Round-to Sentence Examples

He wasn't certain why it mattered, except that he wasn't about to lose this round to Damian or Jenn.

In 1885 the Italian pathologists came round to Laveran's views,.

Canaan (Palestine and the south Phoenician coast land) and Amor (Lebanon district and beyond) were under the constant supervision of Egypt, and Egyptian officials journeyed round to collect tribute, to attend to complaints, and to assure themselves of the allegiance of the vassals.

When Paris (Alexander), son of Priam, had carried off his brother's wife, he went round to the princes of the country and called upon them to unite in a war of revenge against the Trojans.

Murat and Ney as " general advanced guard " attacked the town in the morning of the 16th of August, and whilst they fought the main body was swung round to attack the Russian left and rear.

Blucher was reported near Wittenberg, and Schwarzenberg was moving slowly round to the south of Leipzig.

Napoleon prepared to throw the bulk of his force upon Schwarzenberg and massed his troops south-east of the town, whilst Schwarzenberg marched concentrically against him down the valley of the Elster and Pleisse, the mass of his troops on the right bank of the latter and a strong column under Giulay on the left working round to join Blucher on the north.

Thence the mountains sweep round to the north, with their precipitous outer slopes facing east.

Four days later he reduced a detachment at Reddersburg, and then went south and invested Colonel Dalgety and a mixed force at Wepener, which was relieved after ten days by General Hunter's Ladysmith division, brought round to Aliwal North from Natal.

He was attacked by so overwhelming a hypochondria that his life was despaired of, and he was placed for some time under the charge of a hydropathic physician at Cheltenham, where absolute rest and isolation gradually brought him round to health again.

Accidents are rarely caused by them, because they are extremely shy and swim away on the least alarm; but, when surprised in the submarine cavities forming their natural retreats, they will, like any other poisonous terrestrial snake, dart at the disturbing object; and, when out of the water, they attempt to bite every object near them, even turning round to wound their own bodies.

It was not till towards the end of the war that the Austrian Government, in response to the wishes of the Ruthenians, began to come round to the idea of a separate status for Eastern Galicia; but it was then too late for such changes within the old territory of the empire.

The marshes extend along the Swale to Whitstable, whence stretches a low line of clay and sandstone cliffs towards the Isle of Thanet, when they become lofty and grand, extending round the Foreland southward to Pegwell Bay, The coast from Sheppey round to the South Foreland is skirted by numerous flats and sands, the most extensive of which are the Goodwin Sands off Deal.

General Lee, who had succeeded Johnston in the command of the Army of northern Virginia, proposed to attack the Federals in their line of communication with White House, and passed most of his forces round to the aid of Jackson.

It is an event of no small importance for criticism that so eminent a scholar as Prof. Harnack should have come round to the view, almost universally prevalent in England, that St Luke himself was the final editor and author of both the Third Gospel and the Acts.

The horse should be taught to obey the leg as well as the hand, and, by a slight pressure of the leg, should throw his haunches round to the left or right as occasion may require.

The remaining rodents, which include two families - the picas (Ochotonidae) and the hares and rabbits (Leporidae) - constitute a second sub-order, the Duplicidentata, differing from all the foregoing groups in possessing two pairs of incisors in the upper jaw (of which the second is small, and placed directly behind the large first pair), the enamel of which extends round to their postericr surfaces.

But in the middle ages the altars were placed against the east wall of the churches, or else against a reredos erected at the east side of the altar, so as to prevent all access to the table from that side; the celebrant was thus brought round to the west side and caused to stand between the people and the altar.

It is assumed (probably rightly) that no enemy could get round to this side in sufficient strength to deliver any attack that the existing forts could not easily repel.

It comes, however, within the great volcanic zone which stretches from the north of Sumatra, through Java and the other Sundanese islands, round to Amboyna, Tidore, Ternate, Halmahera and the Philippines.

The sudden widening is due to the great Judicaria fault, which runs from Lago d'Idro to the neighbourhood of Meran, where it bends round to the east.

The same thing is repeated on the second and sometimes the third day, by which time the wind has worked round to the north again.

The driest climates of the east are in Tweeddale about Kelso and Jedburgh, the low grounds of East Lothian, and those on the Moray Firth from Elgin round to Dornoch.

But Doria now veered round to the French or popular faction and entered the service of King Francis I., who made him captain-general; in 1524 he relieved Marseilles, which was besieged by the Imperialists, and helped to place his native city once more under French domination.

The chief building in the town is the church of St Quirinus, a remarkably fine example of the transition from the Round to the Pointed style; and there are six other Roman Catholic churches, two Protestant churches and a gymnasium, which contains a collection of Roman antiquities.

Very reluctantly the king bade them go round to London to refit and revictual themselves.

For the last race, the rain never abated, the wind moved round to the North, and the temperature dropped.

