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Sentences starting with definite

Definite speech means clarity of mind. [5]

Sentences ending with definite

Why struggle, unless we struggle for something definite? [9]
Delay is ruining us, and it is indispensable for me to have something definite. [7]
It was clear the time had come for something definite. [11]
Let us have something definite. [11]
Life had been so flattering to Beaton hitherto that he could not believe them both finally indifferent; and if they were not indifferent, perhaps he did not wish either of them to be very definite. [8]
He demanded that Mr. Hodder be definite. [9]
They were difficult letters to answer, for they were not very definite. [5]
George got to indulging in long absences from the town; there were ill reports about him, but nothing definite. [5]
To all Carlyle's complaints of "The Dial's" short-comings Emerson did not pretend to give any satisfactory answer, but his plea of guilty, with extenuating circumstances, is very honest and definite. [6]
Not that his benefactions as lord-bountiful in the parish had grown perfunctory, but the calm detail of his interest was not so definite. [11]

Short sentences using definite

I'm not definite myself to-night. [11]
Over, and no definite result. [5]
There isn't any definite composing-gait. [5]
No definite one? [10]

Sentences containing definite two or more times

The new Church was not born loose-jointed and featureless, but had a defined plan, a definite character, definite aims, and a name which was a challenge, and defied all comers. [5]
Nor is it the mere capacity of connecting definite sounds with definite ideas; for it is certain that some parrots, which have been taught to speak, connect unerringly words with things, and persons with events. [1]
They would admit, that though they could make other apes understand by cries some of their perceptions and simpler wants, the notion of expressing definite ideas by definite sounds had never crossed their minds. [1]
Instead of a helter-skelter worship, we then have a definite starting-place, and a march which carries the pilgrim steadily forward by reasoned and logical progression to a definite goal. [5]
A certain definite colour massed here, another definite colour there, and so forth. [9]
Through friends in America I asked some questions, and in some cases got definite and informing answers; in other cases the answers were not definite and not valuable. [5]

