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Example sentences for "toe"

Lexicographically close words:
toddy; toder; todes; todo; todos; toed; toeing; toen; toes; toff
  1. He discoursed on local politics with considerable shrewdness and good sense, and proved himself well up on such topics.

  2. A full hour elapsed before he was able to get on his feet.

  3. Accordingly, they lost no time in packing up Bert's luggage, and soon had it stored neatly on the carrier.

  4. At first, coming from the outer air, he could only make out the outlines of the single room, of which the cabin seemed to consist.

  5. If rain were on the way, all the more reason why he should do some tall "hustling" while the going was fair.

  6. Slowly the motorcycle lost speed under the awful drag of the steep ascent, and at last Bert was forced to change to low gear.

  7. You'll fairly melt down there at this time of year.

  8. Then a flash of lightning rent the sky, and a terrific crash of thunder warned him that the storm was on in earnest.

  9. Then he rushed to the thicket on the hillside where he had left his wheel, and was rejoiced to find it safe.

  10. They paid the proprietor of the garage a deposit, and so secured the use of a fast, two-seated runabout for the following morning.

  11. A big Mogul engine that had been shunted to a side track was moving down the line, slowly at first but gathering speed with every passing second.

  12. But when these ordeals were over and he had passed triumphantly, every spare moment was devoted to the coming race.

  13. More'n once I've had a close shave myself.

  14. He waited only long enough to learn the shortest route to the next town of any size.

  15. I wasn't a native o' these parts myself, an' so managed to keep clear o' the trouble.

  16. Yes," admitted Bert, "she certainly was a hummer.

  17. De opstand zelf is zeker niet alleen door godsdienstige motieven bepaald; wèl is aan het godsdienstverschil het mislukken der centrale regeering na 1576, en de eindelijke splitsing der Nederlanden in twee helften toe te schrijven.

  18. About noon we reached the pretty village of Rutland, Vt.

  19. That such a law exists can hardly be questioned.

  20. De boeren gingen er spoedig toe over hun pluimgedierte in de hokken te houden en ons in verschillende talen te verwenschen.

  21. Hoe ik er toe kwam, of op welke wij zo ik het deed, is mij nog een raadsel, doch ik ontdeed mij van mijn halsdoek en bond hem dien over de wond heen, stijf om het middel.

  22. They lived, however to change their minds, to discover that the village of Chamouni lies too close to the toe of the Great White Mountain to permit of his being seen to advantage.

  23. Hy is concessionaris geweest van 'n spoorweg, die er niet geweest is, en daarna werd hy ter schadeloosstelling benoemd tot president van den Raad van toezicht over spoorwegen, die er tot heden toe niet geweest zyn.

  24. Toch meent men nog altyd dat het er iets toe doet, of men in den Haag deze of gene wet al dan niet bekrachtigt!

  25. Pennant's article is illustrated by a folding plate giving the leg of a turkey bearing a supernumery toe situated in front of the tibiotarsus with the claw above.

  26. He is a vain bird and craves admiration, and acts as if he were a royal prince and a genuine dude, and he will have admiration though it costs him his life.

  27. The tibia is slender, and has the shaft less flattened from before backward than in the last species [M.

  28. The foot in this instance acts as a lever of the first class with the fulcrum at the ankle joint and the toe pressing against the earth, which is the actual weight.

  29. If a toe is pinched, the foot is drawn away, and if dilute acid, or a strong solution of salt, is placed on the tender skin, the feet are moved as if to take away the irritating substance.

  30. Ingrown toe nails are relieved by scraping a broad strip in the middle of the nail until very thin.

  31. The foot in lifting the body on tiptoe appears at first thought to be a lever of the second class, the body being the weight and the toe serving as the fulcrum.


  32. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "toe" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    arch; base; basement; chassis; dado; digit; dog; extremity; fetlock; foot; footing; forepaw; foundation; frame; heel; hoof; instep; keel; pad; paw; sole; tip; tiptoe; toe; trotter; wainscot


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    toed sloth; toed woodpecker