How To Use Gather In A Sentence

When your bulbs arrive, or you buy them from the garden center, gather everyone together, hand out garden tools and start digging.
Gwenhidwy likes to drink a lot, grain alcohol mostly, mixed in great strange mad-scientist concoctions with beef tea, grenadine, cough syrup, bitter belch-gathering infusions of blue scullcap, valerian root, motherwort and lady's-slipper, whatever's to hand really. Gravity's Rainbow
Despite the lateness of the hour Annabel gathered her skirts and prepared to take a solitary ramble in the garden.
Somehow, they gathered themselves to beat Limerick in the first round of the qualifiers but the core discontent hadn't been addressed.
By the time they were lurching slowly along the cart track the wind had dropped, letting the clouds gather.

My grandfather was eighty when he died and was gathered to his fathers.
She watched Luke read it, saw the gathering frown carve two grooves over his aquiline nose.
The kings of the heartogram didn't fail to impress, with a diverse crowd gathered, including everyone from young punks to soccer moms and even a haggard old bat dancing around in lingerie.
A white blouse with gathered cuffs and lace at the throat where a red jewel lies. SEA MUSIC
In the Mhow area of India, where it is common practice to feed goats on the leaves of trees gathered in the forest, an experiment was conducted with uncastrated male goats aged about 14 months and weighing some 25 kg. Chapter 6
I stood in the doorway for a moment, gathering my energy for polite chitchat. FOOLS GOLD
When we gather it grain by grain, we soon have a basketful.
Others, before the introduction of maize, lived mostly on millet, sorghum, and bananas with such greenstuffs as could be gathered.
Its purpose is to gather sufficient information to answer questions about magma chambers in oceanic crust.
In an attempt to break the strike, management used megaphones to instruct the afternoon shift, who were gathered in a car park, to return to work or face immediate dismissal.
Yet Highland culture continues to flourish through the Gaelic language, piping, ceilidhs (informal gatherings with traditional music, dancing and poetry) and a full schedule of Highland games.
All information contained herein is gathered from sources we believe to be reliable.
Pollen is dust gathered by bees from stamens and collected from the hives as tiny pellets.
The evidence she’d gathered at the beach had already arrived, delivered by a young tech who’d sheepishly entered the den of the legendary Lincoln Rhyme without a word and scurried about to deposit the bags and stacks of pictures as the criminalist gruffly directed. The Stone Monkey
The most striking but by no means the only instances are the hole cut in a page of his novel Albert Angelo and the presentation, in The Unfortunates, of a box containing a bundle of unbound gatherings to be read in random order.
The mate is set free and gathers two loose genes, which it assembles into a clone of the original replicator.
an amiable gathering
He gathered himself up with as much dignity as he could muster before glaring at me.
But sure, they could be more "anti-consumerist" by having a druidical gathering of eight friends in the middle of the forest and a picnic lunch. Love on a farmboy's wages
And one of the best ways of gathering criminal intelligence is forensics.
As the train stopped for its human freight at each station it slowly gathered a cargo of trammies and bussies making for their depots.
People gather to drink both traditional and bottled beer.
Fans who gathered there to watch the Raiders play on Sunday repeatedly used the term "love-hate relationship" when describing Davis. NYT > Home Page
Soldiers were positioned at strategic points in the city and at election rallies where huge crowds gathered.
He had described it as ‘a gathering place for computer otaku,’ so I had a negative image about the place before seeing it.
But come Saturday night, they gather in Johannesburg basements, decked out to the nines and stylishly vogue like New York fashionistas.
There are two large rooms that can be used for social gatherings equipped with a TV and a beamer and screen, plus a dining room and a well-furnished kitchen next to the swimming pool. Weekly
Old deliberate contemplations, perceptions after long regard ingathered from abundant nature, theories leisurely compacted in sunshine or storm, to stand in the fields of memory, crowned with beauty by the indulgent years. Apologia Diffidentis
At one of those remarkable omnium-gatherum receptions at the Tuileries, of which I have spoken in a former chapter, she heard an American lady, to whom Louis Philippe was talking of his American recollections and of various persons he had known there, say to him, “Oh, sire, they all retain the most lively recollections of your majesty's sojourn among them, and wish nothing more than that you should return among them again!” What I Remember
Hence, data collation in the IAEA reviews focused only on those marine species that constitute food species for humans, normally using information gathered about their edible body parts.
They had donned hairnets and gloves to gather DNA samples not previously submitted.
The team notes that microquake data prior to 2004 either weren't gathered or aren't available to the public. Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories
The children would gather in a noisy clump at the rear window to shout encouragement and offer coaching tips to their pursuer.
For the Schlachtfest, Stralsunders gathered in hundreds, the women in their dirndls and men in old-fashioned suits, gobbling pig knuckle, leberwurst, knockwurst, dozens of waxy, greasy boiled potatoes, and of course, blutwurst. Blood Lite II: Overbite
She gathered her courage and tapped at the frame of the screen door.
The two leaders had earlier led a march of hundreds of demonstrators in defiance of a government ban on protest rallies or gatherings of more than four people.
However, the officer in charge of the investigation said it was the only way to gather compelling evidence.
Economic recovery is gathering pace.
Who will feed those kids if they go to school and their parents are working in the dingiest of atmospheres to gather barely enough food to feed themselves?
Demanding that trials maximise their gathering of information on toxicology improves a protocol's balance of risk and social value.
The dressmaker gathered the cloth to the narrowest part of the waist.
Her daughter conducted a salon that became a gathering place for the writers, artists, and musicians of the Harlem Renaissance.
A hard core of supporters, mostly teenage girls, gathered at the airport to see the star arrive.
