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    Use "sight" in a sentence

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    1. · Ability to realise that food choice and intake is controlled by external cues such as sight, smell etc


    2. There were no sails in sight but those of a few trawlers slogging their way home


    3. •Out of Sight Mole Trap is a scissors jaw and spring type of trap that has been in use for a long time and kills em fast


    4. thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that


    5. When Gordon's Lamp left Earth, any vessel such as his would have been impounded on sight, at least in North America


    6. Deut: 4:6: Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations,


    7. Red smiled; it was a frightening sight


    8. Once she caught her breath she found some tiny sticks more by feel than sight


    9. There was no one in sight; whoever was there before was gone now


    10. Soldiers were destroying everything in sight to find the Super Chip

    11. "Herndon; I've had a geosynchronous out there since 2267, its still operational," Ava in heaven said, "I have all the probes that can pick up its signature in close orbit, no point on the surface will be out of sight for much more than an hour at a time


    12. There was no one in sight, although signs of itinerant occupation remained; an


    13. the sight of and the smells of that old man


    14. The old Jeep rounds a corner, out of sight


    15. Not a breeze is stirring, no land in sight on the mirror sea


    16. The story is about love at first sight


    17. His yard boy, who was friendly with Estwig, though half a decade younger, ran a few blocks after them, then snatched off and waved his shorts as they rumbled out of sight


    18. It took over an hour and a half altogether and traffic was backed up out of sight in all directions by the time they got going again


    19. Once the shiny Audi was out of sight he made his heavy way back into the station and fished an old battered phone from his pocket and selected a speed dial number that picked up quickly


    20. By the time they decided these girls might really have reasons for being hermits out here and taken their leave, Tahlmute noticed that Estwig was out of their sight and he was nervous

    21. down the lane and just out of sight of the house, and considered what to do next


    22. The target on the map should be in sight, but they could see nothing


    23. Suddenly there was the sound of a huge explosion, from the direction of this thing, but no sight of one


    24. It recorded no smell, touch or taste, just sight and sound like can be done remotely with a mortal


    25. Trespassers Will Be Shot on Sight


    26. flood in his shabby little nest, and yet he felt a certain thrill at the sight of this weedy


    27. sight they grew pale


    28. "I have all the probes out that can pick up its trace, no point on the surface will be out of sight for much more than an hour at a time


    29. Ava left communications open and Glenelle stayed behind to keep them in sight


    30. congregation losses sight of this function of the church, it has the majority rule' by doing nothing The majority Rule are interested only in holding services and not to working for the Lord

    31. Because men and women are equal in God's sight and have equal access to the spiritual


    32. He lost sight of her when the meter-thick radiation shield meant to protect the breaching ship’s bridge closed over the dome and made him feel like a peeping tom


    33. He was called to emergency duty because the bus width for the number of personifications that are interacting within sight of each other was in overload


    34. His voice didn’t change pitch or tone at all when he said, "We have Hardway and the battlegroup in sight


    35. The three squadrons of alien aces vanished from sight, presumably lost somewhere in interstellar space or incinerated when some sizable portion of the energy that went into the transit's opening hurled itself out into the Mizar system in a fountain of high energy particles, microwaves, and infrared


    36. So instantly, I went to see her and the sight I found is forever burned in my memory


    37. The sight of that ship still pulled at his heart, the mills of Ceara and the chips of Sao Luis


    38. For a couple of endless seconds, I watched the two spectral snakes stir as if they were coming to life; they slowly moved in opposite directions, separated and finally disappeared from sight


    39. Nlara's been sailing all her life but never really been out of sight of land


    40. A drowned rat, he thought, a drowned rodent waiting out the flood in his shabby little nest, and yet he felt a certain thrill at the sight of this weedy little specimen, as though they were joined by an invisible umbilical cord

    41. sight of what we really wanted out of life, what inspired us,


    42. ’ He said, taking in the still battered appearance of her face and plainly appalled at the sight