On arrival, a tuk-tuk will take you round to the hotels on the opposite side of the river for a few baht.

Here, the road swings round to the left on a sharp hairpin, with a steep ravine on your left hand side.

I ascended the flake to the inclined nose, and then reached round to grab a large handhold.

It joins historic Sherwood Forest in the Northeast and curves round to Attenborough in the southwest.

The woman's head jerked round to look at Mary, surprise registering on her ravaged face.

When we moved in, the builders had painted everything magnolia and we are now getting round to choosing other colors.

According to my route planer it's 117 km or 73 miles, it would seem reasonable to round to 120 and 70.

Finally, the bag came round to the lady of the manor.

I turned round to adjust my mittens, I think, when I heard a slight scuffle but no cry.

She swung round to see a figure silhouetted against the morning light.

Their cakes look yummy, but I never get round to one, given the size of their baked spuds.

I looked round to see the rod tip almost taking on its full test curve.

Prak swung round to see a red robed priest with arm upraised to strike the blade into the Doctor's neck.

Do they employ a warden all year round to check tickets?

Twisting it round and round he gets a large drop of the fluid to adhere to the dipper; still twisting it round to prevent it falling he brings the drop over the flame of the lamp, and twirling it round and round he roasts it; all this is done with acquired dexterity.

Originally Arian (though excluding any worship of Christ) and anabaptist, the Minor Church was (by 1588) brought round to his own views by Fausto Sozzini, who had settled in Poland in 1579 (see SoclNus).

I sent him round to the Planters'.

He shall have all the rooms in the house, and the ladies' parlor, too, I'll go right round to the Planters' and fetch him back.

When the sun got round to the window where she was sitting with her book, she got up impatiently and shut the window.

They tell me that if the fox would remain in the bosom of the frozen earth he would be safe, or if he would run in a straight line away no foxhound could overtake him; but, having left his pursuers far behind, he stops to rest and listen till they come up, and when he runs he circles round to his old haunts, where the hunters await him.

I only came round to ask Denisov about yesterday's order.

They hastily turned round to him asking if he had any news.

The prince turned round to the overseer and fixed his eyes on him, frowning.

Langeron lifted his eyes with an expression of perplexity, turned round to Miloradovich as if seeking an explanation, but meeting the latter's impressive but meaningless gaze drooped his eyes sadly and again took to twirling his snuffbox.

So vividly did he recall that hospital stench of dead flesh that he looked round to see where the smell came from.

Whatever was spoken of he would bring round to the superstitiousness of old maids, or the petting and spoiling of children.

Princess Mary, too, went round to him.

If you'll allow me to leave my Natasha in your hands for a quarter of an hour, Princess, I'll drive round to see Anna Semenovna, it's quite near in the Dogs' Square, and then I'll come back for her.

His having moved his troops there is only a ruse; he will probably pass round to the right of the Moskva.

Shouldn't we put a cordon round to prevent the rest from running away?

He ran round to the other side of the lodge and was about to dash into that part of it which was still standing, when just above his head he heard several voices shouting and then a cracking sound and the ring of something heavy falling close beside him.

Petya rode beside him, longing to look round to see whether or not the French were running after them, but not daring to.

The stump was let into the ground about three feet, and well pummel round to prevent the bull from drawing it.

The way people rallied round to help the family made homeless was an example of why Longparish is such a good place to live.

Scrabbling round to retrieve the scattered five-pence pieces, she had found instead just one glittering penny in the gutter.

Roll out half the marzipan on a surface lightly dusted with sieved icing sugar into a round to fit the top of the cake.

To the east of this is a small synclinal fold swinging the outcrops round to the south and back again.

Prak swung round to see a red robed priest with arm upraised to strike the blade into the Doctor 's neck.

About 800 meters from the dam the waterworks road bridges Black Clough, at which point the reservoir bends round to the left.

Repeat the same block from a previous round to lose.

Some of the best months to buy off-season clothing are January and September, but it pays to browse year round to look through great deals on monthly clearance racks.

To me it appears to have a character altogether its own, and the many botanists and gardeners to whom I have shown it have without exception come round to my opinion.

They change shape from round to spiny, "sticking" to the broken vessel wall and to each other to begin the clotting process.

The trump suit for each trick can change from round to round, but no cards are worth any points but hearts (each heart card is worth one point) and the queen of spades (worth 13 points).

While candle wreaths are often thought of as being a holiday accessory, they can be used the whole year round to give some additional glamor to your home.

There are also many stone shapes to choose from, ranging from round to marquise, that affect the overall look of the ring.

The bezel works with many different stone cuts from traditional round to radiant cuts.

Shapes vary from perfectly round to irregular Baroque pearls and tiny seed pearls.

From round to marquise and from princess cut to emerald cut, anything goes for an anniversary ring.