More example sentences with the word definite in them

It gives a zest to pleasure to have even an indefinite object, and though the prospect of meeting Irene again was not definite, it was nevertheless alluring. [4]
It shows what you can do when you band together for a definite purpose. [5]
But, woman-like, she would not open the way for him to say anything more definite just yet. [11]
Yet they deal with them as if they were as definite as mathematical quantities or geometrical figures. [6]
She was definite when she claimed both the language and the ideas of the book. [5]
I don't know what definite wrongs he has done to other persons. [9]
But if you were to force me by the rack to form a definite opinion of her, I could not do it. [10]
And if this were oblique it offered, at least, a definite outlet for his energy. [9]
Hell and heaven were definite places. [9]
The nebula which was to form a cluster about the "North American Review" did not take definite shape until 1815. [6]
I knew there was something troubling me,--and the thought which had been working through comes up to the surface clear, definite, and articulates itself,--a disagreeable duty, perhaps, or an unpleasant recollection. [6]
In his eyes was purpose definite, strong. [11]
Wait a bit, wait!--With a definite aim before my eyes I have never yet failed to find my way--in the realm of science, of course; but what is life--the life of the sage but applied knowledge? [10]
There's not a vowel in it with a definite value, and not a consonant that you can hitch anything to. [5]
The steadily rising unearned increment of urban and mineral land ought, by appropriate direct taxation, to be brought into the public exchequer; "the definite teachings of economic science are no longer to be disregarded. [9]
Why he begins to throw out hints that the other parties are this and that and t'other,--nothing very definite, may be, but just kind of undermining their reputation in a quiet way. [5]
Why, he begins to throw out hints that the other parties are this and that and t'other --nothing very definite, maybe, but just kind of undermining their reputation in a quiet way. [5]
Religion, he began to perceive, was an undertaking, are attempt to find unity and harmony of the soul by adopting, after mature thought, a definite principle in life. [9]
His purpose was to make some arrangement with Heinz Schorlin about the lost estate and obtain definite knowledge concerning his quarrel with him, of which he remembered nothing except that intoxication and jealousy had carried him further than would have happened otherwise. [10]
This query appeared to be unanswerable, until the simple--though none the less remarkable--solution came to him, that perhaps no definite occasion had hitherto arisen for seeking it. [9]
Knowing Mr. Stanley to be an able man, and not doubting that he is a patriot, I should be glad for him to be with his old acquaintances south of Virginia, but I am unable to suggest anything definite upon the subject. [7]
Then he seemed to arrive at a definite purpose; and without a word he put on his hat and passed quickly out of the house. [5]
He looked forward to any definite separation (as marriage) with apprehension. [11]
To work by this rule in literary criticism is to substitute something definite for the individual tastes, moods, and local bias of the critic. [4]
As long as they remained with their own people each might hope for help from his fellows and the definite place he held among them. [2]
And once again there was no definite result. [5]
The movements in the same direction more extensive though less definite in Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee, should not be overlooked. [7]
So that examining the relation in time of the commands to the events, we find that a command can never be the cause of the event, but that a certain definite dependence exists between the two. [2]
I had only the one definite ambition, to revenge Lord Holland. [9]
The body of the Muse had already taken a definite form and he could begin to work out the head with the earliest dawn of day. [10]
The resolution in the language above quoted was adopted by large majorities in both branches of Congress, and now stands an authentic, definite, and solemn proposal of the nation to the States and people most immediately interested in the subject-matter. [7]
In our day the demand here hinted at has taken more definite form and determinate aim, and goes on, visible to all men, to unsettle society and change social and political relations. [4]
Equally baseless is the assumption that it is inartistic and untrue to nature to bring a novel to a definite consummation, and especially to end it happily. [4]
After hard work that had definite purpose, this freedom and comfort gave him peculiar satisfaction. [13]
They had but ten days' short allowance of food; the long-boat was towing the others; they could not depend on making any sort of definite progress in the doldrums, and they had four or five hundred miles of doldrums in front of them yet. [5]
He had the Tasmanian's spirit and endurance, and a notable share of military science besides; and so he rose against the oppressor, did this gallant "fanatic," and started a war that was not brought to a definite end until more than a generation had sped. [5]
He does not take the responsibility of putting it in a very definite form, but makes a general reference to it. [7]
Gradually, irksomely, but surely and steadily, it developed, and at last it took definite form as a pretty successful wink. [5]
I therefore respectfully suggest that Congress might aid both the army and naval services by a definite provision on this subject which would at the same time be equitable to the communities more especially interested. [7]
But there was still nothing definite, nothing better than a vague discomfort, however poignant, in his half recognition of such facts; and he descended the station stairs at Chatham Square with a sense of the neglected opportunities of painters in that locality. [8]
Evelyn now has something definite before her. [4]
But you have some definite idea in your mind and, if my inference is correct, it would cause me pain. [10]
Unfortunately, the present social conditions allow a man to go pretty far without a definite statement. [9]
We have rumors similar to the dispatch received by you, but nothing very definite from North Carolina. [7]
I knew that similar practices had been tried on Krebs, but this was the first time I had heard of a definite plan, and from a man like Bitter. [9]
The upper West Side is a definite place on the map, and full, undoubtedly, of palpitating human joys and sorrows. [9]
Cleopatra's thorough examination showed Gorgias that she had some definite purpose in view. [10]
In her abstraction she saw him with sight restored and by her side, and even in that joy her mind felt a hovering sense of invasion, no definite, visible thing, but a presence which made shadow. [11]
Here, if anywhere, she now hoped once more to find comfort, some happy suggestion, and perhaps some definite assistance. [10]
To say that she had compelled him, the rector of St. John's, at last to look in the face many conditions which he had refused to recognize would be too definite a statement. [9]
And so it shall have the definite article, and not be lost in the mob of its fellows as a portfolio. [6]
That did not settle the matter, because the tenth said the language of Jesus was so strait and definite that it explained itself: "Sell all," not a percentage. [5]
In a senseless self-denial I should gradually have, withered into a meaningless old maid, with no opinions of my own, and no more definite purpose in life than to write checks for charities. [9]
