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Example sentences for "proper state"

  • If it is soft under the hammer, if it does not crack on the edges, the refiner is satisfied with its ductility, and he pronounces it to be in its proper state.

  • The edges of the leaves of books are gilded, while they are in the press, where they have been cut smooth, by applying a solution of isinglass in spirits, and laying-on the gold when the edges are in a proper state of dryness.

  • If at the expiration of the five years, he appears to be cured of his heresy and restored to a proper state of mind, he shall be set at liberty, and allowed to live with other proper-minded persons.

  • In order that this sense may be enjoyed in perfection, it is necessary that the organ of smell be in a proper state or condition to receive impressions, and that the odorous bodies be likewise in a proper state.

  • Thus, if a bone is broken, a muscle or a nerve wounded, and, if the system is in a proper state of health, the vital economy immediately sets about healing the rupture.

  • The use of the Eustachian tube is to admit air into the tympanum, which renders the pressure on both sides equal, and thus its membrane is kept in a proper state of tension.

  • In teaching a child to articulate a letter or word, in the first instance, make an effort to induce a proper state of the vocal organs by which the particular sound is produced.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    another called; bank note; gold and precious stones; good working; historical science; objective existence; once came; plenary inspiration; proper amount; proper attention; proper manner; proper motions; proper person; proper size; proper time; proper treatment; properly called; properly made; properly speaking; properly used; property qualification; property rights; take kindly; things stood; thou wast; you love