    43. The sheer mass of stone and brick surrounding him compressed his sight


    44. in the sight of all them that behold thee


    45. “The Lord hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the nations


    46. you, but on this occasion, the only two people in sight, were a


    47. They stopped short at the sight


    48. It was indeed a sight to behold


    49. Joris had bought her five years ago … she’d fallen in love on sight with the beautiful gg, with her white blond mane and tail setting off the pale tan colour of her coat


    50. When we will die in such a way as to bring God’s message and bless them that curse us, then we are truly offering freedom to the captive and sight for the blind














































    1. By far sighted me with a sweet look, hoping


    2. Even if they were sighted, the villagers would think that they were


    3. She locked in on that, saw where that must have gone, made sure there was nothing else in the area, and drew an arrow sighted toward that area


    4. One of their fellow students was placed in the tower of the school to alert them when the riders were sighted


    5. A little less than 30 minutes later Rah sighted the lone scout


    6. Or by wondering how far sound went and how far the sky goes, or if animals ever get headaches if they're short sighted


    7. But there was no sign of the authorities and now the Cyclops took its time on the horizon half hidden by the glare - the predator had sighted its quarry


    8. hearing and a little short sighted


    9. ” They sighted along their mother's arm and they began the steady push and pull on the tandem oars, always keeping the craft headed for the two boulders


    10. ” Going backwards they veered this way and that at first, until like they did when piloting the boat, they sighted above the deck in the direction aligned with their destination and gradually began to maintain straighter lines once more

    11. Looking about in desperation, he sighted a horse tethered


    12. Most men would have done so, whether blind or sighted


    13. My rifle had one of the new orthoptic sights fitted to it and I sighted on an olive tree in the distance just to get my eye in


    14. I needed nothing more and steadying my breathing I pulled the rifles butt close into my shoulder and sighted on him


    15. I sighted on his chest and watched the fat rolls move like the coils of a python as I watched him push his gun out it reminded me of Lt Cole so I shot him through the chest


    16. I sighted on the man who had taken over I did not know his rank and it didn’t matter I fired and my shot hit him in the throat and his hands flew to his neck to staunch the flow of blood


    17. I positioned my rifle again and thought to myself that he had probably sighted on the foolish Lieutenant again and I was right


    18. I brought the recticle onto his temple again and sighted in I held my breath and squeezed the trigger the butt gave me a small kick in the shoulder and I watched my bullet strike home


    19. were launched whenever a whale was sighted


    20. Once whales were sighted and the captain gave

    21. On June 22, the Shenandoah, while still sailing close to Cape Thaddeus, sighted two ships and steamed after the nearest, which was working on a captured whale


    22. What a combination, a sleuth that had pudding for a nose, and a near sighted


    23. Saldon and Halon had their gags and bonds checked every half hour and they were allowed a mouthful of water only once, when Aramell was sighted


    24. As morning turned into afternoon and into early evening, they finally sighted the lights of Water-Down, where they would find food, beds, and the best doctor in town for Longleaf


    25. But a gunboat, previously a private yacht, had sighted two tramp steamers, and from unexplained reason, taking them for Spaniards, showed a clean pair of heels to Key West with the tidings


    26. The first land sighted was the sandy loam on Cayo Romano, and as the sun set in tropical suddenness, a fire flickered from the summit and was answered by a second flare on the distant heights of Cubitas: a message from the watchful guardia costa to the beleaguered Cuban Government, which has meted isolated justice in spirit rather than in letter, that the day of Cuba's triumph was at hand


    27. She nocked it, sighted it, and let the arrow fly


    28. He is so short sighted (another election to lie to you for a vote) that he places his own interests way before that of his country


    29. Sophomores sighted out there


    30. She sighted a woman, whom she believed to be at least eighty years old, standing with a cane

    31. Looking up new species sighted in the drifts helped fill


    32. This does much to explain my inability to match the locations of distant civilizations I have sighted with those I have detected psionicly


