Example Sentences

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And the shy and retiring particle will have preserved its shroud of mystery once again.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 29, 2017

Hence natural selection will have preserved and accumulated the gall-forming tendencies, as not only beneficial to the larvae, but as a means whereby the larvae can feed with least harm to the plant.

From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions by Romanes, George John

And if in the course of these capitulations he shall falsify his talent, it can never have been a strong one, and he will have preserved a better thing than talent - character.

From Across the Plains by Stevenson, Robert Louis

To this Empire will be added the precious culture of France, which the courage of her sons will have preserved, the contributions of Italy, and of Russia, yes, and of Japan.

From An essay on the American contribution and the democratic idea by Churchill, Winston

“He who rules the waves will have preserved them, if He has thought fit so to do,” observed Fairburn.

From Mark Seaworth by Kingston, William Henry Giles