fine fettle
Example Sentences
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Once all that energy is gone, the sand settles back into a state that physicists call “a marginal solid.”
From Slate • Mar. 1, 2024
As the ice melts during the spring, the sand settles around the vines, helping promote new growth and prevent fungi.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2022
When you hold the bottle still, the sand settles, just as your mind settles when you watch thoughts rather than reacting to them.
From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 2017
Mr. White says that a grout containing more than 1 part of sand to 1 of Portland cement will not run freely through a 2-in. pipe, as the sand settles out and chokes the pipe.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
It will be found that the sand settles very quickly and the clay very slowly.
From The First Book of Farming by Goodrich, Charles Landon
