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How To Use contracted In A Sentence

• However, this dreadful purpose was prevented, partly by the interposition of his wife, whose aim was not the death but immurement of his daughter, and partly by the tears and supplication of the young gentlewoman herself, who protested, that, although the ceremony of the church had not been performed, she was contracted to Fathom by the most solemn vows, to witness which he invoked all the saints in heaven. The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom
• By the term contracted foot, otherwise known as hoof-bound, is indicated a condition in which the foot, more especially the posterior half of it, is, or becomes, narrower from side to side than is normal. Diseases of the Horse's Foot
• On top of this, contracted moderators check marked student work in every subject from every school, every year.
• Even supposedly essential functions are subcontracted out.
• The neck (collum mallei) is the narrow contracted part just beneath the head; below it, is a a prominence, to which the various processes are attached. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 3. The Auditory Ossicles
• A large company contracted me to publicize its newest division.
• In the countryside, on the contrary, more hands were needed to work the fields in grain-growing regions, and males contracted marriages at younger ages to increase the rural labour supply.
• He subsequently contracted gangrene and had one leg amputated below his knee. Times, Sunday Times
• We contracted with a local clothing firm for 400 shirts a month.
• We subcontracted a small engineering firm to do the work.