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"Compound" in a Sentence (37 examples)
The pain from the compound fracture was almost intolerable.
In German, compound words are written as one word!
Compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe.
The pain of the compound fracture was almost unbearable.
Ammonium carbonate is an organic compound.
An application of a qualifier precludes non-partaking instances from the compound meaning of a term.
That's a highly energetic and unstable compound. Don't make it.
A Russian chemist discovered the structure of that poisonous compound.
Does the chemical compound phosgene contain phosphorus atoms?
The hostage-takers planted explosives all around the compound.
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A total of 75 cycle spaces are being installed at three Greater Anglia stations - [...]. And a secure compound for bicycles is being built at Cambridge North.
Shepard: What kind of proof do you have that the major is dangerous? Transmission: Three days ago, we sent two Alliance representatives to meet with him at his compound. They have disappeared. We believe Kyle and his followers killed them. Transmission: That compound is a cult, Shepard. They call him 'Father Kyle' now. He's set himself up as some kind of religious leader.
Some 20 supporters managed to get inside the court compounds. About half an hour after the verdict was delivered, they gathered near the Constitutional Court entrance and shouted: "On March 24, use your pen to oust the dictator."
a compound word
Compound substances are made up of two or more simple substances.
compound addition
compound proportion
A compound of spurge, cardamom, cinnamon of Mecca, pellitory, ginger, nettle seed is an Arab specific for sexual weakness.
Compositionally there is no great distinction between cell wall and cell surface, both are relatively transparent compounds, but both parts of the cell are of high significance in Biology due to their central role in cell functioning.
In the majority of the compounds of non- the hyphen is usually retained; but it is commonly omitted in the case of a few, such as nonconformist, nonentity, nonsense, in which the etymology has been to some extent lost sight of.
From a dead stand, with regulator full open and the lever at about 50 per cent we got up to about 60 m.p.h. by the top of the bank. The big compound was making plenty of noise - but what musical and wonderful noise!
to compound a medicine
Only compound me with forgotten dust.
We have the power of altering[…] and compounding those images[…] into all the varieties of picture.
incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort
In eighteenth century France, many aphrodisiac dishes and pastries were compounded with chocolate.
to compound a debt
I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife.
No! no—if Charles has done nothing false or mean, I shall compound for his extravagance
to compound with someone / for something
Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; […] compound with him by the year.
They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower.
[Cornwall] compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds.
Compound for sins they are inclined to / By damning those they have no mind to.
his pomp and all what state compounds
[…] This latest example of nationalistic self-interest compounded anger across the EU over Trump’s travel ban, imposed last month without consultation or scientific justification.
At the hill, the Warrior must have been at least ten lengths in front of Wild Dayrell; but he compounded about 200 yards on the T. Y. C. side of the Red House.
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