Example Sentences

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For the purposes of this chapter, we will abbreviate genes using the first letter of the gene’s corresponding dominant trait.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

"Then," said Van Bult, "we will abbreviate White's toast, and drink to evil."

From A Master Hand The Story of a Crime by Dallas, Richard

The longer stories you will abbreviate in telling, and the children will still further shorten them.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

Whatever differences may ultimately have to be taken into account, the experience of London, Berlin, and of other cities will, when fully reported, be rich in suggestions that will abbreviate our own period of experimentation.

From Commercialized Prostitution in New York City by Kneeland, George Jackson

As we shall be for some days among these people, I will abbreviate Sir H. Rawlinson's sketch of their tenets.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)