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Sentence Examples However, the sight that appeared before her quickly took her mind off of the cold. They carefully moved and replanted some of the scrub oaks to allow sight lines from the house down to the water. The main volume is based on a Greek amphitheatre with steeply raked seating that offers good sight and sound lines. Once barrels have a sight installed and have been zeroed, they can be interchanged. Once the sight is zeroed for your rifle and load, it returns to zero repeatedly. In retracing Hegel's itinerary he is in a way making it less idiosyncratic, less the vision of a lone philosopher, and more a familiar sight. There were no leotards and leg warmers in sight as this modern and fresh production had the Manchester crowd in raptures. For reasons of balance alone, the sight of Lee making the ball rear from a length was a refreshing sight. Dawn broke to reveal the amazing sight of camp beds and sleeping bags almost encircling the All-England Club. The mood among local farmers is depression, despair and devastation, and there is no end in sight. The United Nations says that Afghanistan is the world's most prolific producer of heroin and that there's no let-up in sight. We should not lose sight of the fact that there has to be a sense of proportion in our debates. She wondered why an innovative technical process for manufacturing tiles rose to prominence but then faded so quickly from sight. Overhead, German spotters were looking for us, and I promised the men we would lie low, keep out of sight, and sleep. Unfortunately, there is no end in sight, though the roadmap suggests that something vague lies ahead. No one would question the sight of a military police lieutenant taking his gear from one place to another. Passengers tempted by the sight of the sometimes near-empty buses risk their life and limb while making a mad rush to board them. Somehow, the sight of all her blood, all her lifeblood on that shirt disturbed her, as did the ragged hole below the ribs. He was a vegetarian, as he couldn't stand the lifeless sight of a dead deer or fish. Mikey's eyes traveled over to the small car, instantly lighting up at the sight. Show More Sentences He appears, at first sight, to be very like his urbane television character, the radio psychiatrist Dr Frasier Crane. Strangely, Doyle lost sight of the ground ball in the background of Bench's lily-white uniform. One was just on the limb of the planet and one was far off but the other two were nowhere in sight. And the top itself is magic, a flow of fissured limestone pavement with very deep grikes, so the beer cans are out of sight. The black limousine came slowly around the corner and pulled up next to the colossal sight that was Air Force One. Suddenly two red lights appeared at the supposed sight were Yue's eyes should have been. Every once and a while she would fall out of sight, only to appear again just within reach of his eyes. The second her eyes appeared and she caught sight of Stien she let out a hideous scream. From time to time as a gap in the trees appears I catch sight of this glistening stretch of cobalt blue water below. They descended from the clouds, as the familiar sight of landmarks appeared. She swallowed hard as her gorge rose at the sight of the busted-up fighter and the stench of burnt flesh. Looking down at the camp from a rise in the distance, the three of them immediately caught sight of Kefari and Ashwood. Nothing was that different from what could be seen in Los Angeles, except that the signs were all in French and there were no SUVs in sight. These elliptical steel walls prevent direct lines of sight from those screening areas to the office space. The outer edge of the garden has a bamboo hedge with colourful shrubs and plants and is high enough to block out lines of sight. It will be possible to put the at-a-glance guide on the dashboard or windscreen in the driver's line of sight. The range of conventional radar, the kind you see at airports with its rotating dish, is limited to direct line of sight. Targets were generally always within the line of sight of the artillery men. The venue was small and the standing room layered quite steeply so it was easy to get a good line of sight. In tall canopies, the operator moves beneath the canopy along a linear path, keeping the sensor oriented to the sun with the help of a sight. Show More Sentences The last of the summer's flowers are mush, all the leaves have fallen off the maple and my chrysanthemums are looking a sorry sight. Even with the appraisal system, there is still a second sight of it, and we would want that. Policeman can lose sight of you as you drive through their roadblock, and criminals on foot don't actually come looking for you as a rule. That meant having to hide the cameras to capture footage of the police and military roadblocks that are a common sight across Mexico. She caught sight of a road sign just as she turned to look in front of her. Darsana literally means view, in the sense of having a cognitive sight of something. The waitresses are on roller skates, nothing but rock music has been playing all