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Example sentences for "traversed"

Lexicographically close words:
travelleth; travelling; travels; traversable; traverse; traverser; traverses; traversing; travertine; travestied
  1. I was benumbed; but I persevered till I had traversed the five flats, and listened at the door of nearly a hundred cells.

  2. Again I traversed flat after flat in my stockings.

  3. Putting his people into bark canoes, he descended the Red River past Fort Garry to Lake Winnipeg, traversed the south arm of that water, and ascended the Winnipeg River to Rat Portage on the Lake of the Woods.

  4. At the base of this eminence (which the road traversed before it again met the Keiskamma at the drift or ford) the way led for nearly a half mile up a precipitous ascent, encumbered with huge boulders, and surrounded by bush.

  5. The Middel Roggeveldt was traversed without adventure; they saw plenty of game, and Tom and George proved themselves no mean shots with gun and rifle; but, as the former truly observed, nothing happened to crow or fuss about.

  6. Between the sea-coast and the desert we had traversed we observed that many of the inhabitants had European fire-arms, but now the only weapons to be seen were spears and bows and arrows.

  7. A careful perusal of these fully convinced me that the route traversed was through eastern Nebraska as far northward as the present site of Lincoln, and possibly as far as the Platte.

  8. This noted trail traversed what is now Box Butte county from north to south, and there were three important stopping places within the boundaries of the county.

  9. Though there are oases, the story is a somewhat tedious and dreary stretch of narrative that can only be traversed with considerable effort.

  10. He confesses his failure: "I have traversed the world in the search, and no one to gain that world, would lose his own soul.

  11. When we were there Hetch-Hetchy was a valley untrammeled, carpeted with grass and flowers, walled by mighty cliffs, traversed by the unfettered Tuolumne.

  12. Having been victorious in the country beyond Charcas, the Inca traversed many provinces, and vast snow-covered deserts, until he arrived in the country we call Chile.

  13. He traversed the uninhabited region with great difficulty, and heavy were the snow storms which broke over his people.

  14. In the middle of September they reached some heights, from which lay before them a vast extent of open downs traversed by a river, traceable to the utmost verge of the horizon, and falling to the north-west!

  15. Finding words unavailing, he hastily traversed the crowd to demand the support of the national guard.

  16. Wine and provisions that could not be carried off, were wantonly destroyed, and the inhabitants of the villages traversed by this undisciplined horde, will long have reason to remember the passage of the self-styled "Army of Freedom.

  17. And they came to the top of the wooded steep, and traversed the valley, till they reached the green tree; where they saw the fountain, and the bowl and the slab.

  18. Then, behold Peredur entered the Hall, upon the bony piebald horse, with the uncouth trappings upon it; and in this way he traversed the whole length of the Hall.

  19. Peredur rode forward next day, and he traversed a vast tract of desert, in which no dwellings were.

  20. And as he traversed the valley, he beheld a horseman coming towards him, and wearing the garments of a priest, and he besought his blessing.

  21. And he had not proceeded far along the high road before he came to a cross road, and the cross road traversed a wood.

  22. Roughly speaking, it may be described as a region well adapted to cattle and agriculture, and composed of high, open, rolling plateaux traversed by low mountain ranges and well-wooded river valleys.

  23. Lying across the equator and traversed by no very high mountain ranges, its climate is more uniform than any other equally large inhabited region, but its extent is so immense that there are very considerable variations.

  24. We know that before 1632 they had traversed all of southern Brazil, and Paraguay, and even eastern Argentina and Uruguay.

  25. To the North they traversed the Sao Francisco valley and the plateau of Goyaz.

  26. The interior is a great plateau traversed by high mountain ranges and the tributaries of the Sao Francisco River.

  27. It was not till the third day that I re- turned to Tours; and the distance, traversed for the most part after dark, was even greater than I had sup- posed.

  28. A rewarding commerce would have enriched merchants on either side of well-traversed ocean pathways.

  29. Coronado traversed parts of the Indian Territory and Kansas, and finally stopped on the borders of the Missouri, somewhere between Kansas City and Council Bluffs.

  30. Believing the subjugation of Araucaria to be practicable, the new governor traversed the country between Imperial and Villarica during the year 1597, but failed to discover his astute foes.

  31. With what a light heart I now set forth, and walking with how glad a step traversed the uplands of the isle!

  32. They traversed great portions of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, everywhere inflicting and enduring misery, but never approaching their phantom El Dorado.

  33. They rowed along the channel between Anastasia Island and the main shore; then they landed, struck across the island on foot, traversed plains and marshes, reached the sea towards night, and.

  34. A high range of sand hills traversed a part of the island, from Varick and Charlton to Eighth and Green streets," says Mary L.

  35. The moor is traversed by canals, which serve for the transport of the excavated peat in boats.

  36. The broken peat is repeatedly traversed with wooden harrows, and is thus pulverized and dried.

  37. The plot to be plowed, is traversed through the middle by the railway x, y.

  38. The Mecklenburg moors are now traversed by canals, cut by this machine, which are used for the transportation of the peat to market.

  39. Riding up the kloof that I had traversed on foot, we sighted bucks but got no shot.

  40. This can be easily understood when it is remembered that the roads are traversed by the celebrated "Cape wagons," which are of enormous size and weight, requiring from sixteen to twenty oxen to draw them.

  41. Barnabas accompanied by Mark embarked for the Isle of Cyprus, whilst Paul with Silas, his new companion, traversed Syria and Cilicia to confirm in the faith those who had been recently converted *.

  42. In the course of four or five hours I traversed almost the whole of Rome and got a glimpse of everything--the Forum, the Coliseum (stupendissimo!


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