Veritable Sentence Examples

A six-footer, like David Dean was a veritable giant from her reduced point of reference.

She was a veritable garden of indecision.

Gadflies and mosquitoes are a veritable plague around the lakes of the lowlands in the hot weather.

Dipterous insects are also very numerous in species, especially in those of sanguinary habits, such as the mosquito, ilium, maroim, carapana, borochudo, &c. In some places these insects constitute a veritable plague, and the infested regions are practically uninhabitable.

Thus the pane, represented by its 6 (afterwards 9) captains, came to exercise a veritable reign of terror, and no one knew when an accusation might fall on him.

It was a veritable drama that was here enacted, and recalled in its incidents the story of Osiris, the divine proto type of all successive generations of the Egyptian dead.

In every direction the country looks like a veritable hive of human activity and enterprise, every town and village full of factories, and alive with the din of machinery.

At first it was a veritable honeymoon; conversation never flagged and either found in the other his soul's complement.

The Unitarians were relentlessly hunted down and a veritable reign of terror ensued.

Ankylostomiasis is a disease which finds a congenial habitat in the warm damp atmosphere of mines, and has become a veritable scourge in some mining regions.

To prevent this he might make a second or suction hole, and thus he would have a veritable engine, perhaps one of the very earliest of all.

It was then, in 1735, that Abraham Darby showed how to make cast iron with coke in the high furnace, which by this time had become a veritable blast furnace.

Irrigation has shown that with water, arid and barren plains, veritable deserts, may be made to bloom with immense wealth of semi-tropical fruits; and irrigation in the tropical area along the Colorado river, which is so arid that it naturally bears only desert vegetation, has made it a true humid-tropical region like Southern Florida, growing true tropical fruits.

But the Alaska summer is the uncertain season; at times the nights are cold into July, at times snow falls and there are frosts in mid-August; sometimes rain is heavy, or again there is a veritable drought.

Indiana is unusually well served with railways, which form a veritable network of track in every part of the state.

Henry II., a fanatic, went still further in his edict of Chteaubriant(155f), a code of veritable persecution, and in the coup d@at carried out in the parlement against Antoine du Bourg and his colleagues (1559).

All summer long, Burnley's supporters held their breath, hoping for a veritable plethora of signings.

The only veritable and real unity in the world of existences is the individual; to assert that the universal exists separately ex parte rei would be to reduce individuals to mere accidents of one indivisible form.

In the German poem this is a veritable "Isle of Maidens," where no man ever enters, and where it is perpetual spring.

His accession in 1547 gave rise to a veritable revolution at the court.

I am attached to a veritable smorgasbord of IV bags which all combine into my tube.

The veritable Est Est Est chain has tentacles reaching out across the north west.

As such it is a veritable time capsule describing, among other notable achievements, targeted recombinants for relating genetic differences to pathogenesis.

Crops are grown on terraces, and together with mineral wealth, have made the region the veritable heart of the country.

Catherine's famous expedition to the south in 1787 was a veritable triumph for Potemkin; for he contrived to conceal all the weak points of his administration and to present everything in a rose-coloured light.

The disorganization of the Curia was appalling, the sale of offices became a veritable scandal, the least opposition to the Borgia was punished with death, and even in that corrupt age the state of things shocked public opinion.

Joly de Fleury and DOrmesson, Neckers successors, pushed their narrow spirit of reaction and the temerity of their inexperience to the furthest limit; but the reaction which reinforced the privileged classes was not sufficient to fill the coffers of the treasury, and Marie Antoinette, who seemed gifted with a fatal perversity of instinct, confided the finances of the kingdom to Calonne, an upper-class official and a veritable Cagliostro of finance.

Produced, composed, arranged and performed by Prince, EMANCIPATION is a veritable smorgasbord of sounds and grooves.

This alternates with a story of ardent love, which eventually results in a veritable three-cornered relationship.

Moray 's Biblical Garden is, without doubt, a veritable treasure trove of variety.

What was once quite an unimpressive selection has grown into a veritable industry, rife with clothes of all kinds.

At just a handful of dollars each, it's possible to invest in a veritable rainbow of colors without causing your bank account any pain!

You will, though, find that they're available in a veritable rainbow of colors, ranging from neutrals like black and brown to more unexpected choices like fuchsia and lime green.

These veritable miracle workers are essential for special evenings out or anytime you want to show off a smoother, sleeker silhouette.

There's an enormous panorama, a veritable cornucopia, of Xbox cheats out there, from hidden characters to unlockable costumes to mystery weapons to invulnerability to instant access to all areas of the game.

