hen

Example Sentences

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HEN we hear the word, but do not do it, there has been a defect in our hearing.

From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry

HEN the Good Shepherd has charge of His flock “the wild beasts will cease out of the land.”

From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by Jowett, John Henry

HEN Mr. John came back to Oxford, of course he joined the Christian band, and very soon they made him their leader.

From The Story of John Wesley Told to Boys and Girls by Kirlew, Marianne

HEN, a great shadow—more subtle than an ordinary shadow, from whose borders other shadows hang in festoons—traces itself upon the ground.

From The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul by Flaubert, Gustave

HEN the lawn is made we begin to puzzle over the planting of trees and shrubbery.

From Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover by Rexford, Eben E. (Eben Eugene)