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Example sentences for "undertaking"

Lexicographically close words:
undertaken; undertaker; undertakers; undertakes; undertaketh; undertakings; undertone; undertoned; undertones; undertook
  1. I see therein a sure guarantee that the new government will be supported by the confidence of the broad masses of the people, without whose true support the whole undertaking would be compelled to failure in advance.

  2. He would, he said, sooner chop his hand off than return there to spoil his perception of nature by undertaking one of those copies which for ever dim the vision of the world in which one lives.

  3. Of this Pestalozzi himself says, "The cause of the failure of my undertaking lay essentially and exclusively in myself, and in my pronounced incapacity for every kind of undertaking which requires practical ability.

  4. A prominent feature of the undertaking was that it should be a model institute "for the preparation of teachers in the theory and practice of the new education.

  5. This preparation was a tremendous undertaking which broke down his health for life.

  6. Apart from this, such an undertaking offers me the only possible chance of sustaining my position.

  7. I also found it impossible to send you the book before this; I have a horror of undertaking anything, and apart from this, the Paris publishers treat one with abominable negligence.

  8. My first undertaking in the way of scientific experiment was in the field of economics and psychology.

  9. The walk of one hundred miles from St. John to Moncton was for me, at that time, a much less formidable undertaking than it would appear in our times and latitude.

  10. Without undertaking to decide if the genius of Antiquity, as displayed by individuals, can justly claim supremacy, it would be easy to show that the ancient plane of civilization never reached our common level.

  11. But the maledictions of the epitaph have fallen upon those of us undertaking to "move its bones.

  12. The French governess is canceled, and I shall come to an arrangement with Miss Coldwell by which she will add to her salary by undertaking all responsibility for Viola until Viola is in bed.

  13. The time was when it was considered so great an undertaking for a man to farm a hundred acres, that very few persons were found cultivating a larger tract.

  14. A gentleman was anxious to secure Maginn's services for a contemplated literary undertaking of magnitude, and the Doctor was to dine with him to arrange the affair.

  15. They were terrified, and although Augustine was not so faint-hearted, he looked upon the undertaking as being full of danger.

  16. In fact, campaigning has been an undertaking of neither pleasure nor profit.

  17. He would be more the master of his own movements if alone, and would be able to return as soon as possible, whereas, at the ordinary regulation speed, the undertaking would carry him through the whole day.

  18. The great Alfred had finished a like survey of the kingdom in his time, which was long kept at Winchester, and which probably served as a model to William in this undertaking [r].

  19. Black, undertaking in the mean time to write me occasionally an account of the state of his health.

  20. You must understand, girls, before you go into this, that you are undertaking a serious thing and one you cannot give up lightly," continued their adviser.

  21. It was no small undertaking to hitch along, one stair at a time, dragging a stiff, painful leg, and pulling his crutches after him.

  22. He also addressed the meeting, followed by Elder Foster, both setting forth the greatness of the undertaking in hand, of the necessity of every individual bestirring himself and making every exertion to prepare for the journey.

  23. Scores of children in as sore need as his will, I hope, be reached and comforted by this latest undertaking of the Board.

  24. But I think that we all have to learn the responsibility attached to undertaking the function of a teacher, and the inevitable antagonism which the claim arouses.

  25. In conclusion, I would here record that whatever success has attended this undertaking is due in a great measure to my faithful companions and allies, Hosein Shah, Sahib Gul, and the Saiad.

  26. The good Froissart,’ says he, ‘proceeds in his undertaking with such frank simplicity that having committed a mistake he is no way afraid of owning it, and of correcting it at the moment he is sensible of it.

  27. We would not accept of your assistance; and we hold your approbation or disapprobation of our undertaking of little worth, since it has pleased God, by his gracious favour, to approve of it, as well as the inhabitants of our kingdom.

  28. He further stated he thought it was too arduous an undertaking for ladies, and dissuaded us from making the attempt.

  29. They were rendered incapable of purchasing any lands, or of being elected Members of any county or borough; or of undertaking any office civil or military in any town incorporate.

  30. That, sir, was an office of great importance, and I had some hesitation in undertaking its responsibility.

  31. But, after all, she was undertaking no holy crusade; conscience made no demands upon her for the perpetuation and triumph of her project.

  32. You have done precisely what I expected you would do," he said, "in undertaking an arbitrary selection of certain guests and an arbitrary exclusion of certain others.

  33. I don't know what you're making out of it, but you can hire men to do the kind of work you think of undertaking for three dollars a day.

  34. Each one covets the rôle of spokesman to relate the travelling adventures of the doll, which spends but little time in the house and is constantly undertaking long and difficult journeys.


  35. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "undertaking" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accomplishment; achievement; act; action; activity; adventure; affair; affairs; agreement; approach; assay; attempt; bag; bail; bid; blow; bond; business; cause; commerce; commitment; concern; contract; coup; crack; deal; dealings; deed; design; doing; doings; earnest; effort; employ; employment; endeavor; engagement; enterprise; escrow; essay; expedition; experiment; exploit; feat; fling; function; gambit; gest; guarantee; hand; handiwork; hassle; hock; hostage; house; interest; job; labor; lick; lookout; maneuver; matter; measure; mission; move; obligation; occupation; offer; operation; passage; pawn; performance; plan; pledge; proceeding; production; program; project; promise; proposition; recognizance; replevin; representation; resolution; service; shot; stab; step; stipulation; striving; stroke; struggle; stunt; surety; task; thing; transaction; trial; try; turn; understanding; undertaking; venture; whack; word; work; works