Naturally the primary motivation to visit is wine-tasting at some of the best wineries in the world but it's a veritable dining, shopping and activity wonderland.

In many cases, these dance sequences are veritable show-stoppers.

A list of foods containing vitamin E reads like a veritable cornucopia of healthy and delicious foods.

Summertime was a great time to show off this veritable explosion of peppiness, through a variety of garments that showed off some skin, celebrated the great weather and made some sort of sense in their own kaleidoscopic, chaotic way.

Also known as New York Fashion Week, this major event is a veritable celebration of all things fashionably fabulous.

Several styles feature many interior and exterior pockets, making these bags a veritable black hole for whatever knick-knacks you'll acquire over the coming years.

Sturdy wheels and durable key-lockable latches make this travel case a veritable Alcatraz for your precious clubs.

These veritable works of art have a crafty appearance and run the gamut from understated and low-key to bold and eye-catching.

They represent a veritable kids' empire that every parent has doubtless known of for several years running.

Not everyone has the time or the inclination to create a birthday cake that is a veritable masterpiece.

Jim Henson, the creator of the Muppets, molded these expressive puppet characters into veritable works of art.

Shot by shot, frame by frame, your rough cut is ready to be transformed into a veritable masterpiece.

The South seems to be a veritable treasure trove of haunted phenomena, and it is here that fans of the paranormal can find real haunted houses in Georgia.

More importantly, their soft fluffy interior is a veritable treat for sore feet.

This unusual looking shoe does more than just raise brows - it's a veritable miracle shoe for the athlete who seeks to keep his or her feet protected and remain comfortable at the same time.

Founded by college football player Mike Tanel, Tanel 360 was born of veritable necessity.

Online Shoes is a veritable mecca of chic footwear for men and women.

Needless to say, the enthusiasm and fervor with which fans follow the programs has ignited a veritable avalanche of Web sites devoted especially to the actors, characters and storylines.

Maui is a veritable treasure chest of island fun.

Although there appears to be a veritable revolving door of beautiful women showing up in episodes of this show, the original cast of three was the main focus.

What was once merely a line of acne-fighting products has grown into a veritable goldmine of skin-friendly potions.

Besides the obvious problems it presents (namely all that uncontrollable shine and all of that makeup sliding off your face into veritable oblivion), oily skin can truly be a nuisance.

Though clothing and accessories are both perfect outlets to make a statement and show off our personalities, the process of creating a veritable work of art on the finger or toenail is somehow even more satisfying.

In the 7th century he became the head of the administration and a veritable prime minister.

The male, however, is a veritable pigmy beside the female, and during copulation presents the appearance of a parasite attached to her abdomen.

Shortly afterwards there appeared in Yokohama whence it was subsequently transferred to TOkyothe Mainichi Shimbun (Daily News), the first veritable daily and also the first journal printed with movable types and foreign presses.

Lebanon, in the 1Vlaronite districts of Kesrawan and Bsherreh, where the gorges are veritable canyons, and the villages are often very picturesquely situated.

No one was able to guess, even in the vaguest way, the exact interpretation of these odd characters; but, on the other hand, no one could doubt that they constituted a system of writing, and that the piles of inscribed tablets were veritable books.

As Professor Mahaffy has suggested, the era of the Pyramids may have been the veritable autumn of civilization.

These sub-apostolic epistles are veritable "human documents," with the personal note running through them.

Louis David painted "Marat Assassinated," and a veritable cult was rendered to the Friend of the People, whose ashes were transferred to the Pantheon with great pomp on the 21st of September 1794 - to be cast out again in virtue of the decree of the 8th of February 1795.

The southern part of the state includes the Everglades (qv.), a large area of low, flat, marshy land, overgrown with tall reedy grass, a veritable wilderness; thus giving Florida an unenvied first rank among the states in marsh area.

In More's house you would see that Plato's Academy was revived again, only, whereas in the Academy the discussions turned upon geometry and the power of numbers, the house at Chelsea is a veritable school of Christian religion.

Nicholas, again, lent the protection and encouragement of his powerful arm to science as well as art, till the papal court became a veritable domain of the Muses.

Sometimes, as in the case of the feast of Osiris in Abydos, a veritable drama would be enacted, in which the whole history of the god, his sufferings and final triumph were represented in mimic form.

Five kings are mentioned in connexion with this veritable invasion of England, and many earls.

An immense joy in battle breathes through the earliest Norse literature, which has scarce its like in any other literature; and we know that the language recognized a peculiar battle fury, a veritable madness by which certain were seized and which went by the name of " berserk's way " (berserksgangr).2 The courage of the vikings was proof against anything, even as a rule against superstitious terrors.

