Observe
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575 examples of Observe in a sentence
At first I didn't know what to make of this sudden assault, but I was reassured to
observe
the captain lying motionless beside me.
I could
observe
these strange walls quite closely: our sounding lines indicated that they dropped perpendicularly for more than 300 meters, and our electric beams made the bright limestone positively sparkle.
In fact, as naturalists have ventured to observe, "dextrality" is a well-known law of nature.
Sometimes he would stop, cross his arms over his chest, and
observe
the sea.
I want to
observe
the full series of these wonders gathered under the seas of our globe.
I noted several species I hadn't previously been able to
observe.
As for me, I continued to
observe
this phenomenon.
"You
observe
this confined bay?
It adopted a medium pace, sometimes staying on the surface, sometimes diving to avoid some ship, and so I could
observe
both the inside and topside of this highly unusual sea.
I stood up and could clearly
observe
the Canadian's adversary.
Would I ever again have such an opportunity to
observe
the ocean's wonders?
I was in these seas when that phenomenon occurred and I was able to
observe
its every phase.
"You
observe
that I've entered the new islets in their place."
But Conseil and I were able to
observe
those Mediterranean fish whose powerful fins kept pace for a while in the Nautilus's waters.
But whenever the Nautilus drew near the surface, those denizens of the Mediterranean I could
observe
most productively belonged to the sixty-third genus of bony fish.
And as for other fish common to the Atlantic and Mediterranean, I was unable to
observe
miralets, triggerfish, puffers, seahorses, jewelfish, trumpetfish, blennies, gray mullet, wrasse, smelt, flying fish, anchovies, sea bream, porgies, garfish, or any of the chief representatives of the order Pleuronecta, such as sole, flounder, plaice, dab, and brill, simply because of the dizzying speed with which the Nautilus hustled through these opulent waters.
"But with all due respect to master," Conseil ventured to observe, "it's like an actual isthmus connecting Europe to Africa."
Among the Brachyura, Conseil mentions some amanthia crabs whose fronts were armed with two big diverging tips, those inachus scorpions that-- lord knows why--symbolized wisdom to the ancient Greeks, spider crabs of the massena and spinimane varieties that had probably gone astray in these shallows because they usually live in the lower depths, xanthid crabs, pilumna crabs, rhomboid crabs, granular box crabs (easy on the digestion, as Conseil ventured to observe), toothless masked crabs, ebalia crabs, cymopolia crabs, woolly-handed crabs, etc.
Captain Nemo had brought a spyglass with a reticular eyepiece, which corrected the sun's refraction by means of a mirror, and he used it to
observe
the orb sinking little by little along a very extended diagonal that reached below the horizon.
'Shall I tremble like this and feel as uncomfortable the first time I have to fight a duel?'Julien wondered; for he had too little confidence either in himself or in others not to
observe
the state he was in.
The ruthless warfare which his sense of duty was waging with his natural timidity was too exhausting for him to be in a condition to
observe
anything outside himself.
He did not
observe
Julien's presence.
The man who was writing raised his head; Julien did not
observe
this for a moment, and indeed, after he had noticed it, still remained motionless, as though turned to stone by the terrible gaze that was fixed on him.
Our labours this day will be long and hard, let us fortify ourselves with an early breakfast; the other we shall take at ten o'clock during high mass.''I desire, Sir,' Julien said to him with an air of gravity, 'not to be left alone for a moment; kindly observe,' he added, pointing to the clock above their heads, 'that I have arrived at one minute before five.''Ah!
'Sir,' said Julien, 'it seems to me that I shall not remain long in Paris.''As you please; but
observe
that there is no hope of success, for a man of our cloth, except through the great nobles.
But no one could fail to
observe
that whenever there was any question of historical events at Rome, a knowledge of which might be derived from the works of Horace, Martial, Tacitus, etc., he had an unchallengeable superiority.
'La Mole was the adored lover of Queen Marguerite of Navarre; and observe,' the Academician added, 'that Mademoiselle de La Mole is named Mathilde-Marguerite.
At the first sign of weakness that I
observe
in him, I abandon him.
Julien did not
observe
her change of tone.
'Please to observe,' he said to her, 'that you are speaking extremely loud; they will hear you in the next room.'
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