Example Sentences

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The name, for example, of one of he most glorious Himalayan pinnacles, Canchenjanga, third highest in the world, means "The Five Storehouses of the Great Snow."

From Time Magazine Archive

Not only was this tomb not finished, not even begun, but its owner, Pharaoh’s Master of Storehouses, was still very much alive.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Storehouses were nearly empty, agriculture having been neglected in the gold fever.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

Storehouses, kitchens and other accessory buildings, may be constructed in the same manner, and a degree of convenience gained which would be attempted in vain with a less plastic material.

From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various

Storehouses were freely offered for the public use; and merchants moved from their places of business, on shortest notice, to turn them over to the Government.

From Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death by DeLeon, T. C.