    33. I told him at least fifty different types of UFOs have been sighted


    34. The fact that Onni was the only one to have sighted the


    35. I’d sighted above the floodplains


    36. zone of vegetation that I’d sighted when I encountered the


    37. sighted it at first, and began to hop playfully among the rocks as


    38. sighted the meadow through the trees ahead of me, terrified


    39. “Form up, form up!! Standard Formation Three!! The hssswwx have been sighted, and we have to get ready


    40. “Enemy sighted!!! Thataway!!!” The blind man pointed behind and to his right at what he had seen

    41. higher energy bodies are usually not sighted because of their much higher


    42. Dusk hazily descended as we sighted the meadow through the trees


    43. that his marines have sighted another strange plant formation in the vicinity of Galilee


    44. The last time they were sighted, some weeks ago, the plants had not


    45. I sighted down the scope of the rifle and squeezed the trigger


    46. As time passed they became anxious and told their parents they had not sighted him for some time


    47. Michael was also aware that those who were sighted by the Devil’s gaze were doomed unless one could run faster than the creatures of hellfire could row


    48. Norm stated that this would be a test, just like any other and called them all short sighted


    49. But when he sighted her stepping out of his father’s parnasala, as his fears resurfaced, his heart sank


    50. They sighted the coast of Shem—long rolling meadowlands with the white crowns of the towers of cities in the distance, and horsemen with blue-black beards and hooked noses, who sat their steeds along the shore and eyed the galley with suspicion




































    1. A sighting in a Spanish port and a copy of a ship's register, the Valentin, bound for Bideford, some days ago


    2. The Godfrey twins claimed the third sighting


    3. I immediately pulled off the interstate to investigate since this was not a normal sighting


    4. This was a perfect spot out of the weather and any possible sighting from the air


    5. The chase by the Security patrol had jolted him, making him realize that he was now a fugitive or would be as soon as they reported their sighting and chase of him


    6. That patrol would have certainly reported a sighting at the entrance of Morgan Creek


    7. this first sighting, but it got them prepared to move even quicker at the next sighting


    8. On this first sighting, a vertical sketch was recorded in the ship’s logbook


    9. I remember my first sighting of a Himalayan cat


    10. Shakespeare reminds that the sighting of one of them does not a summer make

    11. We investigated and reported every sighting


    12. Since the attack, which left the horse torn up and bleeding badly, there has been at least one cougar sighting,” according to Constable Doug Griffiths


    13. “This sighting may be closely related to the horse mauling


    14. “It always seems that once there’s one cougar sighting, suddenly there’s lots of cougar sightings


    15. Or maybe to see if a KGB assassin was sighting his laser scope in on her forehead at that exact moment


    16. They would fly by helicopter to a site close to the last sighting of the renegade tribe


    17. “The birds had eaten their fill of her, but there was no one else on the island, and there has been no sighting of her anywhere


    18. "Who the heck are you trying to impress with all that paperwork?" asked Jim, upon sighting the various sheets covering his desk


    19. The exclamation is the result of her first sighting of the wolf as the animal lopes into her vision


    20. Youssaf, positioned somewhat ahead of the procession like a serpent’s tongue, sensing the environment for signs of danger, had shown signs of great relief upon first sighting Moshe

    21. An alarm gong had sounded upon the sighting of such a large number of strangers


    22. warning after sighting me


    23. Supposedly it was also beneficial to learn about insects for there were billions, and a sighting could relate to a biting sting from a wasp


    24. In other words, a visual sighting


    25. visual sighting could be predicted by first detecting the microwave glow, then noting its evolution


    26. visual sighting could be predicted by first detecting the microwave glow, then noting its


    27. ous when sighting ghosts One would imagine that if you were playing the


    28. Ganid was becoming adept at sighting those who appeared to be in need


    29. Curious more likely for they came within sighting distance of me


    30. Otherwise he would have run full into these yellow fiends instead of sighting them from afar as they smelled out his spoor like human bloodhounds, with whatever uncanny gift was theirs

