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Example sentences for "thanks"

Lexicographically close words:
thanking; thankings; thankit; thankless; thanklessness; thanksgiving; thanksgivings; thankt; thankyng; thann
  1. Before we shove off, lads, let us return thanks to God for bringing us safely here and giving us food to eat, and then let us pray that He will take care of us in the voyage we are about to make," said old Tom.

  2. Let us return thanks to God for sending her to rescue us.

  3. Not a murmur escaped her lips, while she warmly expressed her thanks for the attention bestowed on her.

  4. For their mystical act of consecration on the part of the priest, all they can find either in gospel or epistle is the simple giving of thanks (that "blessed" of ver.

  5. He took with him six islanders,[12] thanks to whom all the words of their language have been written down with Latin characters.

  6. The Spaniards enjoyed some days of abundance, thanks to the well-filled storehouse they had captured at Tichiri.

  7. In addition to these regulars there were some others, including one Francisco Cotta, a compatriot of mine, and thanks to a royal order I obtained for him, he was allowed to go to the New World as a volunteer with Pedro Arias.

  8. Thanks to his native interpreter, the Admiral understood this speech and many others of the same tenor, and was astonished to discover such sound judgment in a man who went naked.

  9. Our leaders were amazed at that naked young man's discourse which, thanks to the three deserters who had been during eighteen months at the court of Careca, they understood.

  10. Thanks to Chief Fobes, in part, and also thanks to their own error, in part, the boys were making a costly mistake by believing the trail of the Torpedo had no connection with the theft of their own car.

  11. As 'tis, we have driven it over late, thanks to thy doublings, Margaret.

  12. Tis cleansed already, Ned, twice over cleansed--and there's one waiting who will give thee thanks for it.

  13. Dear, we have no smooth path to follow, but I give God thanks that 'twas drink, not thou, that played the renegade last night.

  14. Nay but I'll give God thanks that I made a tryst with Shameless Wayne--the Lean Man will scarce know where to look for him.

  15. Shall I offer thanks for the night's work you've done?

  16. Thanks for that word, Ned; I needed it," she murmured, chafing her baby fingers against the stiff buckle.

  17. Did ye do nowt that day, Mistress, or is it thanks to ye that th' little un mended fro' th' minute ye set hand on her?

  18. Ay, an' no thanks to thee," snapped the Sexton's wife.

  19. It had been easy to fight with Nicholas Ratcliffe in hot blood; but he had conquered him, and that was enough; and Janet would have given him less than thanks if he had killed the only one among her folk who claimed her love.

  20. Will you remit me in bad English to express my best thanks for your kind letter and for the sympathi you feel for my music.

  21. Corey for permission to quote from several in his possession; while for the use of letters written to MacDowell and his wife by Liszt and Grieg my thanks are due to Mrs. MacDowell.

  22. Tho' i' that case to give Advice is noa use, Aw should ne'er win fowk's thanks But might get some abuse.

  23. Thanks to the one whose kindly heart Was moved to send This gift, when we were far apart, To cheer a friend.

  24. My thanks for the honour done me were awkward, as if they came upon reflection.

  25. But it's not thanks I look for: it's my bounden Christian duty I look to.

  26. But--my fullest thanks to you for your generosity: really!

  27. My father was accused of having stood up at a public dinner and returned thanks on behalf of an Estate of the Realm: it read monstrously.

  28. I register my thanks to your grandfather Beltham; the same, in a minor degree, to Captain Jasper Welsh.

  29. I breathed some thanks to my father while she and I conversed apart.

  30. It was Alcibiades gracefully consuming his black broth that won the captain's thanks for theological acuteness, or the young Telemachus suiting his temper to the dolphin's moods, since he must somehow get on shore on the dolphin's back.

  31. I hoped consequently to find peace at Riversley; but there the rumours of the Grand Parade were fabulous, thanks to Captain Bulsted and Julia, among others.

  32. Would you mind handing over that tin box in exchange for my polite thanks and a courteous good-by to both of ye?

  33. Thanks for your encouragement," said John, smiling.

  34. Thanks very much," said John as he started away.

  35. This French romance was one of those which Malory embodied in his rifacimento of the Arthurian cycle, and, thanks to Malory, it has become a portion of English speech and thought.

  36. All return thanks to God for the grace vouchsafed them, and Gawain tells them that heretofore no man had been served with whatever he might desire save at the Maimed King's (at the court of King Peleur).

  37. Thanks and acknowledgments are due the Century Magazine and the literary representatives of Lowell, for permission to reprint in this volume the first five essays, which are copyrighted and were published in the Century Magazine.

