From the name SURYA, given by the Hindūs to the Sun, the Sect who paid him particular adoration were called Souras.

  10. Herodotus says that the Samothracian Initiates understood the object and origin of this reverence paid the Phallus, and why it was exhibited in the Mysteries.

  11. When they couldn't find room for ony moor, they paid ther shot an' started off hooam, whear they landed safely.

  12. They are, therefore, not merely more comfortable, but usually cheaper than hotels, because meals are paid for as taken, while at nearly all hotels the American system of so much a day prevails.

  13. I paid a visit to Buninyong, and two visits to Ballarat.

  14. As a curiosity I may mention that one passenger paid 8s.

  15. They are not paid as in Victoria, but a Bill for paying them narrowly escaped passing last session, and will probably be carried soon.

  16. Each of these colleges has a staff of highly-paid professors, with not much to do as yet in the strict line of business, to judge by the number of students.

  17. However, I paid my visit of five weeks to Sydney a short time afterwards.

  18. I had indeed intended to have paid a proper visit.

  19. Tom told him where the boat had been left, and Clay paid him for the use of it, so he eagerly consented to row the boys to the Rambler, and, later on, to convey their provisions and gasoline to them.

  20. Clay called to them to stop, but they paid no attention to the command.

  21. He knew that King’s paid assistants had deserted him in order to get the money for themselves if they could.

  22. The cub appeared to understand the compliments paid him, but Captain Joe looked like he was being overlooked in the allotment of honors for the events of the day.

  23. They now hope to capture the boy without my help, and so get all of the reward, as well as running off with the good money I paid them to assist me!

  24. Teddy paid no attention to the order, but continued to invite a boxing contest, much to the disappointment of the boy.

  25. They had, accordingly, abundant opportunities to enrich themselves while thus in office, by collecting more money than they paid over to the government at home, and by taking bribes to favor the rich man's cause in court.

  26. Caesar received her magnificently, and paid her all possible honors; but the people of Rome regarded her with strong reprobation.

  27. Caesar paid it to the pirates, and they, faithful to their covenant, sent him in a boat to the land.

  28. In many cases, too, where he found men of talents and influence among the populace, who had become involved in debt by their dissipations and extravagance, he paid their debts, and thus secured their influence on his side.

  29. Then there the debts owing to tradesmen and mechanics, which have not been paid for a year; and the people's wages must be paid and repairs attended to; it will take about six thousand thalers.

  30. Jochen put his hand in his purse, and paid the money for the new house, for he wanted everything done, for his Mining, in the finest manner, and he got Krischan a new pair of breeches.

  31. He has already paid debts for me, and now he is sick, it would vex him too much.

  32. Then there is a note for thirteen thousand thalers, in Schwerin, which must be paid immediately.

  33. Braesig paid his sixteen groschen, and the letter was now ready to start on its journey, for the postman, who should take it, that moment stopped at the door.

  34. Here stands Herr Kurz, ask him if he has'nt always paid honestly!

  35. Kurz ought to be paid with his own wares!

  36. David and the notary and Pomuchelskopp have been at him, and wanted to clear him out of his nest, this last New-year, but he paid them eleven thousand thalers, at one time.

  37. No more touching tribute than this has ever been paid to the memory of a great seaman, nor better evidence given of the simple loyalty of sea-faring men which in their descendants has served us so well of late.

  38. Ships as they came in were paid off and laid up[144], and it was decided to undertake no new works 'until his Majesty hath in some measure got over the debt which remains to him upon the old.

  39. At any rate, this is as much in advance of the cynical greed of the earlier administrators as it is behind the contempt for all forms of corruption which is natural to well-paid officials educated to modern standards.

  40. He might have been paid to take a walk, but that doesn't mean he knows anything.

  41. Hassan leaned out of his window and shouted imprecations in Arabic, to which the Arabs paid no attention.

  42. Rick produced some piastres and paid their entrance fee.

  43. He paid his piastres at the entrance and walked into the huge entrance hall, very conscious of the kitten in his pocket.

  44. There were many people in sight, and a steady line of cars crossing the bridge, but no one paid the slightest attention.

  45. Pleased with the idea, he paid attention to his surroundings for the first time since leaving the museum.

  46. This collector had paid for the necklace with a certified check, which was cashed by an American accomplice.

  47. As a matter of course a huge sum would have to be paid for the expenses of the war.

  48. No one paid the slightest attention to them.

  49. I have only sent from here the same as I did when I was at Tientsin, although I have been paid higher, but then I shall have much to spend before we start, in buying presents for them and all my relatives.

