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Example sentences for "verily"

Lexicographically close words:
verified; verifier; verifies; verify; verifying; verin; veris; verisimilitude; veritable; veritables
  1. And the shoemaker, having heard this, verily believed that Saint John had spoken to him, and went his way with great rejoicing.

  2. As for myself, I verily believe that, if by fire or by water my library should be destroyed this night, I should start in again to-morrow upon the collection of another library.

  3. I verily believe you would," said Mrs. Ramsay thoughtfully, as she fetched vases and began to place the drooping violets in warm water.

  4. I verily believe it's Tudor Williams," she said.

  5. My fortune having inured and allured me, even from my infancy, to one sole, singular, and perfect amity, hath verily in some sort distasted me from others.

  6. Furnivall in order, we (then) younger onlookers felt that literary history was verily being made.

  7. But she had no dress fit to appear in on such a public occasion, with a gentleman of high rank, whom she verily supposed to be her destined husband.

  8. Verily as great a number of mankind cometh, through Christ's incarnation, to the hosts of angels, as there remained of holy angels in heaven after the devil's fall.

  9. Verily the chosen prophets by many signs and foretokens were in their lives illustrious.

  10. To that light verily our faith shall bring us, as Christ said to the blind man, "Look now: thy faith hath healed thee.

  11. As Christ by the touch of his hands healed the leper, so also he redeemed us from the sins of our souls by the assumption of our flesh; as the prophet Isaiah said, "Verily he took away our diseases, and our pains he himself bare.

  12. The stone knife, which circumcised the child, betokened the stone of which the apostle said, "The stone verily was Christ.

  13. Verily he opened his mouth to the evangelic lore, who in the old law was wont to open the mouths of the prophets.

  14. In those men verily God's will is done, who work according to God's will.

  15. Verily the wicked man is more miserable than any beast, because the beast has no soul, nor will ever be quickened again, nor suffer future punishments.

  16. Verily very many after a tedious fever and divers sicknesses, by drinking this fluid, speedily enjoy their health.

  17. Verily the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost, have one Godhead, and one nature, and one work.

  18. Verily the eyes will smart with the powerful smoke, and the teeth quake with the great chill; for the reprobates shall suffer intolerable {533} heat, and unspeakable chill.

  19. Mr Louvaine, though in truth, as I do verily believe, innocent of all ill, is in danger to fall in some suspicion through a certain jewel of his being found in the lodging of one of the caitiffs lately execute.

  20. April--I thought verily my chamber in Thames Street had been given over, and therefore I used it to save Erith; but I might have done otherwise.

  21. The perverted intellect which considers itself as the body, is verily confined in it; but when it considers itself to be a particle of and identic with the divine, it is liberated from its confinement.

  22. You are verily very fortunate with your cold heartedness, and your sagacity has haply saved you from falling into the dangerous snares of this world.

  23. You will verily be able, O wise Bharadwaja, to learn everything from these, by means of your digesting the substance of this sastra, and reconsidering the purport of the precepts of this great preceptor.

  24. The ditch that the huntsman had dug to circumvent the elephant, is verily this painful pit of austerity, which thy ignorance has scooped to enthral you in.

  25. He is verily the best to yoga, who mesmerises the body of his pupil, by his kind look, touch and sound; and causes his inspiration by the infusion of the holy spirit of Siva in him.

  26. He who looks at the sun together with his glory, or sees the sun-beams as not without the sun whence they proceed, verily beholds the unity of the sun with his light, and not his duality by viewing them separately.

  27. The world is verily known to rest without its basis, in the extended and vacuous womb of the visible firmament; and the imaginary soul of the egoist is supposed to dwell in it, and feel all its pain and pleasure in vain.

  28. The ditch of the elephant, was verily filled with the tender plants and leaves for the fodder of the elephant; but your cave is full of rigorous austerities, which no humanity can bear or tolerate.

  29. That intellection which is one and in every one in all the three worlds is verily the god, by the best knowing among philosophers: (that god is the universal mind).

  30. He who acts according to customary usage, and the ordinances of sastras; who act conscientiously and according to his position; and thus dispenses all his affairs in the world, is verily called a venerable man.

  31. This world is verily the semblance of that great intellect, which is like the pure crystal stone and is manifest in this form.

  32. He is verily the god of whom I have told you, who is supreme in the highest degree (lit.

  33. The intellectual power which is situated in the vacuity of the heart, is verily the verity of the immaculate Brahma himself.