For she could scarcely conceive of a life that should not be devoted to the accomplishment of some definite work, and she had-no doubt that in her own case everything else would yield to the professional career she had marked out. [5]
Since it to say that the affair, after a while, came apparently to a deadlock, owing to the impossibility of getting certain definite information from the Ribblevale books, which had been taken out of the state. [9]
With just the same smile of agreement with which for fifteen years he had been accustomed to answer the old prince without expressing views of his own, he now replied to Princess Mary, so that nothing definite could be got from his answers. [2]
He again vividly recalled the details of the battle, no longer dim, but definite and in the concise form in which he imagined himself stating them to the Emperor Francis. [2]
His hand was quick, his sight clear and sure, his knowledge to a certain point most definite and practical, his mastery of the sword delightful; but he had little imagination, he did not divine, he was merely a brilliant performer, he did not conceive. [11]
On the other question, how the battle of Borodino and the preceding battle of Shevardino were fought, there also exists a definite and well-known, but quite false, conception. [2]
Indefinite testimonies might properly be waste-basketed, since there is evidently no lack of definite ones procurable; but this C. S. magazine is poorly edited, and so mistakes of this kind must be expected. [5]
Indefinite testimonies might properly be waste-basketed, since there is evidently no lack of definite ones procurable, but this C.S. [5]
I am in possession of definite facts in regard to Mr. Parr which I shall present to him when he returns. [9]
But the first plunderers were followed by a second and a third contingent, and with increasing numbers plundering became more and more difficult and assumed more definite forms. [2]
But on the other hand, it is far from uncommon to meet with persons among the so-called "liberal" denominations who are uneasy for want of a more definite ritual and a more formal organization than they find in their own body. [6]
He was more or less amenable, and he was prosperous, although definite news of that prosperity never came from him--Quicksands always knew of it first. [9]
I wasn't calculating on doing anything really definite in that direction till the family come. [5]
And it appeared on cross-examination by Mr. Langmaid, who ate his cold meat and salad with an exasperating and undiminished appetite--that the only definite thing the rector had said was that he didn't intend to preach socialism. [9]
Thus the thought of the other world became an antecedent so uncertain as to permit no definite inference, and might therefore be left out of the account. [10]
Since the episode of the morning, the friendship of the little woman had grown to have a definite value; for it was no small thing, in Honora's situation, to feel the presence of a warm heart next door. [9]
But the spirit of the Honourable Adam did not respond to the weather, and he had certain vague forebodings as his horse jogged toward Hull, although these did not take such a definite shape as to make him feel a premonitory pull of his coat-tails. [9]
My own recollections of the evening, unclouded by its festivities, but confused by its multitudinous succession of introductions, are about as definite as the Duke of Wellington's alleged monosyllabic description of the battle of Waterloo. [6]
By the end of October this kind of warfare had taken definite shape: it had become clear to all what could be ventured against the French and what could not. [2]
She could think of no definite prayer. [9]
The great majority of men are not willing to turn good, to renounce the material and sensual rewards under their hands without some definite and concrete guaranty that, if they do so, they are going, to be rewarded hereafter. [9]
The great multitude of mankind care more for two and two, something definite, a fixed quantity, than for _a_ + _b's_ and _x^{2's}_,--symbols used for undetermined amounts and indefinite possibilities. [6]
Then she spoke of her plans--hers, mind you, for I never have anything quite so definite as a plan. [5]
In a series of forms graduating insensibly from some ape-like creature to man as he now exists, it would be impossible to fix on any definite point where the term "man" ought to be used. [1]
He was conscious of an attempt at self-deception when he replied: "Not difficult, not at all difficult, but I thought I would wait till I had something definite to say. [4]
Having three definite objects has had the effect of seeming to enlarge my domain and give me the freedom of a loose costume. [5]
We must decide now upon some definite action. [9]
They had definite notions about the omens. [5]
There was really nothing definite against this young man; but the Doctor was sure that he was meditating some evil design or other. [6]
True, she had not urged Eva to a definite statement by so much as a single word, yet she had made her feel plainly how deeply it would wound her if her pupil should resolve to disappoint the hopes which she herself had fostered. [10]
Our soldiers had not seen the front; many of them, no doubt, were on leave from the training-camps, others were on duty in Paris, but all seemed in a hurry to get somewhere, bound for a definite destination. [9]
Yet he did not fix a day or make definite arrangements. [11]
Her perception was none the less keen because definite terms were wanting for its expression. [9]
Though there was no definite news of an Austrian defeat, there were many circumstances confirming the unfavorable rumors that were afloat, and so Kutuzov's suggestion of an Austrian victory sounded much like irony. [2]
Eglington had never needed or wanted more than she had given him--her fortune, her person, her charm, her ability to play an express and definite part in his career. [11]
You are the most definite devil I ever saw, in the matter of language. [5]
Zeno remarked that more papers conferring authority were required for the work on the canal, and the Exegetus earnestly besought definite instruction. [10]
Yet you never make very definite remarks about my clothes. [11]
To Pierre's timid look of inquiry after reading the letter she replied by asking him to go, but to fix a definite date for his return. [2]
They themselves had long ago forgotten these details; at any rate they had mere vague theories about them, nothing definite and nothing that they repeated twice in the same way. [5]
Princess Mary, having learned of her brother's wound only from the Gazette and having no definite news of him, prepared (so Nicholas heard, he had not seen her again himself) to set off in search of Prince Andrew. [2]
Honora had found it impossible to unravel the tangled skein of their relationship, and to assign a definite amount of blame to each. [9]
Various subjects of interest would be likely to present themselves, without definite order, oftentimes abruptly and, as it would seem, capriciously. [6]
I recall, too, innocent dreams of a future unidentified, dreams from which I emerged vibrating with an energy that was lost for lack of a definite objective: yet it was constantly being renewed. [9]
General Grant's early indulgence in liquors had long been a matter of wide, though not very definite, knowledge. [5]
But this moment in Mr. Mavick's library had given a solid body to his imaginations, and a more definite turn to his thought of her. [4]
Social animals are impelled partly by a wish to aid the members of their community in a general manner, but more commonly to perform certain definite actions. [1]

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