  50. I donʼt think that any strong national feeling exists among them, and I believe they will stick to those who have paid and treated them well.

  51. In Tientsin a document was found showing that rewards had been paid to several Chinese who had brought in the heads of British and American soldiers.

  52. They had agreed that they would not enter Chafui until they had first paid a visit to Ah Loʼs native village, where they would be able to learn the state of things in the town.

  53. All contributions printed will be well paid for.

  54. We should fight at a disadvantage, and since the opening of the campaign too many brave soldiers have paid with their lives for their delight in epic fights à la Lasalle.

  55. Yet if Punch paid more attention to, and showed more consideration for Mayfair than in his earlier years, the follies and extravagance and arrogant exclusiveness of fashionable women seldom failed to excite his wrath.

  56. And, conversely, English humour, as represented by Punch, has not always commended itself to American critics, though nothing could be more generous than the tribute to Punch paid by New York Life during the late war.

  57. Mr. Disraeli, as might be expected, treated the matter in a much more graceful way, paid a pleasant compliment to the Marquis of Lorne, and was glad that a Princess had accepted a Member of the House of Commons.

  58. Everyone who paid less for his pound of tea or his newspaper could look upon him as a personal benefactor.

  59. The result was inconclusive, for while Eyre's career was ended by his recall, his legal expenses were paid by Government in 1872.

  60. Perhaps the greatest compliment was paid him by an Irishman who accosted him in his railway car and said: "Come back four years from now and we'll run you for President.

  61. Whoever paid enough money was told that he need not remain long in purgatory.

  62. Great deference was especially paid to the bishops of Rome, of Jerusalem, of Alexandria, of Antioch, and of Constantinople.

  63. On a later occasion, when Hans Luther paid his son a visit at Erfurt and those about him praised his present monastic state, the father said: "God grant that it may not be a deception and Satanic illusion.

  64. For the sake of recreation Luther, in 1505, paid a visit to his parents.

  65. In the rent-rolls of church property in those days, and long afterwards, considerable quantities of grapes were paid as tithe; and the vestiges of some of those vineyards remain to this day.

  66. The revenue formerly paid to the government for licenses, has recently been transferred to the city of Paris.

  67. So a paid copyist, to whom the subject of what he is writing is of no importance, does not even notice it.

  68. Physical nature also plays its part in the world's history, and attention will have to be paid to the fundamental natural relations thus involved.

  69. Frederick paid no attention to it; only at times, when the noise was exceptionally loud or long continued, he lifted his head and glanced slowly down the several paths which led to the valley.

  70. Then to the scrap-heap I was brought, For twopence by the blacksmith bought, Which as he paid he said 'twas wonder How much folk wanted for such plunder.

  71. This polar-opposite is consequently limitation, particularization for the universal absolute being; it is the side of the definite existence, the sphere of its formal reality, the sphere of the reverence paid to God.

  72. Now and then an occasional shot, a faint scream, startled perhaps a young wife or an engaged girl; no one else paid any attention to it.

  73. And catching her by the arm he vowed that she should not go until she had paid the forfeit--which was promptly done.

  74. But his patient paid little heed to the good advice; it was not easy to follow a prescription which took so much time and was so directly contrary to all his plans and habits.

  75. For many hundreds of years corn, and only corn, has been paid over from the Oberhof to the monastery, and the receiver's office will have to content itself with that, just as the monastery has done.

  76. They represent merely goodwill, but have always been paid without objection," replied the Sexton with great seriousness.

  77. Two years ago Miss Clementine Black applied for permission to join the society but the request had to be refused on the ground that "it was not proposed that woman should be paid on the same scale as men.

  78. A class of sacred women were doorkeepers of temples, another order known as "Sacred Scribes" were paid great deference.

  79. For the same kind of work men are paid three times more wages than are paid to women.

  80. Paid two men that sat by the kettle and boiled him 1s To three men that carried his quarters to the gate and set them up 1s For a woman that scoured the kettle 2d Boiling was a form of torture frequently used for women.

  81. In 1886, the governor of Maine paid a visit to the governor of the Passamaquody Indians, at a time when a large council was in progress upon the St. Croix reservation.

  82. Caesar had all the honors paid to him as to a divine person.

  83. The visitors by whom she tried to smuggle notes to the outer world would hand them to the proprietor, who liberally paid for such treason.