  34. Verily I fear him as I have feared no man since I was at school.

  35. Verily I may be like Alfred the king in some ways, but not in these.

  36. Now this attitude of the dog's mind is so exquisitely rendered in the picture that he seems verily to speak with intelligence.

  37. It was an adder, verily a snake in the grass and flowers.

  38. Of them all, I verily believe there is but one soul living in the same old house.

  39. I fear lest I should find myself more dead than all the rest And verily I wish, could it be without injury to others, that the sand of the desert would rise and roll over and obliterate the place for ever and ever.

  40. I verily believe so too," replied the judge, and the trial proceeded immediately.

  41. Verily things under the auspices of these doctrines have come to such a pass that many sanction this as a law in civil jurisprudence, to wit, that sedition may rightly be raised.

  42. And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

  43. And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There be some here of them that stand by, which shall in no wise taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God come with power.

  44. I verily believe that the presence of the Commander-in-chief wouldn't restrain him from taking vengeance.

  45. If your face was even as black as hers of the yellow domino, I verily believe I could not perceive its darkness.

  46. The last human victim of Tahiti was verily a martyr.

  47. If ever domestic happiness, as well as benevolence, dwelt on earth, I verily believe it is in those two families.

  48. It is of a little girl, about your own age, and a woman who I verily believe is Lucifer himself, dressed in woman's clothes.

  49. There are those who make light of the sickness of the sea; but I am not one, for verily my sufferings on board the Sea Mew passed man's power of description.

  50. It is enough that it was done, and verily did it seem to me in later days, that in the doing of it Master Stuyvesant was digging a pit for his own downfall.

  51. He broke off at that word, for he was verily staring at her hands, and longing to see more of her arms than the wrists only, so that he scarce knew what he was saying.

  52. Rather sunrise than sunset it seemed, as verily Birdalone she came into the hall with bright eager eyes, and flushed cheeks, and countenance smiling with love.

  53. Therewith they left her there, and she nestled in the corner once more, and there did verily fall asleep, and slept till the key in the lock and the opening door awakened her, and Atra came stealing soft- footed into the prison.

  54. Yea verily I am a woman; but I will not take this offer either, whereas I have an errand, as I told you.

  55. Quoth the way-leader: That each of us kiss the Lady Birdalone on the mouth, for she it is that is verily our mistress under our great mistress.

  56. Verily we had but little stomach to that dinner; and I said to myself, Poison!

  57. Then she hung her head a while and kept silence, and thereafter looked up and spake: I would ask thee a thing and crave somewhat of thee, as if thou wert verily my mother; wilt thou grant it me?

  58. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

  59. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

  60. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

  61. Christ closes the grave parable with His solemn 'Verily I say unto thee'--as looking on the future judgment, and telling us what His eyes saw.

  62. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

  63. For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

  64. I am verily persuaded original sin is the greatest burden of a true convert; this ever grieves the regenerate soul, the sanctified soul.

  65. Verily 'tis said, 'Whoso doth whoredom in his strangerhood, Allah will send him back disappointed.

  66. I verily will counsel thee with rede the best to hear: * Cut short this course ere come thou nigh sore risk, nay death, to dree!

  67. Then he called for inkcase and paper and wrote to Marwan as follows, "Verily it hath reached me that thou transgresseth the laws of the Faith with regard to thy lieges.

  68. The King gazed at them, marvelling to see them ringed with collars of gold about their necks, and said to Faris, "O Wazir, verily these snakes have golden torques!

  69. A dinar a month," and quoth the Wazir, "Verily they wrong thee, especially an thou have a family.

  70. Verily we are God's and unto him we shall return; without recourse we be dead folk this time.

  71. When the King heard his weeping and wailing, he said, "Verily these birds have sweet voices and their song pleaseth me: put them in cages.

  72. Verily thou hast made me fearful of this city and its folk.

  73. I jumped up and fled from that terrible old dwarf, whom I verily believe-- No; where is the good of my saying what I believe?


  74. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "verily" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    actually; assuredly; certainly; clearly; decidedly; even; forsooth; historically; indeed; indubitably; manifestly; nay; noticeably; obviously; patently; positively; quite; really; seriously; substantially; truly; undeniably; undoubtedly; verily; visibly; yea


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    verily believe; verily think