night and there's not a designer label in sight. At the range, I shoot my Sharps from the bench at 100 yards to zero the rifle and get the base line sight settings. With the Ladder flipped down, you have a usable, albeit coarse, fixed battle sight zeroed for 50 meters. And perhaps the sight of their older married brothers straining at the leash is giving them pause. A protected post front sight is adjustable for both windage and elevation when zeroing. A bury optometrist has helped to safeguard the sight of many desperately poor Ugandans during a vital mercy mission with Vision Aid Overseas. At first sight, the emergence of the EU as a regional grouping seems to be in contradiction with the direction and thrust of globalization. Universally dark-haired, skinny and androgynously pretty, The Organ look at first sight like a female Strokes. A leaden stillness descended and slowed their legs, but sight traveled in reverse and was quickened. The trees were bare and leafless, but the snow made them a sight for sore eyes. It's the sight that draws millions of ' leaf peepers ' to the U.S. each October and November. They are three superb footballers, they can shoot on sight, score from all angles and we are really up against it. The most common sight in southern California these days isn't a movie shoot or a beach party. When the hunt is up and the quarry is in sight, the most unsuspected evidence leaps to the eye. Show More Sentences Her funeral mass was celebrated in the Church and she now lies at rest in Court Abbey cemetery within sight of her home. We lost sight of them a short time later, and didn't run into them the rest of the night. The young man groans at the sight of the pampered pooch, whom she already has attached to his leash. The sight of the centuries-old structure, covered in ornate mosaics and undergoing restoration, struck the young artist with awe. In optimum weather conditions the annular eclipse is said to be a spectacular sight. To the right of that complex a rough street leads diagonally leftward from the centre of the picture out of sight. Along the banks we caught sight of both of the supposedly almost extinct species of dwarf buffalo, the highland and lowland anoa. Bile rises within me and I retch emptily, my sight blurring as the tears begin to fall. All three of the patients in the experiment had lost their sight through retinal disease. I dare say the sight of a swain in full kitchen-fury is anaphrodisiac. So by rights we should be in the midst of spring, with lambs leaping, the smell of dew hanging in the air and the sight of rowers happily plodding home from the Cherwell. After six long months of brutal fighting the endgame was in sight and they all wanted a piece of the action. Our journey opened out with a white gate to pastures, shaded ridge and furrow and sight of Kilburn's White Horse from an aspect that flatters its awkward shape. Presently we reached the leeward side and came in sight of the ocean. Here she mainly rolls her eyes in sorrow and gazes longingly at Fairbanks, a pretty sight himself in a ripped, muscle-exposing blouse and thigh-hugging culottes. They have anguished over a daughter's headaches and the sight of blood running from the nose of a son who has never suffered from nosebleeds before. It took longer to zero the sight than it did to install the mount. As I entered our magnificently appointed multi-storey office development this morning, I caught sight of a box behind our oddly proportioned security guard. Some conditions such as short or long sight, eye muscle co-ordination problems and most lazy eyes can be corrected, and glasses are not always necessary. Slender robotic video camera pylons telescope up and down, enabling the church to broadcast live events with minimal sight line intrusion to the pulpit. Show More Sentences And at a time when the country needed to be cheered up, the sight of our reverential politicians getting the mickey taken out of them was as uplifting a vision as could be. The overhead shots of the circus ring seem at first sight to be POV yet in the shots of Lola her eyes alternate between moving in panic and being actually shut. Pocklington were unlucky not to extend their lead when their forwards produced a high-speed, 60-yard rolling maul which the home pack collapsed in sight of the try line. She said the tips of the rotating blades of the 320 ft tall turbines would be between 32 ft and 82 ft below the line of sight of the radar at Yeadon, north of Leeds. Through the telescope that morning, I could see the surface of the Moon receding, curving back, angling away from the Sun and around the lunar horizon and out of sight. The 1008B has a rifled steel barrel and a fully adjustable rear sight. In the most literal sense of the word, it won't be a pretty sight. After they were set at liberty they did not lose sight of them. But perhaps the most moving sight was that of his five-year-old son Loris, who carried a crash helmet in memory of his late father. No-one wants to be assaulted by the sight of pasty thighs and sunburnt beer guts while casually browsing for bananas and free-range eggs. Either way, the merger should be a spectacular