Rounding Sentence Examples

Finally he abandoned the chase and started rounding up the goats.

The difficult task of rounding her up and holding her down wasn't his greatest concern about an examination.

Rounding that lake the expedition moved south-west and reached the settled districts in August 1897.

Dean smiled at a pair of climbers rounding a bend in the trail and waited for them to pass before responding.

In 1684 a vessel had sailed from Holland for the Dutch possessions in the East Indies, and after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, she was never again heard of.

Next spring nine of the party, headed by the chief malcontent Thorhall, Red Eric's huntsman, sailed off northward, intending to come to Vinland by rounding Keelness and thence working round west (and south).

In much the same way, at a later date and in a lesser sphere, the closing of the traderoutes by the advance of the Ottoman Turks led traders to endeavour to find new channels, and issued in the rounding of the Cape of Good Hope and the discovery of America.

After rounding the east end of the terrace wall, the Sacred Way turns northward, leaving the Great Altar, dedicated by the Chians, on the left.

From the tray the filaments are carried through a series of porcelain and glass eyelets, so arranged that the strand returns on itself, two portions of the same strand being crossed or intertwisted for rounding and consolidation, instead of the croissage of two separate strands as in the old method.

The "Intrepid" astern had come under heavy shrapnel fire from the guns as she approached the mole, but after rounding it escaped their attention.

Similar, but somewhat different markings are produced by the combustion of diamond in oxygen, unaccompanied by any rounding of the edges.

This had the effect of rounding off the company's territories, and had the additional advantage of doing away with the various no-man's lands which had long been used by the discontented among the natives as so many Caves of Adullam.

The flavors mingle up, rounding and filling, making the soup feel really quite luxurious in your mouth.

As you are rounding a curve, press and hold R to jump.

The discovery of America, the rounding of the Cape, opened up fresh ground for the rising bourgeoisie.

They further gained lasting infamy for their supposed part in rounding up rebels for the dreaded " bloody assize " .

Bailey completed the leading quartet just ahead of St Clair, with a distant Chadwick rounding off the top six.

When the input configuration is almost but not quite singular, the computation will be prone to rounding errors.

I have a couple of small spanners bought for specific jobs where my cheapo spanners were rounding off corners.

Most of the game consists of rounding up rabbits or other vermin into the swirling vortex of your vacuum vehicle machine.

They include the custom house (1812) in the Grecian style; Trinity House (1817), also Grecian, containing Sir Henry Raeburn's portrait of Admiral Lord Duncan, David Scott's "Vasco da Gama Rounding the Cape" and other paintings; the markets (1818); the town hall (1828), with an Ionic façade on Constitution Street and a Doric porch on Charlotte Street; the corn exchange (1862) in the Roman style; the assembly rooms; exchange buildings; the public institute (1867) and Victoria public baths (1899).

Rounding out the purchase are 10-day samples of what Estee Lauder deems beauty must-haves, which include best-selling skin care products, mascara and cosmetic bag.

When you choose to consolidate student loans, the interest rate you will pay is calculated by rounding up to the nearest one-eighth of one percent on the weighted interest rate of all the loans being consolidated.

Rounding out this comprehensive site are the shipping information, customer service, return policy and company information categories, each of which is in-depth and very descriptive of the functions provided.

Rounding out the features are Field Force Manager, Rhapsody music support, and Push to Talk messaging.

This program also covered tax penalties and interest charges that resulted from Fairbanks' failure to pay tax payments in a timely manner, or interest collected due to rounding errors.

Skirts could be asymmetrical as well, although the handkerchief skirt of the 1920s was replaced with skirts that could be shorter in front - showing off both knees - and then rounding to hit the back of the knees or calves.

Simple to wear and accessorize, rounding out your summer wardrobe with a selection of cotton gauzy dresses is one smart fashion move.

Rounding out the Burberry categories is the Leather Bags section and Exotic Bags section.

Rounding out the look is the dual leather strap that is eighteen inches in length and features an eight inch drop.

Rounding out this $64.00 look is a side zippered pocket for a cell phone, a soft-grip handle and soft leather straps.

Rounding out this style is a front zippered supply pocket and cell phone holder on the lower strap.

Boots come in all shapes and colors, with red cowboy boots and beige shearling wedge boots rounding out the fall line.

Smooth-bottomed sneakers won't provide the same traction that's needed for rounding bases or fielding balls.

Rounding out the options are a Swiss made sapphire crystal, a sturdy stainless steel case with a battery operated quartz movement and water resistance to 100 feet.

Easy dinosaur crafts for kids are great for rounding out a study of dinosaurs or keeping busy on a drizzly day.