    31. This sighting was a confirmation of the seriousness of the present situation


    32. could she have seen the sandal when at the time of the sighting her chest was


    33. sighting an earlier commitment that I had


    34. sighting as the only means for establishing dates of various


    35. First sighting of an infinity fish in its natural environment – such a wonder! It was fleeting, of course, for it fled as soon as it saw the capsule, its tail fin being the only think visible, but the experience will remain with me for the rest of my life


    36. “So there’s nothing in these lines other than sighting marks,


    37. ‘’This could have turned into a true disaster if not for your timely sighting of that Japanese scout plane, Captain Dows


    38. "It is good?" asked Aref, who was looking through his own sighting scope


    39. The Germans, on sighting their adversaries, changed back to their original positions; Bismarck once more taking the lead with Prinz Eugen astern


    40. The ruse had succeeded, and the German squadron had been able to continue on its way undiscovered until the time of the Spitfire sighting

    41. 45 caliber pistol, now holstered in a shoulder holster strapped over her PSP V79 vest, it was fitted with a Bushnell HOLOsight holographic sighting system


    42. VO: “It has been approximately 15 minutes since I got the call, and 10 minutes before that is when the sighting took place


    43. ’ He held it out at arms length in one hand, sighting the pistol to his eye


    44. He did not have much time from the moment of sighting the “Gneisenau” to the dropping of the torpedo


    45. She’d been interviewing a hostile Ben Scully when Grant Tripp had arrived on the scene and she’d observed his abrupt U-turn when sighting the police vehicles on the property


    46. Officer Yeoman, stood to attention on sighting the Commander, except for one rating who was


    47. “And out of sixty two sighting and chases, I have only managed to knock one of these things out of the sky


    48. “I have an experience of missing time, and this person’s photo of a UFO sighting outside of Denver area coincides with my experience


    49. “But it also doesn’t make sense that the national press would not cover a story of a UFO sighting


    50. Phoenix local government refused to investigate the sighting because they believed it fell under the military’s jurisdiction







































    1. Once out of the shower, Robbie helped me to towel off and then dress while the other guard kept me carefully in his sights


    2. I realise Athens too has its unfair share of insidious tourist traps just like Cornwall and no doubt the traffic is nightmare and yes, it's a sprawling jumble of concrete and marble, of ancient and modern, of the implausible and the miraculous, but then they say Athens teems with spectacular sights, superb cafes, and much more that you just won't find in any modern city


    3. 'Yes, but with girls not men,' I laughed hoping to hide my embarrassment and shut him out but he had me in his sights


    4. His First, Matai is his name correct; he is the one you should have your sights on


    5. The executions are carried out in the most remote sacred sights, in full sight of the Goddess and with prayer for a sign that what we do is wrong


    6. During that time Brent was amazed at the sights that past them; untold worlds that he


    7. Once it was over Ava told Jorma she really wished he’d leave her back on the boat with a full jug of lantern fuel, a full jug of yaag and a nice thick book while he went and saw the sights


    8. He can feel men he calls friends, men who he would normally rely on, men accustomed to the sights and sounds of mean lives, momentarily falling apart


    9. “I made a few inconspicuous inquiries, as we toured the sights


    10. The train trip of course and its accommodations, Omaha and Chicago stations, the business meetings and the food, the people, the buildings, the shops, stores and sights, all these they read in turn as they leafed through the first series

    11. Britainic for New York and then set off by train to San Francisco---part of the conditions for Harold's extensive honeymoon holiday from the offices was to deliver certain matters personally into the hands of his counterpart there, only then to enjoy the sights and settling in Tahoe for an extended stay


    12. “Becky was the one to set her sights upon taking over father's interest in the Construction firm