sight for cosmic rubberneckers. She has privileged the wrong kind of sight, a vision that fails to see into blackness and thus fails to see through language. The sight of our five trustees and five other officials in their Sunday casuals walking into the board room at 7 in the morning is honorable. The sight of the trashy whitetail buck stalling in the shadows of the Russian olives gave me a jolt, like I had walked into an electric fence. She hath exiled her eyes from sleep or sight, And given them wholly up to ceaseless tears Over that ruthful hearse of her dear spouse. Most people with macular degeneration never go completely blind unless complications such as inoperable cataracts take all peripheral sight. For many years, the lollipop men and ladies have been a symbol of road safety, providing a reassuring sight for parents. From Scutum in the south, through Cygnus towards Perseus, it is truly a magnificent naked eye sight that cannot be bettered from a dark site. We didn't get a sniff of the endangered Sable antelope for which the park is famous and, unfortunately, there wasn't a cat in sight. Long sight Also known as hypermetropia, this occurs when the power of the eye is too weak or the eyeball is too short. Show More Sentences You are likely to be a good candidate if you are affected by short sight, known as myopia, or long sight, which is hyperopia. However, a fifth and eighth in yesterday's races puts Loof within sight of the lead Percy has held since the first day of the regatta. She fearlessly embraces everything, from sight gags to pratfalls. The boys loved the sight of a great Skua, or bonxie, attacking a much larger gannet to make it drop its load of fish. Between the long sight radius and good trigger, it was easy to shoot up to the pistol's potential. However, instead of growing out of these errors, the eyes of children with Down's syndrome either retain or develop more short or long sight. Its range of procedures can treat short sight, long sight and astigmatism. The projection of a figure in the lotus position and the sight of singer Jon Davison with his Jesus hairstyle and string of bells did not immediately win me over. Enjoy the sight of crops of Queen Anne's Lace, yarrow, seven different species of goldenrod, fall asters, Boneset, Joe Pye Weed, Oxeye Daisies and Black Eyed Susan. Wondrous as that icy, frozen scenary might have been, trust me when I say that it is nothing compared to the sight you will behold if you plan a trip a few months later. In a Florida town, the sight of a boulevard lined with live oaks can quickly set a stranger's mind at ease, conveying a subliminal, yet powerful, impression of the community. Examples from Classical Literature In the sight of a jury of country squires no exclusionist was likely to find favour. Natt's face was excruciatingly ridiculous, and Paul laughed at the sight of it. Once I stopped four weeks in this place, and I began to tremble at the very sight of an excursionist. Turn in, and look at it, for the sight is well worth a cup of excusatory cyder. He would not have been at the exempt, but the sight of the other depressed him. Mademoiselle Riette, catching sight of him, laughed so exhaustingly that she could dance no longer. He could not bear the sight of her, perched on a chair in her white nightdress in the doorway, elvish and horrible. That thing which he was minded to do would be expiation in the sight of Heaven. The sight of that dustpan filled me with hopes that were doomed to disappointment. She had been an embroideress for thirty years, but her sight failed and she was obliged to give up work. The others, however, did not get out of sight before Fresno had the stirrups adjusted. My field of labor was my own heart, which I endeavored to render pure in the sight of God. What interested me more than all these was the sight of several articles that were eatable. And later, by closing in our system of foresting, I figger to cut out present costs on a sight bigger output. Love is enflamed by their great beauty and enters through their eyes at their first sight of each other. Passing the chapel, the king caught sight of the Duchess Isabella at her faldstool. He was a predictor, using his occult gift of second sight to foreknow events and tell The Leader about them. There isn't a lovelier sight on God's earth than a well-dressed Englishwoman. It familiarized Europe with the sight of the American flag in European waters. She never did fancywork, and knew nothing of sewing, so her thread knotted and broke, and her patch presented a sorry sight. Show More Sentences At the sight of him the Princess lost her wits entirely, and determined that fanfaronade and nobody else would she marry. Bulletins from Ebenezer more encouraging every day, and no squalls in sight. Who will say that the cry of the 'widow and fatherless' is disregarded in His sight! On this occasion every member of the family consumes all the edibles in sight. It was a squalid sight, though the festive season of the year and that glamourous air peculiar to Indiana brooded it. Miladi was often ennuied, now that she was never really well, and the sight and voice of a young man