Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: bands
IPA transcription: [b'ændz]
Usage examples
  • Our force was spread out in-to ten bands, of 100 men each.
  • He had been one of the leaders against the murderous bands of Indians.
  • And what good to us are these armies with their generals and bands and horses and drums?
  • It had a leather outer covering; within was a strong steel box, with stout bands of metal to bind it.
  • It was thought he sheltered these wandering bands of Confederates who make it dangerous to step outside the camp.
  • "Not badly answered, i'faith," said Gondy, laughing; "but I have, you must know, always had, in spite of my bands, warlike inclinations."
  • As for myself, the bonds of will which held me inactive seemed like bands of steel which numbed all my faculties, except sight and hearing.
  • I noted that the ice layers were pressing out over thin dirt bands as though the latter made the cleavage lines over which the strata slid.
  • They leaped into the green meadow, separated into various bands, and began dancing and singing, eating and drinking, to Graciosa's wonder and delight.
  • Bands of music led the procession, followed by a hundred state ushers, and the like number of black mutes, in two files, with their officers at their head.