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Example sentences for "supply"

Lexicographically close words:
supplier; suppliers; supplies; supplieth; suppling; supplyed; supplying; support; supportable; supporte
  1. Besides, his cousins Montague would supply me with all I wanted for the present; and he would write to Miss Charlotte accordingly, if I would give him leave.

  2. I charge you therefore to accept of my offer, as by my last: and give me particular directions for what you want, that I can supply you with besides.

  3. If I wanted money, as no doubt I must, he should be proud to supply me: Would to heaven, he might presume to hope, there were but one interest between us!

  4. Miss Howe indeed will be ready enough to supply her; but I question, whether she can do it without her mother, who is as covetous as the grave.

  5. Then I'd set out to get a new sweater and another supply of golf balls.

  6. Afterward they'd want to get a hustle on them trying to gather up a supply of butter and fresh eggs, according to their orders.

  7. Whenever an unusually knotty point arose that needed attention, and their powers seemed baffled, Frank was always depended on to supply the needed answer.

  8. But one photographic crank in the party is enough; some of us have to stick to the gun in order to supply the meat for the camp when the season is on.

  9. In the first place," he explained to the others when they remarked on this fact, "there were several interesting sights that Will said he wanted to snap off; and his supply of film had run short the other day.

  10. The heart, or blood-vessels, fails to supply a certain muscle with its due rations of blood and the nerves of the region cry out in the agony of cramp.

  11. By the time an emotion has fairly got us in its grip so that we are really conscious of it, the blood-supply of half the organs in our body has been powerfully altered, and often completely reversed.

  12. Even with our present exceedingly imperfect systems, probably not more than between five and ten per cent of typhoid is transmitted in this way; and, if the water-supply were kept clean, this would practically disappear.

  13. An unexpected freak, however, was the appearance of fifteen or twenty cases in another state institution farther down on the same stream, which did not draw its water-supply from the flume, but from deep wells of tested purity.

  14. But this diminishes the proper supply of blood to the stomach and to the digestive glands, just as really as the paralysis of violent fright or an explosion of furious anger.

  15. A school and a penitentiary drew their water-supply from the same power-flume, carrying a superb volume of purest water from a mountain stream.

  16. There is the classic case of the Swiss villages on opposite sides of the same mountain chain, the second of which drew its water-supply from a spring that came through the mountain from a brooklet running by the first village.

  17. There is a fund to supply the ward buildings.

  18. There she asked the prices of the list of books that she needed, and learned that six dollars would not quite supply them.

  19. The supply of freckles holds out in my family, you see!

  20. While one of the girls proceeds to supply the order, and before the drinks are brought, we glance around the saloon.

  21. Oman has proved oil reserves of 4 billion barrels, equivalent to about 20 years' supply at the current rate of extraction.

  22. Electric power has been in short supply and constitutes a major barrier to future gains in national output.

  23. There was a short stop for a fresh supply of breath.

  24. The next morning Mrs. Lathrop laid in an unusually large supply of fodder and was very early at the fence.

  25. Below them were the cottarii, or cottiers, who were bound to do domestic work and supply the lord's table.

  26. Who lists may in this mumming see Traces of ancient mystery; White shirts supply the masquerade, And smutted cheeks the visor made; But, oh!

  27. The Laplanders lay beside the corpse flint, steel, and tinder, to supply light for the dark journey.

  28. Fruit was supplied, both raw and cooked, and a good supply of beer and wine.

  29. The monks managed to supply all the wants of all who suffered from poverty, privation, and sickness.

  30. A large supply of flint implements, scrapers, and arrow-heads, proves that the dwellings were inhabited by the Neolithic people before the Britons came to occupy them.

  31. It would produce a quite inconvenient supply of beef.

  32. He shall give such instructions to drivers, motormen, trip-riders, and other persons, as may be necessary to keep a supply of timber in each working place.

  33. In expert hands, the vicious twirl of a ruana should bring terror to the most stalwart of foes--and of patriotism there was a generous supply this morning in the Calle de Las Montanas.

  34. The thought, too, that after this supply of food was exhausted, there would be nothing to eat, and no way of getting anything to eat, spoiled just that part of the picnic that should be most enjoyable.

  35. Firearms, a supply of provisions, and oil for the lamps, were other items obviously needed.

  36. Early next morning, mounted on mules and carrying their supply of provisions neatly packed in hampers, they reached Lake Guatavita.

  37. Even the tiled floors were bare, save for a few well worn petates (Indian mats) which failed to supply that feeling of comfort provided in this chilly climate by the thick woollen rugs and carpets generally in use.

  38. When you are destitute of all resources--when adversity or a too generous heart shall have deprived you of all means of subsistence--and when your own exertions fail to supply your wants, open the enclosed letter.

  39. A considerable time elapsed before the engines arrived; and when they did reach the spot, an adequate supply of water could not be procured, as the springs were ice-bound by the frost.

  40. And out of that they were obliged to supply their own candles and grease for the wheels of the carts or trams.

  41. The fire spread, and communicated with his dwelling-house; and there was no adequate supply of water.

  42. They supply a ready means for drink to those who would hesitate before they sold their little property out-and-out; for every one who pawns, under such circumstances, entertains the hope and intention of redeeming the articles again.

  43. She concluded, in terms more galling than polite, by ridiculing the Earl of Warrington, who was foolish enough to supply Mrs. Arlington so munificently with money, that she was enabled to spare some for her ancient lovers.

  44. He accordingly ordered the waiter to supply fresh tumblers of hot liquor; and the next half hour slipped away rapidly enough; but no Henry Holford made his appearance.

  45. And it must have been the supply of bread and water that I saw him put into his basket the other night.

  46. His lordship has moreover instructed me to supply you with the necessary funds for your travelling expenses.

  47. The Jewess made no reply: it did not concern her, if her customer chose to metamorphose herself, so long as she was paid; and she accordingly hastened to supply all the remaining apparel necessary to complete the disguise.

  48. The second supply of flip was procured; the door of the parlour was shut; room was made for the paralytic waiter near the fire; and the Resurrection Man commenced his narrative in the following manner.

  49. Chichester, "I will engage to get a twenty pound note from my father to-morrow; and with that supply we can safely start off on our expedition.

  50. Know thyself, and God will supply the wisdom and the occasion for a victory over evil.

  51. Between meals, and bright and early in the morning, everything is flushed out with as generous a supply of water as is used by the Dutch housvrou in washing down the front steps.

  52. These prices will certainly not disturb any one who can afford to supply a prodigal automobile with tires at the present high prices.

  53. Cast steel is largely manufactured, and the workshops of the department supply the heaviest constructions required in naval architecture, as well as war material and machinery of every description.

  54. He also cared for the comfort of his soldiers by establishing a market within the camp, thus ensuring a constant supply of provisions.

  55. A year passed without further interchange of letters, and then the Duke wrote reproachfully, complaining of Candido's long silence and the cessation of the supply of books.

  56. There is a tradition that it was conducted thither artificially, to supply the inhabitants of the cave with water.

  57. I believe that for all the castles which I have seen beyond the Tweed, the ruins yet remaining of some one of those which the English built in Wales would supply Materials.

  58. MY LORD, 'That kindness which disposed your grace to supply me with the horse, which I have now returned, will make you pleased to hear that he has carried me well.

  59. On account of them Boniface urges that his countrywomen should be forbidden to go on pilgrimages, since this only served to supply the cities of Gaul and Italy with prostitutes.

  60. Pyrenees, to supply the groundwork of scholarly studies.

  61. These, however, were no longer given as hereditary possessions but only for the lifetime of the receiver (Beneficium), and for this he was under obligation to supply a proportionate contingent for military service.

  62. And my GOD shall supply all my need; to Him be all the glory.

  63. But the LORD had foreseen the need, and already funds were on the way to supply it.

  64. The occasional difficulty about funds never came from an insufficient supply for personal needs, but in consequence of ministering to the wants of scores of the hungry and dying ones around us.

  65. I therefore set out on an inland journey to Ningpo, hoping to obtain a supply from Dr.

  66. At that time we were all in confusion from the damage done, and from the earth thrown into the boat, and so invited him to come again in a day or two's time, when we would gladly supply him.

  67. Of course we at once consented, not wishing to involve another in trouble, and determined to carry the books ourselves, and look for physical as well as spiritual strength to Him who had promised to supply all our need.

  68. I could not think that GOD was poor, that He was short of resources, or unwilling to supply any want of whatever work was really His.

  69. This timely supply not only met the immediate and urgent need of the day; for in the assured confidence that GOD, whose we were and whom we served, would not put to shame those whose whole and only trust was in Himself.

  70. I answered that I did not at all know; that it seemed to me probable that I should need to do as the Twelve and the Seventy had done in Judæa--go without purse or scrip, relying on Him who had called me to supply all my need.

  71. Many are disposed to supply the houseless prisoner with couch and covering, but they only supply additional means of debauchery to the ruffian soldiery.

  72. Tea and coffee are destructive to both nerves and health, but aside from these stimulating drinks one can use almost any wholesome beverage at meal-time in order to supply his cravings in this direction.

  73. They are of great value as blood purifiers and they supply to a very large extent the mineral salts.

  74. That will usually supply the system with the proper amount of liquid necessary to insure normal activity of the kidneys.

  75. The pinching of these nerves naturally interferes with the supply of energy to the organs controlled by them, and causes more or less serious derangement of the bodily functions.

  76. Such interference results when the muscles are used to such an extent that they require greatly increased quantities of blood at a time when a plentiful supply is needed by the stomach to carry on the work of digestion.

  77. Now, a proper supply of pure blood, as previously stated, depends first of all upon proper digestion and assimilation.

  78. Good milk is of value for its supply of lime and other organic minerals in the case of young children.

  79. It has also been held that this organ has much to do with the supply of iodine in the system, being particularly affected by the lack of iodine in the food.

  80. A satisfactory supply of lime in the diet is especially necessary for building teeth and bone.

  81. To build up a strong stomach a daily plan of life must be followed which requires of the entire body a normal amount of activity, thus demanding and using a fairly liberal supply of nourishment.

  82. This involves naturally a strengthening diet with a supply of foods that contain all of the elements required by the body and which will permit of a pure and perfect condition of the blood.

  83. If the lungs are sound and healthy in every respect the supply of oxygen is abundant, and the elimination of carbonic acid, which may be regarded as the "smoke" of the human system, is carried on perfectly.

  84. Whole-wheat bread will supply the material for building sound teeth, while oatmeal and other whole grain foods are almost equally satisfactory for this purpose.

  85. In the case of most adapted plays events that appear utterly improbable to those ignorant of the novel seem quite likely to the people who have read it and can supply the missing facts which explain the improbable matters.

  86. The adapter, being well acquainted with the novel, rarely succeeds in forgetting that the general public is not, and he almost invariably assumes that the audience will supply from memory matters that he has left out.


  87. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "supply" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    ability; accommodate; acting; administer; afford; amount; armament; assets; balance; bless; cache; capacity; capital; capitalization; catering; clothe; communicate; contribute; deliver; device; dispense; donate; endow; endowment; equip; equipment; feed; fill; find; finding; flow; fund; funds; furnish; furnishing; give; grant; hand; heap; hoard; holdings; indulge; interim; invest; investment; keep; logistics; maintain; materiel; means; method; mine; minister; outfit; pile; pipe; power; preparation; prepare; present; procurement; produce; property; provide; provision; recourse; recruit; reinforcement; relieve; repertory; replenish; reserve; resort; resource; resources; retailing; sell; selling; serve; show; stack; staple; stock; store; stuff; subsidize; subsidy; substance; substitute; subvention; supply; support; temporary; volume; vouchsafe; way; wherewithal; whole; yield


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    supply the; supply them