cheered her inexplicably. The sight of a modern monument throws one into melancholy even while an ancient one has not ceased to enrapture. Mistraon is so fleet that I did not lose sight of eclair from the time I began to climb the hill of black stones. A sort of filmy fog had arisen over the ocean, which hid the stars from sight. And besides, that edifying sight alone might start the trouble for all I know. But it was also the end of a chapter, the closing of an era, for the finis was in sight. From that time her anger was frequently restrained by the sight or the mention of the book. They could do neither now, for the fear that possessed them at sight of Israel's frenzy. The king had now arrived at the entremets, but without losing sight of Porthos, who continued to play his part in the best manner. She had a freeboard of about three hundred feet and the top of her funnel was out of sight in the clouds like an Alp. I have seen black squirrels, gray squirrels and a fox squirrel, all in sight at one time. My own first sight of a fish wheel in operation beats the story of this renowned writer all to pieces. It will be a curious sight, especially for a foreigner, and I advise you not to miss it. The frogged and decorated uniforms, the fine dresses, the diamonds and their beautiful wearers, were a dazzling sight. As for my brother, he seemed enchanted with the sight, and especially with the ladies. Show More Sentences Then he was out of sight, and she became conscious that the weary footman, forcedly polite, was holding the door open for her. The threshold was foursquare, and the face of the sanctuary sight to sight. Fred Godfrey was almost in sight of his home, when he was both pleased and alarmed by coming upon an estray horse. If there was a sump-hole in sight, that horse was sure to flounder into it. Within thirty-six hours we were out of sight of the highest point on the coast line of Franz Josef Land. He stormed and swore, and forbade Elizabeth ever coming in his sight again. Club Moss is considered good for all diseases of the eyes, and euphrasy and Rue for dimness of sight. But Theophilus is of no service to the framer of philosophical or physiological theories of the second sight. From these materials those accounts of the Spanish affairs are drawn which may at first sight appear the most exceptionable. But now the object of his pursuit vanished from his sight, and eluded his eager search. He made a sign to Ali not to lose sight of the man in the street, and turned to the one in the dressing-room. Yes, count, it is a strange thing and one which might astonish you, but I feel an indescribable horror at the sight of yonder man. Because when you're in a close fight, close line of sight communications is very important. The rivals were alone, and nobody was within sight or earshot. It was a sight the like of which no earthman had ever before seen. Such wonder seis'd, though after Heaven seen, The Spirit maligne, but much more envy seis'd At sight of all this World beheld so faire. My long-bow 'gainst a plugged shilling that he would run and bellow lustily at sight of a quarter-staff. He must not lose sight of Eleanor now that he had found her again. The whole household need not witness the sight of your welcoming a runaway servant as a brother. He presumably knew all the employees of his company by sight. Show More Sentences Recognized generally at sight by its color and fasciculate habit. Seven weeks without sight of a blackboard is a long time to remember how to do long division. The bull walked over the ridge, but his antlers remained in sight and bobbed bewitchingly as he fed. It was a sight of Moses and Elias that enraptured their soul. The sacredness of the season seemed to have been almost wholly lost sight of. As the chamber came into view the boys were entranced at the sight. It was an entrancingly beautiful sight, and strange as it was beautiful. He often allowed him to indulge in this pastime, but he had ordered his grand-vizir always to go with him, and never to lose sight of him. The Esmeralda has been in sight since early in the forenoon. When we passed by in sight of the fort, they gave us three salutes with their cannon, an honour only paid to generals. Henry, I was a-thinkin' what a blame sight luckier he is than you an' me'll ever be. You could hear it long after it was out of sight, in the gathering darkness, like an old nurse humming lullabies in the twilight. Then the sober denizens of the heart of business London saw a singular sight as they returned from their luncheons. No need then of the expedient of pursuing your needleworks in her sight. Joe, by the aid of his keen sight, which he did not fail to use continually, noticed some flocks of birds of prey flitting about the horizon. She dilutes it with extraneous matter, and it is lost sight of. At the sight of the figures he raised his eyebrow and glanced up at Roden. Indeed it was the sight of White rearranging Sassenach skeletons at Murrayfield last year that inspired his team to a famous victory. I'll swear four revolvers jumped to sight while one could bat an eyelid. There you will meet a fair-haired young man who knows you