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Example sentences for "wide circle"

  • By cutting across the point; the coast to the north is a wide circle.

  • We swept about in a wide circle, shipping some water as we dipped gunwale under, but came safely out from the smother, headed straight across the bows of the oncoming vessel.

  • He knew London well, enjoyed a wide circle of acquaintances, and we became rather intimate.

  • One must be an editor, which I am not, or a literary confidant of a wide circle of correspondents, which I am, to have any idea of the enormous output of verse which is characteristic of our time.

  • His rescued patient sounds his praises, and a wide circle of his patient's friends joins in a chorus of eulogies.

  • You could tell Casey's camp by the manner in which the sagebrush was trampled and the sand scored with small hoofprints in a wide circle around it.

  • The Ford went on, spinning away from him in a wide circle, since Casey had unconsciously turned the wheel to the left as he let go.

  • Where tracings of wheels described a wide circle he stopped and regarded them intently.

  • Among a wide circle he was held in estimation; he was fond of society, and took pleasure in humorous conversation.

  • He contributed verses for a series of years to several of the public journals; and his compositions gained him a wide circle of admirers.

  • He was much respected among a wide circle of friends and admirers.

  • When they went back to the spot, for the carcass, they found the snow trampled down in a wide circle, and copiously sprinkled with blood, which gave it the appearance of a battle-field.

  • He has an extensive knowledge of the world, a wide circle of acquaintances among those who shape the politics and business of the country, and hosts of friends who have been won by his unfailing good nature, liberality, and courtesy.

  • These facts justify the claim of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances, who look upon him as one of the strongest men of the state, and one for whom high honors are in reserve.

  • These works had gained Rückert a wide circle of readers and admirers in Berlin; but the town, with its restlessness, was antipathetic to him.

  • But it is no absolute proof of the worth of a writer that he long continues to have a wide circle of readers.

  • They then knew that the Indians, having been warned of their approach and having seen them enter the canyon, had made a wide circle to the rear, and that their purpose was to cut them off from camp.

  • The lower ends of the poles were set in a wide circle, making a room twelve or fourteen feet across.

  • One of their favorite plans was this: Fifty or more would mount their ponies and make a wide circle, driving always toward Cottonwood Creek.


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