Placed

Examples

• There is no coffin in that tomb; and may it be many, many years, before another name is placed above it! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The rods to be welded are placed in clamps C C′, C being connected with one terminal of the secondary conductor S, and the movable clamp C′ with the other. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• This he placed in the middle of the floor and, squatting down upon a stool in front of it, he threw back the lid. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Oh, what a trust is to be placed in that man's hands to-morrow! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• To obtain a true photograph, the negative is placed on a piece of sensitive photographic paper, or paper coated with a silver salt in the same manner as the plate and films. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• If a close coil of wire is suspended between the poles of a strong horseshoe magnet, it will not assume any characteristic position but will remain wherever placed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Nothing in my powers or instinct placed me amongst this brave band. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It was indeed a moveable pair of stairs, the lowest end placed at ten feet distance from the wall of the chamber. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• In short, but for such perseverance as I have seldom witnessed, I had never placed myself under his protection. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• We should feel it were we so placed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I have told your ladyship that I should be placed in a very disagreeable situation if any complaint was made, and all is in strict confidence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Shut into the drawing-room, the pair took seats, each in an arm-chair, placed opposite, a few yards between them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She placed him in his mother's arms. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• No, no, she was placed in the chair AFTER the death of her husband. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Over this is placed a water-tight covering of pegamoid, and the lower part covered with light silk. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Dr. Donaldson wheeled one to him, and placed him in it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Yet the force of this mighty giant is so completely under control, and may be brought to act so gently, as scarcely to crack a nut placed to receive its fall. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• At the bottom of the penstock is placed a turbine wheel fixed on a shaft, and to which shaft is connected an electric generator or other power machine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It is next passed to the cooking department and placed in huge steam-jacketed kettles, which revolve continually and thus keep the chicle from scorching. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He knew that his purpose was in the main a good one, and he placed implicit reliance on the high-minded Job. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Diving bells have been made of various forms, more especially in that of a bell or hollow truncated cone, with the smaller end closed, and the larger one, which is placed lowermost, open. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They are called the two fluid batteries, because in place of a single acidulated bath in which the dissimilar metals were before placed, two different liquid solutions were employed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• You are better placed _here_; very fit for a wife, but not at all for a governess. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The paddles were placed in the middle of the boat, near the stern; and there was a double rudder, connected together by rods which were moved by a winch at the head of the vessel. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The bulb was first heated and the stem placed in water. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Well, there are things which are placed beyond the pale of discussion; and I thought this was specially so, and by mutual agreement. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Under whose care had she been placed after leaving Mr. Bruff's house? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• His tutor placed him in a chair; his lips were quivering, his eyes brimming. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Near this stand-pipe in the upper story is placed a water supply tank. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Theoretically, Mr. Yorke placed all sects and churches on a level. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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