    13. The sights, the sounds, even the strong sent of rose's that filled the air, but this rose smell was coming from the cut flowers, that adorned the room


    14. "This is a great place to start," Caro told her, "You'll see a lot more sights after this," she raised her cup


    15. All of the sights had been visible from miles away


    16. Rabbit: "Don't you have any difficulty in the water? Doesn't it get into your eyes and mouth?" For he really longed in his heart to see the strange sights


    17. I had him in my sights during the months he flew in a net under that confounded lighter-than-air animal that blindsided me


    18. He quickly changed the subject to the sights he’d seen during his recent trip to Stratos


    19. The animals could easily chase down any hapless soul they set their sights upon


    20. There was an old woman named Denise who enjoyed very much getting out of her house and wandering about her small town to do her shopping, see the sights, and in general, take in whatever might be occurring and cross her path on any given day

    21. ‘It had its sights on the Earth for tens of thousands of years


    22. They were suspended over one of the most beautiful sights the Elf had ever seen: the radiant palpable splendor that was Sheranara


    23. because he had set his sights on ruling the


    24. Being guided or gravitated to unfamiliar places with amazing sights and sounds


    25. I was so enthralled with the sights, I almost stumbled over a child


    26. My rifle had one of the new orthoptic sights fitted to it and I sighted on an olive tree in the distance just to get my eye in


    27. Inching along, we heard them exclaim in astonishment at the sights of the various races of people selling everything under the sun


    28. I left the rest of them and went further towards the rear were I could find a place to test the sight luckily Ted had fetched quite few clips for the Mauser and I was able to adjust the sights to fit me


    29. Pamela’s eyes were busy taking in all the sights of


    30. She bubbled over with all the sights Grant had

    31. Furthermore, he still had his sights set on Jerusha Blake and began his strategy to set the stage for a more serious


    32. and branches roughly, stepping on sticks, hoping to frighten off whatever wild creature had her in its sights


    33. “I will watch for him but he better pray I never have him in my sights because I will show him no mercy it is bad enough looting the enemy dead but our boys as well never”, and I left things there


    34. I emptied some of my ammunition pouches and filled them with German bullets then I made sure the magazine was full before I looked through the sights to make sure they were all right


    35. Like his acting ability or not, he portrays a character that has America in his sights as the last best hope


    36. All sounds, all sights obscured by the pure joy of simply being together again


    37. those sights of that old twenty-two, which


    38. Remember we did not have any aiming devices beyond the standard sights on our weapons


    39. 1 gun was swung into position, and the layer looked over his sights, depressing the piece a trifle


    40. Its magazine capacity was way too low, and it did not have luminescent sights for night shooting

    41. nor half the sights that he saw


    42. Soon, however, the R4 was replaced by a shorter version called the R5 which, had no bi-pod and different (no tritium) sights


    43. Why the sights were not treated is anyone’s question and just plain stupid


    44. Relatively short and had open sights for snap shots


    45. The gun’s recoil thumped the butt into Dawn’s shoulder but she hardly felt a thing, pumping a new cartridge into the chamber, training the sights on another cat and firing again


    46. It is still one of the most hilarious sights I have ever seen


    47. As Brock regained control of his body, his senses began to return, and with them the sights and sound of the countryside


    48. All he could do was take in the sights and sound of a time he had only seen in the movies


    49. I saw that she set her sights on me, smiled whenever I looked at her and was always cackling when I was around


    50. The trips were enjoyable for more than just acquainting herself with the sights and history of San José: they were also excellent for meeting people from all parts of the world













































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    Synonyms for "sight"

    sight survey view ken vision visual modality visual sense batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft slew spate stack tidy sum wad spy eyesight perception seeing inspection scene spectacle display show eyesore

    "sight" definitions

    an instance of visual perception


    anything that is seen


    the ability to see; the visual faculty


    a range of mental vision


    the range of vision


    the act of looking or seeing or observing


    (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent


    catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes


    take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)