In 1647, during the viceroyalty of the marquis de Los Leres in Sicily, bread riots in Palermo became a veritable revolution, and the people, led by the goldsmith Giovanni d'Alessio, drove the viceroy from the city; but the nobles, fearing for their privileges, took the viceroy's part and turned the people against d'Alessio, who was murdered, and Los Leres returned.

But his claims, however great they may be, can in no way conflict with those of Hamilton, whose mode of multiplying couples (in which the " inner " and " outer " multiplication are essentially involved) was produced in 1833, and whose quaternion system was completed and published before Grassmann had elaborated for press even the rudimentary portions of his own system, in which the veritable difficulty of the whole subject, the application to angles in space, had not even been attacked.

In 1847 Brigham Young had succeeded Joseph Smith as president of the Mormons, and he held that position of veritable dictator until his death (1877); John Taylor succeeded him, and Wilford Woodruff in 1890 was chosen head of the organization; then Lorenzo Snow was president in 1898-1901, and Joseph Fielding Smith was elected in 1901.

In the early part of his residence at Peking, when enjoying constant intercourse with scholars of high position, Ricci brought out the T'ien-chu shih-i, or "Veritable Doctrine of the Lord of Heaven," which deals with the divine character and attributes under eight heads.

In the 4th century there was a veritable renaissance in Gaul, the Intel- last outburst of a dying flame, which yet bore witness lectual also to the general decadence.

Neither the immense fortunes amassed by these men, nor the venality and robust vitality which made their families veritable races of ministers, altered the fact that De Lionne, Le Tellier, Louvois and Colbert were in themselves of no account, even though the parts they played were much more important than Louis XIV.

In 1695 the tionary graduated poll-tax was a veritable coup detat against measures.

The chief architectural ornament of Marburg is, however, the Elisabethenkirche, a veritable gem of the purest Early Gothic style, erected by the grand master of the Teutonic Order in 1235-1283, to contain the tomb of St Elizabeth of Hungary.

Test., a veritable encyclopaedia of the history of Israel from its earliest beginning till the taking of Jerusalem by Titus.

The city is built on the flat summit of a rocky hill, which rises abruptly in the midst of a veritable wilderness; a brown, arid, treeless table-land, strewn with immense grey boulders, and shut in by lofty mountains.

The sites, all linked together, provide a veritable cornucopia of information on these topics.

There is to be found a veritable cornucopia or Pandora's box, as the case may be.

The journal archives are a veritable font of information, and the glossary of terms is excellent; a must for the insatiably curious.

Try adding up to eight all-digital Apple Cinema Displays to your Power Mac G5 and enjoy a veritable dreamscape of stunning visuals.

The scent, packaging design, and superb quality has eschewed fashion fads through the decades to arise as a veritable legend among fragrances.

A Free Service For any news junkie it's a veritable feast.

Caving huts are rarely plush, some are barely habitable, in contrast, this place was a veritable mansion.

They survived a veritable holocaust of German artillery fire from 3 sides of the Wood.

But how, you may ask is e-Marketing tapping in to this source of plenty, this veritable Holy Grail of marketing nectar?

Throw in a dodgy businessman with a secret past, and Honeycote is soon a veritable hotbed of passion and intrigue.

A veritable inferno of thunderous bass and insanely fast drumming, this song guarantees a dramatic and mind-blowing entrance for the band.

The ' Rabbit Warren ' is a veritable maze of passages, the main ones however, much larger than those required by rabbits.

How many people are aware tho, that on the outskirts of Rochdale is a veritable Mecca for pylon enthusiasts?

We have a veritable menagerie of small woodland creatures accompanying us.

Massive numbers of factual errors suffuse the book, which make it a veritable minefield.

A veritable super nova in the black void that is Woodford.

Conversely poorer weeks can be transformed by a sudden downpour a couple of days earlier upstream, into a veritable Paradise.

Instead of a shortage of available properties, we now have a veritable profusion of available homes.

He was a veritable model of the Victorian self-made man, with a seemingly selfless devotion to public service.

Moray's Biblical Garden is, without doubt, a veritable treasure trove of variety.

Without doubt, Humala and close associates have proven a veritable goldmine of scandal.

Don't forget to check out online classified sites, such as Craigslist, a veritable swap shop for cities all over the country.

If you're planning on transporting your kitty around, a comfortable carrier is a veritable necessity.

Nature is a veritable showcase of color, its flora and fauna and daily phenomenal events are alive with intricate color nuances beyond imagination.

The Internet, cosmetic boutiques and department store counters are all veritable minefields of free goodies.

Cool, breezy and perfect for balmy weather, the aptly-titled Wave is a veritable beach in a bottle.

