COMPRESSED in a Sentence
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48 example sentences for COMPRESSED, such as:
1. Her lips compressed into a thin line.
2. His face was gloomy and his lips compressed.
3. She has to compress the package under her arm.
4. Wood blocks compress a great deal under pressure.
5. Firmly compress the soil in the pot so that the plant is secure.
2. His face was gloomy and his lips compressed.
3. She has to compress the package under her arm.
4. Wood blocks compress a great deal under pressure.
5. Firmly compress the soil in the pot so that the plant is secure.
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Meanings and Examples of COMPRESSED
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compressed
a. pressed tightly together
a. flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
Classic Sentence: (39 in 3 pages)
1 If anyone comes meddling again," said he, emitting the words separately through his thin compressed lips, "I will throw him down there.
2 Her eyes were dry and glistening, her lips compressed, her cheeks sunken.
3 With compressed and parched lips and dry fixed eyes, she sat at the window, uneasily watching the people who drove past and hurriedly glancing round at anyone who entered the room.
4 His face was gloomy and his lips compressed.
5 The wounded, bandaged with rags, with pale cheeks, compressed lips, and knitted brows, held on to the sides of the carts as they were jolted against one another.
6 His face with its fine straight nose would have been handsome had it not been for his thin, compressed, twitching lips and dull, gloomy, fixed eyes.
7 Each drop tried to spread out and occupy as much space as possible, but others striving to do the same compressed it, sometimes destroyed it, and sometimes merged with it.
8 Countess Mary turned red and then pale, but continued to sit with head bowed and lips compressed and gave her husband no reply.
9 I stared in silence at Sherlock Holmes, whose lips were compressed and his brows drawn down over his eyes.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
10 His lips were thin, and though, as it seemed, compressed by thought, there was a pleasant twitch at their corners now and then.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
11 His face was bent downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, sinewy neck.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
Context Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
12 Lord St. Simon had by no means relaxed his rigid attitude, but had listened with a frowning brow and a compressed lip to this long narrative.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
13 One piece, about three feet in length, had a very marked indentation at one end, while several were flattened at the sides as if they had been compressed by some considerable weight.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
14 As the gleam of the street-lamps flashed upon his austere features, I saw that his brows were drawn down in thought and his thin lips compressed.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
15 As Tom took up the receiver the compressed heat exploded into sound and we were listening to the portentous chords of Mendelssohn's Wedding March from the ballroom below.
Example Sentence:
1 With a supply of compressed air, the large balloon inflated in a matter of seconds.
2 Her lips compressed into a thin line.
3 The miners used rock drills and compressed air to drive through hard rock.
4 When you download the font it may be in a compressed format, such as a zip file.
5 You can compress huge amounts of data on to a CD-ROM.
6 Firmly compress the soil in the pot so that the plant is secure.
7 Wood blocks compress a great deal under pressure.
8 She has to compress the package under her arm.
9 This paper surveys a variety of data compression methods spanning almost forty years of research, from the work of Shannon.