Enter your text to find synonyms and click Synonyms Search
Search Results
Retrieved 36 results
Synonyms:
- assumed, secured, annexed, bought, purchased, reaped, incurred, caught, heaped, claimed, landed, added, collected, accumulated, netted, acquired, gotten, procured, amassed, taken, took, harvested, cornered, wrangled, garnered, scored, won, captured, fetched, pocketed, bagged, got, received, obtained, lured, palmed
Examples:
- - For instance, though this number is considered the best for normal stones, specially large ones often have more, otherwise there is danger of their appearing dull, and it requires a vast amount of skill and experience to decide upon the particular number and size of the facets that will best display the fire and brilliance of a large stone, for it is obvious that if, after months of cutting and polishing, it is found that a greater or smaller number of facets ought to have been allowed, the error cannot be retrieved without considerable loss, and probable ruin to the stone. - "The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones", John Mastin
- - Finally it was retrieved by some one with vision enough to see that, with proper partitions, both ground and second floors could be divided into satisfactory rooms. - "If You're Going to Live in the Country", Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond Huntley
- - Agitated whispers from behind the screen were infallible indications of mistakes retrieved in the nick of time; otherwise, the occasional blow of the ice hammer, or the rolling of the ice machine on the outer door- mat were the only sounds audible from the dining- room. - "Banked Fires", E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi
