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Example sentences for "timely"

Lexicographically close words:
timekeeper; timekeepers; timekeeping; timeless; timeliness; timent; timents; timeo; timeously; timepiece
  1. Into the editorial page he slipped a paragraph directing attention to "Mr. Cecilius Jacob Van Nicht's timely and interesting article, appearing elsewhere in this number.

  2. With her prevalent dark complexion enhanced by enshrouding ells of black crape, she half lay, half sat in a slumped attitude betokening utter and complete despondency, and at timely intervals uttered low moans and sobs.

  3. One balm came to his heart in the timely sensible praise of the Trustees.

  4. Rates had to be increased, and even with that, the college would have been compelled to close but for a timely loan from Colonel Tayloe to buy food.

  5. No more timely relief could have been given than that which came when young Charles H.

  6. I put myself the question, of scant importance though it may seem; but there is a reflection perhaps more timely than any answer to it.

  7. What I look back to as my infant license can only have had for its ground some timely conviction on the part of my elders that the only form of riot or revel ever known to me would be that of the visiting mind.

  8. This sharp and timely rebuke to the unpatriotic spirit to which O'Leary gave expression won the hearty and unanimous approval of the country to the President.

  9. Thou art a younger brother, and hast nothing but they bare exhibition; which I protest shall be bare indeed, if thou forsake not these unprofitable by-courses, and that timely too.

  10. Everybody agreed that nothing fitted in more exactly with their wishes than Mr. Vernon's timely suggestion and everybody selected his chair with that preciseness which stamps the beginning of an entertainment.

  11. Vernon would vouchsafe in thanks to this timely assistance.

  12. Sweet thoughts are theirs, that breathe serenest calms, Of holy offerings timely paid, Of fire from heaven to bless their votive alms And passions on GOD'S altar laid.

  13. Soft as the plumes of Jesus' Dove They nurse the soul to heavenly love; The struggling spark of good within, Just smothered in the strife of sin, They quicken to a timely glow, The pure flame spreading high and low.

  14. How timely then a comrade's song Comes floating on the mountain air, And bids thee yet be bold and strong - Fancy may die, but Faith is there.

  15. The swain's experienced eye From thee takes timely warning, Nor trusts the gorgeous sky.

  16. The timely arrival of the regular soldiers undoubtedly saved the little party from massacre.

  17. As I was walking carefully along, I suddenly came in contact with an object, which a timely flash of lightning showed me was a column, standing in exactly the opposite direction from my own house.

  18. One day, subsequently, I visited the house to learn if so strange a coincidence of timely evacuation was true, and found that the story was correct in every detail.

  19. But in their preparations to spring forward they alarmed the servant too soon, and he was enabled to get back into the house, bolt the door, and give timely warning.

  20. It was the sending, suddenly, from the direction of the fort, a detachment of the Greens disguised as American troops, in the expectation that they might be received as a timely reinforcement from the garrison.

  21. General Clinton, in his despatches to the Governor, his brother, expressed an opinion, that but for his timely movement on that occasion, the enemy would have driven the settlements all in upon Schenectady.

  22. It is therefore not surprising that he received timely notice of these preparations for his second arrest, in anticipation of Dayton's arrival.

  23. Then, fortified by Bates's timely refreshment, I went downstairs to search for my hostess.

  24. But this religious war, so horrible to nature, was prevented by the timely compliance of Constantius; and the emperor of the East condescended to solicit a reconciliation with a subject whom he had injured.

  25. The difficulties apprehended in the Cherokee country have been prevented, and the peace and safety of that region and its vicinity effectually secured, by the timely measures taken by the war department, and still continued.

  26. It was essential that a change so important in its character, and so extensive in its operation upon the financial concerns of the country, should not be introduced without timely preparation.

  27. Sixteen were actually beheaded, the remaining four being saved by the timely arrival of the Russian Minister, who protested against the execution of the men accused of murdering the Russians, because he did not believe in their guilt.

  28. The Chinese Government were, in fact, perfectly conscious of the responsibility which lay upon them to show courtesy to so distinguished a visitor as the heir to the throne of Russia, and they took timely measures for his reception.

  29. Only for the timely interference of O'Neill, the house from which this treacherous shot was fired, like that from which he himself had nigh received his death, would have been burned to the ground.

  30. On beholding the latter dead, the stranger, who had lent such timely aid to our hero, regarded the silent form with a curious expression of countenance, and then turned away towards the house.

  31. Anxious to learn how the rest of his comrades fared, while thanking his new ally for his timely assistance, he glanced in the direction in which they fought; all save one was wounded but their antagonists lay beside them dead or dying.

  32. Their timely arrival decided the fate of the battle, which resulted in the complete rout and scattering of the Moravians.

  33. But for the timely aid of others, Sparta might have been overthrown.

  34. These put out to sea in stormy weather to ascertain if vessels in the offing are in need of anything, or are otherwise crippled: and many a ship have they saved from wreck by their timely aid.

  35. His mind cut into the interests which engaged it sharp and clear as a diamond; the very fault of it was that it was incapable of those politic shifts, those timely irresolutions, which have often been the making of smaller men.

  36. Argenson, the retributive rod was stayed by the timely remembrance of that dark and dangerous person: Jesuitical discretion came into play,[61] and the youthful malefactors escaped.

  37. It is easy to see how the King at Versailles and a number of Estates in the provincial cities might have quarrelled to the verge of revolution, and yet how the King, by timely concession, might have retained his authority unimpaired.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "timely" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    advantageous; advisable; apposite; appropriate; auspicious; becoming; befitting; betimes; congruous; convenient; decent; desirable; early; expedient; favorable; feasible; felicitous; fit; fitting; fortunate; good; happy; likely; lucky; meet; opportune; politic; profitable; prompt; proper; propitious; providential; punctual; quick; ready; recommendable; right; ripe; safe; seasonable; seemly; soon; suitable; timely; topical; useful; wise; worthwhile