by sight. Show More Sentences After all it proved to be a false alarm, for no one came in sight. Stonor caught sight of farnborough approaching and lowered his voice. Now she saw the sight of death, for the dead lay before her like black water in a sunless pool. There was a circumstance which at first sight seemed to entangle his delirious but still methodical scheme. Damon, who blessed everything in sight from the gasoline in the automobile to the blue sky overhead, started for the station. Nevertheless her filial piety was at that moment a touching sight. With all these perfections the Princess had so delicate a shape, so majestic an air, that the sight of her was sufficient to inspire respect. This sight put a finishing touch to the excitement of the Moranges. At the top of these steps he came plump upon a sight that took his breath away and chilled his blood. Then he caught sight of Fiona and the gleam of the red bracelet. You got all the young bloods skinned, and I guess you've sure buried a mighty sight of them. It's a good sight easier to git a fishhook in 'n 'tis to git it out. Tunnels followed, and after each the sky grew bluer, and from the embankment at Finsbury Park he had his first sight of the sun. They worked desperately, and from time to time I caught sight of flat-top. Suddenly they began to flick out of sight by twos and threes. And they stand on the Constertution a durned sight solider nor we do. The flowering dogwood is the most beautiful sight of our May woodlands. You can tell a flycatcher at sight by the way he collects his dinner. I had my first sight of flying fish, and made friends with the officers. His mangled body sank out of sight, and blood and brains marked the water where he had stood. Show More Sentences But he caught sight on the quay of a heavy seaman's chest, painted brown under a fringed sailcloth cover, and lashed with new manila line. And as for knowledge, and contrivances, and manufactures, there's a many things as we're a fine sight behind 'em in. He had come to look on her perspicacity in this matter as a sort of second sight. I had the good luck to sight a four-wheeler and got him in just in time. One of these was a frequenter of the Queen's chapel whom he knew by sight. Every day a knight-errant or so came along, and the sight of them fired the king's martial spirit every time. He looked at them sitting silent and self-absorbed, and the sight annoyed him. All quiet, curtains down at the lower windows, servants out of sight, and nothing human visible but a curly black head leaning on a thin hand at the upper window. The fact is I know quite a lot about palmistry and second sight. His noble bearing disposed some people in his favour, while others on the contrary seemed pleased at the sight of a gentleman who had come to beggary. A clear line of sight means that employees understand the big picture. Anybody else would have taken care not to lose sight of her. The salmon boat had long since passed from sight behind a little archipelago known as the Marin Islands, so no help could be looked for from that quarter. This appalling sight almost bereft me of my senses, and finding that I could no longer be of service to any one in the house, my only desire was to fly. Residents of Rahan, Co Offaly, aren't strangers to a few loose sheep or even some cattle but the sight of a llama bounding down the rural road caught everyone by surprise. Everyone joined in saying it, and it was a pretty sight to see the little creatures bowing their curly heads and lisping out the words they knew so well. Leisure and pleasure drift along, Beggar and marquis join the throng, And care, humility, rank, and pride In the sight of the flowers are laid aside. The sight of those notice-boards rouses every evil instinct in my nature. The bouffant blond blusterer seems to think the sight of 11 turbines in the sea near his Balmedie golf course will put PS200-a-round players off their strokes. Juag had been terror-stricken when he had learned that I intended crossing the ocean, and when we passed out of sight of land be was in a blue funk. Show More Sentences Don't you think it's hard to be sent away for five years, to make your fortune among hateful savages, and lose sight of your friends at home for all that long time? The sight of the splintered boat seemed to madden him, as the blood of grapes and mulberries cast before Antiochus's elephants in the book of Maccabees. Silent, and out of his line of sight in the kitchen, she frightened him. Is there not also a second class of goods, such as knowledge, sight, health, which are desirable not only in themselves, but also for their results? Find more words! 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What is the opposite of sight? Words that rhyme with sight What is the past tense of sight? What is the plural of sight? What is the adverb for sight? What is the adjective for sight? What is the noun for sight? Translations for sight Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words Sighs sighs sigh of relief sighing sighed sigh sighted sighter sight for sore eyes sighting sightings sightless 5-letter Words Starting With s si sig sigh