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Example sentences for "security"

Lexicographically close words:
securi; securing; securitatem; securitie; securities; securus; secus; secuti; secutor; secutus
  1. Might as well let Smooth have the shiners, seeing how me and Caleb would give security to do the fighting up brown; and.

  2. What greater security can be desired for the continuance of our intellectual existence,--an existence which rises infinitely above that of the mere animal, conducted by reason for the purposes of life alone.

  3. The next day he got hold of Wallingford to get him to renew the note and to give him stock as security for it.

  4. His note for a thousand dollars that I went security on.

  5. My head belongs to the king, but my heart to myself; and that I will never degrade to merchandise, which I may barter for a little security and royal favor.

  6. Nobody shall suppose that he is secure from my wrath, and no one shall rely on the security afforded him by my love.

  7. A sudden sense of security swept over him, banishing all his fears.

  8. The purser made it plain, however, that he had not sold these articles, but merely loaned them, holding the ring as security for their return, and this arrangement allowed Kirk no spare cash whatever.

  9. Or one man may care for finality and security more than the other.

  10. Now everything is ready," cried Mr. Escrocevitch, rubbing his hands; and for greater security he turned the key in the door.

  11. He was said to have lent money on security for many years, but had died apparently a poor man, because he had so carefully hidden his riches that little of it was found after his death.

  12. The curse over the door was to frighten away any venturesome mortal, and further security was given by the clause in the title deed.

  13. The Duke now encloses a cheque for that amount, and requests that the document which Lord Percival holds from Lord Silverbridge as security for the amount, may be returned to Lord Gerald.

  14. The Major had remarked that as he was half-owner of the horses his partner had good security for the money.

  15. Security for the personal property within the castle, upon payment of as much more, for which hostages were to be given until it could be raised by a general impost or otherwise.

  16. Medici, in security for alleged debts, still unsettled since the usurpation of Lorenzo de' Medici.

  17. The political results of this arrangement were strongly and painfully felt by Bernardo, who regarded it as establishing the tranquillity of Naples, the security of Tuscany, and, in a word, the Spanish domination in Italy.

  18. The sky was overcast, and the seals lay in contented security along the edge of the water.

  19. Such, amidst the sacred security and inviolability of the office, was the hazardous tenure of the individual.

  20. Before his departure the prudent general had provided for security as well as for dominion.

  21. The office rose by its grandeur to a region above the clouds and vapors of earth: the officer might find his personal security as unsubstantial as those wandering vapors.

  22. But permit princes likewise to do as they shall think best for the security of their state, provided it does you no injury.

  23. We gave ample security in shape of the mortgaged cities.

  24. Return, with thy people, to the law of God, and he will give peace and security to thy dominions.

  25. While the emperor and his court enjoyed, with sullen pride, the security of the marches and fortifications of Ravenna, they abandoned Rome, almost without defence, to the resentment of Alaric.

  26. The Saxons flew to arms; and if they perpetrated a treacherous massacre during the security of a feast, they destroyed the reciprocal confidence which sustains the intercourse of peace and war.

  27. But if Stilicho had any longer endured the revolt of Africa, he would have betrayed the security of the capital, and the majesty of the Western emperor, to the capricious insolence of a Moorish rebel.

  28. The behavior of Gratian, which degraded his character in the eyes of mankind, could not have disturbed the security of his reign, if the army had not been provoked to resent their peculiar injuries.

  29. The solemn inauguration of Anthemius was followed by the nuptials of his daughter and the patrician Ricimer; a fortunate event, which was considered as the firmest security of the union and happiness of the state.

  30. This security enriched the Eleans, who were lovers of a rural life.

  31. It is most necessary that this great element of security should be visible to the eye, and therefore made a part of the structure above ground.

  32. Both seem to me effeminate and false in principle; not, of course, that there is any occasion to make the flying buttress heavy, if a light one will answer the purpose; but it seems as if some security were sacrificed to ornament.

  33. But this very slight gain of security is of no importance whatever when compared with the general requirements of the structure.

  34. The changes are made, not for the sake of the almost inappreciable increase of security they involve, but in order to convince the eye of the real security which the base b appears to compromise.

  35. In order to the delightfulness and security of all such arrangements, this law must be observed:--that in proportion to the height of wall above them, the shafts are to be short.

  36. The faithful squire was kept by her side rather as a security for others than for, his particular services.

  37. Great efforts had occasionally been made to dispossess and unseat them, and their security depended mainly on a hump in the middle of the mound which defied the dance.

  38. The illusion of security is a vicious one.

  39. There was a feeling of security in the weapon and the shells, but he knew it was a short-lived, deceptive security.

  40. The number of enclosures grew because copyholders were not successful in obtaining the legal security of tenure.

  41. He refused to use the beds of small rivers, whose sluggish flow gave no adequate security against silting.

  42. Mortgagees can hold the land of any mortgagor who borrows money upon security of the land or obtains another mortgage without prior notice to the initial mortgagee.

  43. Title deeds became important as attorneys sought the security that title could give.

  44. Some craftsmen and manual workers extended this idea to used garments and household articles, which they took as pawns, or security for money loaned.

  45. A wife could have the security of the peace against her husband.

  46. One had to have land to be entitled to vote because the landowner had a stake in the country, a material security for his good behavior.

  47. Fornication was given a punishment of three months imprisonment and until security was obtained for one year for good behavior.

  48. The best security against the greed and malevolence of Pharamond would be to place the fortune out of reach.

  49. I propose to escort you to a place of security where you will be free from molestation.

  50. My apologies," Morgan said when the Security police had retired out of earshot.

  51. Then, with a gesture, he signaled the Security men to return to their posts.

  52. He stood there with that same happy smile while two hotel security guards walked up and stood beside him, having been called by the manager's signal.

  53. And, Constance, when a man hath once been weak, what security can there be, albeit I deny not hope, that he shall always after stand firm?

  54. His own security and the satisfaction of his needs are thereby in some degree decreased.

  55. One man has put his fortune into stocks or bonds; he draws his five per cent in security with no further trouble than clipping coupons; another, having put an equal fortune into land, finds his five per cent income entirely confiscated.

  56. Let it be once established that there is room for error anywhere, and we have no security for the accuracy of this history.


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