Sentence example with the word 'taper'

taper

abate, centralize, constrict, dwindle, flint, lamp, meet, reset, sparker, taper off

Definition n. a convex shape that narrows toward a point

Last update: August 16, 2015


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He lighted a taper when there was no light.   [Please select]

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The road tapers at the end.   [Please select]

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A local thickening of the adhesive through the use of an internal taper is also considered beneficial.   [Please select]

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What, in layman 's terms, is taper relief?   [Please select]

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Below them were brisk little sinewy calves in white silk hose, with a taper descent to ankles as fine as a lady's, and insteps bright with large silver buckles.   [Please select]

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One of the hands rested upon the side of the carriage, showing tapered fingers glittering with rings, and stained at the tips till they blushed like the pink of mother-of-pearl.   [Please select]

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"Let them wait," he muttered with a surly grin, as he put out the taper and went down the street in the opposite direction.   [Please select]

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The light came from a taper which was burning in one corner.   [Please select]

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He lit it and, distracted by observing those around him, began crossing himself with the hand that held the taper.   [Please select]

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He made the rounds of the workshop, looked to the fastenings of the windows, lighted a taper, and then extinguished the lamp.   [Please select]

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Beside Sister Perpetue, she was the taper beside the candle.   [Please select]

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tapeline - taper - tapered