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Example sentences for "piping"

Lexicographically close words:
pipes; pipestem; pipestone; pipette; pipettes; pipings; pipit; pipits; pipkin; pipkins
  1. There must be some somewhere,” she cried, in her clear, piping voice.

  2. The joyous piping of sheeny spreeuws mingled with the crowing of cock koorhans concealed amid the grass, or noisily taking to flight to fuss up half a dozen others in the process.

  3. He opened the volume, which was a quarto, and read from its title-page in his thin, piping voice, that always reminded me somewhat of his own old bullfinch.

  4. It was enjoyable to be out of sight of land once more, in a morning coolness, with seagulls piping in our wake; although they were yellowish waters that were rolling by.

  5. Presently from the land a storm began to foreshadow itself, and suddenly there was a burst of wild piping wind, like a spiteful cry, that flung sharp rain over us and in scarcely a minute had died down again.

  6. And a breeze came down piping shrilly; and upon the deck they fastened the ropes separately round the well-polished pins, and ran quietly past the long Tisaean headland.

  7. There's a stiff breeze piping up already.

  8. The "Piping Pebworth" verses, and perhaps the whole story was written by him.

  9. The blackbird was piping and the missel-thrush singing in one or two of her seven languages, and John felt the spring joy stirring in his own heart to melody.

  10. Cover the tops with breadcrumbs, add a drop of oil or a little melted butter and keep piping hot till served.

  11. Cut the paste into twelve equal sized pieces, each piece holding a lump of the forcemeat, place in a tureen, pour over a quart of piping hot consommé and serve.

  12. He rattled off the names in a thin, piping voice, while the men, who had come up and ranged themselves in front of him, responded in accents of varying pitch, from the deep rumble of the violoncello to the shrill note of the piccolo.

  13. So called from its piping cry when disturbed.

  14. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

  15. To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

  16. In the park, the chestnuts were in full leaf; and surely a thousand birds were twittering and piping amongst their branches.

  17. They would never reach land with the wind piping up as it is doing," said Captain Jeremy, who had been roused from his cabin, giving a hasty glance to windward.

  18. And it seems that anywhere within ten miles of this Piping Rock Club brings you into the most active sector.

  19. The rigid walls of the calorimeter and piping necessitate some provision for minor fluctuations in the absolute volume of air in the confined system.

  20. Ordinarily the piping leading from the left-hand arm of the tube D is left open to the air and consequently the difference in the level of the mercury in the two arms of D indicates the pressure on the system.

  21. The insulation from the copper wall is made by a rubber stopper through which this piping is passed, the stopper being crowded into a brass ferule which is stoutly soldered to the copper wall.

  22. The upper ends of these channels are fastened together by pieces of piping (P, P, P, fig.

  23. In the early experimenting, it was found impracticable to use piping of very small size, as otherwise stoppage as a result of sediment could easily occur.

  24. Pending the completion of the five calorimeters designed for this room a temporary wooden floor was laid, thus furnishing the greatest freedom in placing piping and electric wiring beneath the floor.

  25. When a length of piping is added to the line, a chain is first passed through it, which has at the end a bright steel mandrel just a shade larger than the pipe's internal diameter.

  26. When the hundred miles of piping have been laid, the entire system will be tested to a pressure of 25 lbs.

  27. As the air escapes at high speed past the inner end of the piping into the main hose, it causes a vacuum in the piping and draws in grain, which is shot up the hose by the pressure behind it.

  28. The nozzle consists of a short length of metal piping which is buried in the grain.

  29. They could do a thing well enough on the fire; but they could not put it on table so; nor even have plates all piping hot.

  30. Nevertheless, I would it were the savage snow around me, and the piping of the restless winds, and the death of everything.

  31. Since our success in the use of this new natural fuel at the rail mills, parties still bolder have invested in lines of piping to the city of Pittsburg, fifteen to eighteen miles from the wells.

  32. In several cases immense gas wells were found near the oil district; but some years elapsed before there occurred to any one the idea of piping it to the nearest manufacturing establishments, which were those about Pittsburg.

  33. And Commerce holds them fierce and fell; With vulgar sport she now combines Sweet Nature's piping voice to quell.

  34. For, indeed, on such an occasion the half of a parish would be merry with the eating of hens and drinking of spirit, and the piping and dancing.

  35. Then in the evening the dancing would be going on, with the pipers in their own place, three of them abreast, and piping until their faces would be shining with the joy of it.

  36. Scarcely a day passed on which he did not with his piping rouse Auntie Schlotterbeck from her calm.

  37. I know not; but manhood comes quickly in these piping times, and lives are short," she added, with a little break in her voice.


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