Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: obtaining
IPA transcription: [əbt'eɪnɪŋ]
Pronunciations of obtaining
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Usage examples
  • The old hunter had no difficulty in obtaining an interview with the military chief of Fort Inge.
  • VINCENT remained two years in the house of Father de Berulle, in the hope of obtaining permanent work.
  • They were also made quite happy in obtaining the articles of outfit which would render their wild life more agreeable and easy.
  • Then I fell in love with a young man who, after obtaining my promise to marry him, found some one he loved better and carelessly discarded me.
  • "It is a weapon upon which I reckoned until now to use against myself in case I should not succeed in obtaining reparation for the crime I have committed.
  • Probity, that powerful means of obtaining consideration, by its elevated and religious nature, is not within our investigation of the principles of politeness.
  • In the patient solving of tremendous problems he had toiled up the mountain-side of success--scaling its topmost peak and obtaining a view of the boundless prospect.
  • I apply all my intellect (I am speaking quite seriously) to managing my household with economy, and obtaining for it the maximum of pleasure with the minimum of cost.
  • Come, now, I have hopes of obtaining what I have been for years endeavoring to persuade the marquise to promise; namely, a perfect amnesty and forgetfulness of the past."
  • But now that Kepler had the accurate observations of Tycho to refer to, he found immense difficulty in obtaining the true positions of the planets for long together on any such theory.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Aggie Bonfire, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Battle of Fredericksburg, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording HTTP cookie, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Interactive voice response, License CC BY-SA 4.0