  84. A certain prelate boasted openly at his table that he had in his diocese 1,000 priests who kept concubines, and who paid him, each of them, a crown a year for their license.

  85. In event of the woman who had been thus bought, becoming a widow, half of the sum paid for her seems to have been set aside for her support, provided her husband had not died without issue.

  86. This was in exchange for some £6000 a year which was the Duke's Manx revenue, much of it from duties and customs paid in goods which were afterwards smuggled into England, Ireland, and Scotland.

  87. Throughout his journey from the cradle to the grave, the Manxman paid tithe on all he inherited, on all he had, on all he did, on all his wife did, and on all he left behind him.

  88. He paid no heed to his Manx subjects, and never saw his Manx kingdom.

  89. A man paid tithe on such goods and even such clothes as his wife possessed on their wedding day, and young brides became wondrous wise in the selection for the vicarage of the garments that were out of fashion.

  90. It was not always so when taxes were paid in kind.

  91. The sphinx, past mistress of inscrutability of expression, would have paid him the tribute of a flicker of admiration as he entered the reception-room.

  92. The gazers paid her the tribute of involuntary "Ohs," and barely restrained themselves from applause as if at the appearance of their favorite actress.

  93. From her tone it was evident that she had paid little heed to his words.

  94. For forty cents an hour I slaved At Delpont's Powder Mills; And all the money that I saved Scarce paid my funeral bills.

  95. A portion of the rents were ordered to be paid to the pastor for the expenses of the house; and the worthy man promised never to quit the family for more than one day.

  96. I therefore thanked him for his offer, but declined it; and, after having paid him handsomely for his trouble and attention, saw him depart, but not without bidding Moric Endem take some heed of which way he turned his steps.

  97. I was one of the best of listeners; and, flattered by the attention that I paid them, they were always willing to amuse or to instruct me.

  98. I would arm myself completely at all points with a plain, good suit, which may be had at a low price, of just as strong materials as if you paid two or three thousand livres for it.

  99. The underwriters cursed their luck still more furiously, but paid the money.

  100. The regulation of all expenses was confided to the clergyman; he received and he paid for everything.

  101. As soon as this was concluded, the money was paid down, and the weapon, with its glittering hilt, surrendered.

  102. In the account of fees paid him in Hite vs.

  103. The entry is: "[June] 2 Paid for coat for self 1.

  104. The Committee on Propositions and Grievances took charge of this petition, reported the facts to be as Finnie had stated them, and recommended that the debt "ought to be paid him by the public and charged to the United States.

  105. England to him in hand paid before ye sealing & delivery hereof ye.

  106. For a bed-tick he paid two pounds, nine shillings.

  107. Finnie petitioned the Legislature that the debt be paid by the State.

  108. An act allowing one half of the taxes to be paid in tobacco, hemp, flour, or deerskins, and suspending distress for taxes until January, 1784.

  109. The intent of the resolution was that no British debts should be paid for a long time to come.

  110. He was in Richmond in May and paid John Marshall four pounds, four shillings as a "retainer.

  111. Nonsense," laughed Grace, flushing a little at the tribute paid her by the once arrogant junior captain.

  112. I told you before the game that I objected to Miss Pierson watching our practice, that it was against the rules, but no attention was paid to what I said.

  113. I really paid no attention to it this year, and haven't attended a game since I was a freshman.

  114. David flushed with pleasure, more at the compliment paid to his sister than the one meant for him.

  115. Grace felt rather flattered at the notice of the older girl, who was considered particularly exclusive, and rarely if ever paid any attention to the lower class girls.

  116. If I had paid more attention to it it would have been better for me.

  117. She is paid back principal and interest at the same time; and she straightway invests the carbonic acid, the water, and the ammonia in new forms of life, feeding with them the plants that now live.

  118. A great number of species of Belemnites and allied animals have been described; but it is probable that in naming them too little regard has been paid to distinctions of age and sex.

  119. Hal paid no heed to this frantic exclamation.

  120. The German had lowered his gun at that moment; and he paid dearly for his carelessness.

  121. They walked along leisurely, passing countless German soldiers standing about; but little attention was paid to them.


  122. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "paid" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    acquitted; discharged; employed; expended; hired; let; liquidated; mercenary; paid; remitted; settled; spent; sublet; venal


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    paid for; paid little; paid over; paid them