For the woman who loves decorating, it's a veritable dream come true.

We could pen a veritable encyclopedia of eye makeup art ideas, but one of the most indulgent parts of working with makeup is being the sole creator of your work.

Dior's incredible collection is a veritable rainbow of gleaming, true colors that run the gamut from softly neutral to boldly ostentatious.

Each process does leech some nutrients, but the beet is a veritable nutritional powerhouse to begin with, so a certain degree of deterioration doesn't negate the vegetable's positive properties.

Others, though, are more ebullient, taking strong inspiration from veritable paradise settings.

Encompassing pictures, videos, forums and the latest news, it's a veritable who's who of celebrity.

This month it's Meghan McCain, last month it was the whole my-boyfriend-beat-me lie, story, then it was the I'm-gonna-kill-myself, ploy (which she Twittered a veritable "just kidding")... now this?

Dog Training is a veritable bonanza of solid advice on every aspect of dog training, from potty training, and chewing issues to obedience and agility training.

It was worn with great aplomb by "bad boys" throughout history, from rock 'n' roll musicians to bikers, and quickly became a veritable uniform of sorts for so-called "tough" guys.

Before going out and stocking up on a veritable rainbow of intimate apparel, however, keep in mind the type of support you need.

The park is veritable wonderland of Legos and features rides, exhibits and models constructed with Legos or with a Lego theme.

Anyone who has ever asked herself, 'Where can I find information on how to cut hair?' now has a veritable world of information right at her fingertips.

If you're a first time candle-maker CandleCauldron is the veritable Bible of candle making.

In time, notwithstanding a certain inherent individualism and impatience of control, veritable despotisms arose in the Semitic world, although such organizations were invariably liable to sudden collapse as the old forms of life broke down with changing conditions.'

This proved to be the last case in the 19th century of what at one time had been a veritable scourge to cattle-owners and a source of heavy financial loss.

In return for these honours Pippin, at the appeal of the pope, made two expeditions into Italy, in 754 and 756; and he became the veritable creator of the papal state by conferring on the pope the exarchate of Ravenna, which he had wrested from Aistulf, the king of the Lombards.

Sometimes this principle has weight, and sometimes it has not; sometimes it is free fire and sometimes it is fire combined with the earthy element; sometimes it passes through the pores of vessels, sometimes these are impervious to it; it explains both causticity and non-causticity, transparency and opacity, colours and their absence; it is a veritable Proteus changing in form at each instant."

Fish, as is well known, devour them greedily, and enjoy a veritable feast during the short period in which any particular species appears.

In the domain of letters he remained until his death a veritable pontiff, and an article or book of his was an event celebrated from one end of Portugal to the other.

The Serbian and Bulgarian anthems were sung on the streets, collections were made in every village for the Balkan Red Cross funds, and when Austria-Hungary mobilized, protests were heard on every side against the bare possibility of war with Serbia, which to the Yugosla y s would be a veritable civil war.

In these confused records of human imagination gone mad, we possess a veritable herbarium of all possible Gnostic ideas, which were once active and now rest peacefully side by side.

In 1213 the pope, became not only the nominal suzerain but, de facto and de jure, the veritable sovereign of England, and during the last years of John and the first years of Henry III.

Sand-flies are common, and in the eastern forests the tiny pium fly (Trombidium, sp.?) is a veritable pest.

The generally recognized principal Avatars do not, however, by any means constitute the only occasions of a direct intercession of the deity in worldly affairs, but - in the same way as to this day the eclipses of the sun and moon are ascribed by the ordinary Hindu to these luminaries being temporarily swallowed by the dragon Rahu (or Graha, " the seizer") - so any uncommon occurrence would be apt to be set down as a special manifestation of divine power; and any man credited with exceptional merit or achievement, or even remarkable for some strange incident connected with his life or death, might ultimately come to be looked upon as a veritable incarnation of the deity, capable of influencing the destinies of man, and might become an object of local adoration or superstitious awe and propitiatory rites to multitudes of people.

But as each successive range, proceeding south, represents a higher step in the terraced ascent from the desert of Gobi to the plateau of Tibet, the ranges when viewed from the north frequently appear like veritable upstanding mountain ranges, and this appearance is accentuated by the general steepness of the ascent; whereas, when viewed on the other hand from the south, these several ranges, owing to their long and gentle slope in that direction, have the appearance of comparatively gentle swellings of the earth's service rather than of well-defined mountain ranges.

The Terrorists paid a veritable worship to his memory, as to a martyr of Liberty.

His one re deeming feature was a love of art; his own cathedral was a veritable Pantheon.