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Example sentences for "recurring"

Lexicographically close words:
recurred; recurrence; recurrences; recurrent; recurrently; recurs; recurso; recurved; recurving; recusancy
  1. The savage in this is never more than an infant, that is angry with the object that displeases him; just like the dog who gnaws the stone by which he has been wounded, without recurring to the hand by which it was thrown.

  2. So far as it is intended to say that the war is part of the ever-recurring conflict between Slavery and Liberty, there is no objection to this illustration.

  3. And then we have again the perpetually recurring question of taxing whiskey on hand, destined to bring into our exchequer yet other millions.

  4. He hardly will," I answered, struggling into sitting posture, a vision of the chase recurring to mind.

  5. Here, the tie would have never been regarded as a degradation; nor does she, recurring to the simple laws of nature, imagine than any one could so regard it.

  6. He is obliged with each recurring sunset of his life to enter the tunnel of inky darkness and make his way through as best he may to the morning.

  7. Hoping to observe the recurring transit, eight years afterward, he went to the coast of our then almost unknown California, but died there as stated above.

  8. Such changes, it is urged, are of rare occurrence; and, recurring too often, they impress a character of suspicious accuracy upon the narrative.

  9. One word, constantly recurring through the prophets, reveals the secret of their enthusiasm.

  10. The weakness of the whole system is the lack of provision for fairly sharing burdens in the constantly recurring periods of loss.

  11. With each recurring trip he became more bold, and less vigilant, and finally it was decided to make a daylight venture.

  12. In fear and awe they looked out the window upon the moving landscape, while with each recurring jolt they held tightly to the wooden benches.

  13. The curiously recurring development of black sheep, in spite of the most careful breeding, may also be mentioned, though, perhaps, reversion has no part in the phenomenon.

  14. He could not face that bitter thought; he could not thus bring open disgrace upon his father's and his brother's name; this was the fear which kept recurring to him with dreadful iteration.

  15. A certain amount of isolation, recurring at long intervals of time, would probably be also favourable, as before explained.

  16. Respectful consideration was given it by Lyell in each recurring edition of his Principles, but such consideration led to its unqualified rejection.

  17. But the prominent and the recurring thought was ever this--"Is it too late to mend?

  18. He learnt it at a subsequent period, when he also discovered that Mrs Higgins found it to her interest to have periodical birthdays, recurring two or three times at least every half-year.

  19. They do not see the constant and daily search after food, the failure to obtain which means weakness or death; the constant effort to escape enemies; the ever-recurring struggle against the forces of nature.

  20. The examples adduced by Mr. Mivart do not, therefore, in any way impugn the hardness of nature as a taskmaster, or the extreme severity of the recurring struggle for existence.

  21. But this grew tedious at last, and the ever-recurring disappointment told upon his temper.

  22. They had speculated so much upon where he could be, that the ever-recurring thought now brought only its heart-sickness; and Maude had the additional pain of hearing petty shafts launched at her because she was his sister.

  23. With a fierce curse Abner bade her stop his disturbance, and again the poor mother had hands and heart full to silence the still recurring sobs of the child.

  24. Recurring to its true character, the Law of Honor, when duly enlarged and rectified, becomes highly valuable.


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