  38. The female part is acted by men, who, thanks to their naturally effeminate appearance, make up very well as women, and the squeaky voice which they practise helps them out.

  39. Thanks were also given for a good harvest.

  40. Envoys were sent to Yahata (Hachiman) Daibo-satsu[287] in Buzen to give thanks for preservation from calamity.

  41. He feels that the sun is kind to him, and bows his head as he would to his chief, partly to express his thanks and partly in order that others may share his thoughts and feelings.

  42. Now he thanks the old shepherd, which stands by like a weather-bitten conduit of many kings' reigns.

  43. Stay your thanks a while, And pay them when you part.

  44. The Count on his part was profuse in the expression of his thanks for the considerations extended to him.

  45. What an invention it is, this autopropulsive engine, which flies through the air of its own power and accelerates its speed till the goal is reached, thanks to the properties of a certain powder of progressive combustion!

  46. Thanks to the new passage, they are able to hide among the rocks without having recourse to the submarine tunnel to get there, and day and night a dozen sentries are posted about the island.

  47. However, notwithstanding his deceptions and troubles, Thomas Roch's physical health, thanks to his vigorous constitution, was not particularly affected.

  48. Thanks to your directions, I and my crew were able to locate the tunnel.

  49. The food leaves nothing to be desired, thanks to the provisions that the Ebba brings on her return from each voyage.

  50. Thanks to him, problems that had previously remained purely theoretical had received practical application.

  51. If Back Cup is only destroyed before Ker Karraje has Roch's fulgurator at his disposal I shall render thanks to heaven.

  52. And when he saw me next he was most slavish in his thanks for my good offices, vowing I should be paid my claim by Michaelmas, if it were in the power of man to raise so vast a sum in such short space.

  53. To this Don Sanchez replies with a thousand thanks that we are anxious to reach Ravellos before nightfall, and that, therefore, we will be going at once if it is all the same to him.

  54. Then, all being done, Jack thanks the company for their indulgence, and bids 'em good-night.

  55. Whereupon the sturdy fellow with the cudgel fell upon his knees, as likewise did Simon, and both in a snuffling voice render thanks to Heaven in words which I do not think it proper to write here.

  56. Now this blessed day hath ended, and Moll is sure and safely bound to Mr. Godwin in wedlock, thanks to Providence.

  57. Thanks to the prompt action of the state and city authorities, the riotous proceedings were nipped in the bud, and law and order again reigned supreme.

  58. Thanks to a box from home, a ham, not quite demolished, made an excellent substitute for salt junk, and a package of rice also found its way into our haversack.

  59. Accept, gentlemen, our thanks for past kindness, and wishes for your future welfare.

  60. We retained this position for about an hour amid an unceasing storm of bullets, shot and shell, which, thanks to the elevation of the ground, passed in a great measure just above our heads and riddled the trees in our rear.

  61. Let us give thanks for peace and for social order and contentment within our borders, and for our advancement in all that adds to national greatness.

  62. It is fitting and proper that a nation thus favored should on one day in every year, for that purpose especially appointed, publicly acknowledge the goodness of God and return thanks to Him for all His gracious gifts.

  63. CHINN I think it will be all right, ma'am, thanks to your good gentleman.

  64. Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears, To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.

  65. Again Ben expressed his thanks in a voice deep with emotion.

  66. For that alone you deserve a vote of thanks from every respectable, peaceable citizen of this town.

  67. I pray you to accept my thanks for these communications.

  68. I pray you, Sir, to accept my sincere thanks for the kind interest you take in the success of my administration.

  69. For your accurate, clear, and comprehensive description of general and particular characters, sentiments, and opinions, accept my sincere thanks and warm approbation.

  70. Accept, I pray you, of my sincere thanks for them all.

  71. I pray that you will accept and present to the Council my sincere thanks for your attention to the public service.

  72. I can only accept your intention as a compliment, and express my thanks in our mutual language—that of tone.

  73. I must not omit my thanks for the delight Ole Bull gave with his violin at his first coming to this country more than forty years ago.

  74. Thanks for the lyric strains of your violin,—if they could be rendered in words we should have a wonderful cycle of poems.

  75. I cannot too warmly express my thanks for the help and encouragement given by friends.


  76. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thanks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    acknowledgment; appeal; appreciation; beads; benediction; blessing; cognizance; collect; communion; contemplation; credit; devotions; entreaty; grace; hymn; intercession; invocation; litany; meditation; orison; paean; petition; praise; prayer; recognition; rosary; suit; supplication; thank; thanks; thanksgiving