This doesn't come naturally for most, so practice squatting without weights standing next to a mirror with your side turned, so you can observe whether you start rounding your back or not.

It includes half-inch thick silicone pads for a nice rounding effect, but also comes with one-inch thick pads if you want a little more enhancement.

Although it may seem hard to believe, there are a lot of women who could use a little more rounding where nature hasn't provided, especially with certain outfits, and padded girdles are a safe and easy solution.

Rounding out the roster of notable Survivor winners is Amber Brkich.

Vincent's prices are reasonable and with pizza and calzones rounding out the offerings, there's something for everyone here.

Rounding Guardafui the coast trends southwards, and some 90 m.

This closing prophecy may possibly be a later addition (so Marti) rounding off the prophetic canon by reference to the two great names of Moses and Elijah, and their characteristic activities.

The characteristic feature of this portion of the course of the Rhone is the number of narrow gorges or cluses through which it rushes, while it is forced by the southern spur of the Jura to run in a southerly direction, till, after rounding the base of that spur, it can flow freely westwards to Lyons.

As soon as the young entry have recovered from the operation of "rounding," arrangements for cub hunting begin.

The task of filling up gaps, smoothing away inconsistencies, rounding off the tale, was accomplished by Giles Tschudi, whose recension was adopted, with a few alterations, by Johannes von Muller in his History of the Confederation (1780).

From the neighbourhood of Landi Kotal the boundary is carried to the Safed Koh overlooking the Afridi Tirah, and then, rounding off the cultivated portions of the Kurram valley below the Peiwar, it crosses the Kaitu and passes to the upper reaches of the Tochi.

The voyages of Columbus and Vespucci of to America, the rounding of the Cape by Diaz and the discovery of the sea road to India by Vasco da Gama, Cortes's conquest of Mexico and Pizarro's conquest of Peru, marked a new era for the human race and inaugurated the modern age more decisively than any other series of events has done.

Rounding the south end of Lake Nyasa, Livingstone struck in a north-northwest direction for the south end of Lake Tanganyika, over country much of which had not previously been explored.

Rounding the southern end of the island, there is no other inlet save the small bay north of Fort Dauphin, at the southern end of the straight line of coast already mentioned.

The most important feature of this vowel is the rounding of the lips in its production, which, according to its degree, modifies the nature of the vowel considerably, as can be observed in the pronunciation of the increasingly rounded series saw, no, who.

There were scores of dots of color but Dean had little trouble catching sight of a yellow blur rounding a corner, further below than he would have guessed.

And in particular 1-e told of the remarkable voyage of Other, a Norwegian of Helgelsnd, who was the first authentic Arctic explorer, the first to tell of the rounding of the North Cape and the sight of the midnight sun.

Diaz succeeded in rounding the southern point of Africa, which he named Cabo Tormentoso - the Cape of Storms - but King Joao II., foreseeing the realization of the long-sought passage to India, gave it the stimulating and enduring name of the Cape of Good Hope.

As the Hindu Kush strikes westwards, after first rounding the head of an Oxus tributary (the Ab-i-Panja, which Curzon considers to be the true source of the Oxus), it closely overlooks the trough of that glacier-fed stream under its northern spurs, its crest at the nearest point being separated from the river by a distance which cannot much exceed io m.

He went on quite calmly, however, sure of his mission and of his music. His next volume (1872), Gareth and Lynette and The Last Tournament, continued, and, as he then supposed, concluded The Idylls of the King, to the great satisfaction of the poet, who had found much difficulty in rounding off the last sections of the poem.

Thence Thorfinn revisited Hop, staying two months; and also made a voyage northward in search of Thorhall, rounding Keelness and sailing westward (along the north coast of Cape Breton Island?), and apparently southward also, till they came to the mouth of a river flowing from east to west.

They at that time occupied the Cape peninsula and sur- the Native rounding country, and in the early days of the settlement caused the colonists a considerable amount of trouble.

They include the custom house (1812) in the Grecian style; Trinity House (1817), also Grecian, containing Sir Henry Raeburn's portrait of Admiral Lord Duncan, David Scott's "Vasco da Gama Rounding the Cape" and other paintings; the markets (1818); the town hall (1828), with an Ionic façade on Constitution Street and a Doric porch on Charlotte Street; the corn exchange (1862) in the Roman style; the assembly rooms; exchange buildings; the public institute (1867) and Victoria public baths (1899).

Isai Ignatiev made a voyage eastward from the Kolyma river in 1646, and Simon Dezhnev in 1648 followed his route and prolonged it, rounding the East or Dezhnev Cape, and entering the strait.

There we worked, revising mythology, rounding a fable here and there, and building castles in the air for which earth offered no worthy foundation.