U.K. police arrested a female police officer on suspicion of corruption, as a multipronged probe into alleged wrongdoing tied to the News of the World tabloid continues to gather momentum. What's News—
This is where longtime friendships are fostered, where online acquaintances gather in meatspace, where rivalries and romances blossom. 7 Reasons to Attend Worldcon
Can't quite imagine yourself with your hair gathered loosely at the crown with tousled waves flowing down your neck… but like the idea?
This gathering is the largest periodic assemblage of human beings on the planet.
At social gatherings eligible gentlemen would draw lots bearing ladies' names on the eve of St Valentine's Day.
I beg for each and all of you confirmations and assistance from the threshold of oneness, so that those gatherings may become ignited like unto candles, in the republics of America, enkindling the light of the love of God in the hearts; thus the rays of the heavenly teachings may begem and brighten the states of America like the infinitude of immensity with the stars of the Most Great Guidance. Tablets of the Divine Plan
Our congregations as a gathered priesthood meet for the purpose of being equipped for mission in the world.
At first the pictures appear to have been taken at a family gathering - a christening or a birthday party.
She pulled her sling out of her pack and gathered three or four appropriately sized stones and set out to find her dinner.
Frothy geysers and hissing fumaroles vent into icy air, huge herds of elk and bison gather in low basins for food and warmth, the forest glitters with ice, and a blanket of snow brings a rare silence.
Which had followed with depressing inevitability, as he'd gathered from her Christmas cards and occasional e-mails. THE LAST TEMPTATION
We are working to ensure women can safely cook, and don't put themselves in harm's way gathering firewood by providing safe, efficient stoves and teaching women to create fuel briquettes made out of organic waste. Josette Sheeran: We Can End Hunger: 10 Ways to Feed the World
The dinghy gathered speed as the wind filled her sails.
The worthies on the committee also attempted to explain why those mistakes - in surveillance, in intelligence-gathering, analysis and co-ordination - were made.
The jubilee celebrations were conducted with a number of activities, including seminars, workshops, competitions for children, and cultural gatherings.
Thank you for that magnificent speech yesterday, and it is my pleasure to ask you to address the assembled gathering.
they gathered a harvest of examples
The bicycle gathered speed as it went down the hill.
Ben left the blankets on the back of the sofa while he followed Hoss upstairs to gather his own warm clothes from his bedroom.
He got to a sepulcher where four Satanists were gathered.
He saw him gather five of the soldiers into a huddle and with his subtle, sinister voice began to speak again.
Anyone who had spent a bomb on a just-for-the-occasion dress would have been the laughing stock at the gathering.
Worldwide, the search for an 'anti-ageing pill' is gathering steam.
Without any delay the king goes to that very spot where the cowherd boys had done the pooja earlier, gathers them all around him performs the Satyanarayana Pooja with all shraddha and bhakthi. Shree Satya Narayan Puja « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1
Animal protection supporters gathered to protest against hunting.
I paused outside the carved double doors, gathering my dignity and composure around me like a shield.
Therefore, agricultural, herding societies will carry deadlier germs than will hunter-gatherers or people that farm only plants.
Dr Ryan travelled the world gathering material for his book.
A small crowd had gathered outside the church.
The point of the interview is to make full and systematic use of this to gather data for research purposes.
‘These people are actually paid and trained semi-professional evidence gatherers, and they are not police officers,’ he said.
Well, as the hurricane gathers strength and mulls where to strike next, South Florida is left with a mess to mop up.
The name dojo comes from the Japanese term for a gathering place for martial-arts students. Techies Get to Work at Hacker Dojo
Budding archaeologists from across the county gathered in Swindon to learn about treasures from the past.
More than 200 people gathered outside his home on the outskirts of Bolton as a steam-powered cavalcade flanked by police motorcycle outriders escorted him on his final journey.
According to what he could gather from the conversations, this officer had been paying off the military and they had been simply waving him through each day. Mordidas
She swallowed a humph, then nearly groaned aloud when, clapping her hands, Lady Hightham urged them to gather around for some music. ON A WICKED DAWN
It hosts the HMCS Trinity centre that gathers and analyses naval intelligence received from national and allied sources. Canadian Naval Officer Charged With Leaks
This book is also about hog-killing and smokehouses, about making lye hominy and gathering wild greens, about ramps and cushaws and leather-britches, about cracklin’ bread and corn-cob jelly, whistle pig and poke sallet, apple butter and stack cakes.’
On the night of June 11-12, a group of party elders gathered in "a smoke-filled room" in the Blackstone Hotel and made the deal that brought Harding the nomination on the tenth ballot.
Today, on the Sunday closest to what used to be called Armistice Day, thousands will gather around war memorials, in country churchyards and civic centres to remember the dead of armed conflicts since 1914.
The sheets would be cut to approximate size, then they would be gathered into groups of three or four, folded in half and trimmed to the correct size.
The Reavers sat near the fire pit they had gathered; one lit the kindling, sparking a roaring fire in the middle of the morning.
Mrs Foster bobbed about, gathering up her things.
Evergreens, including carex and festuca, just need a little comb-through to clear away dead material and gathered gubbins. Times, Sunday Times
When the pack is used up, all the played and discarded cards are gathered and shuffled to form a new pack to deal from.
There they gather short, or editor-shortened, letters in which correspondents with opposing views slug away at each other on a topic selected by the editor.
It seemed so fitting for a gathering of people remembering something so terrible.
Never leaving his side, we will gather and store up all of the holy and loving thoughts inspired by the presence of the Lord of heaven and earth.
Evenings, he would gather his friends and read the albums as a performance.
For at least 40,000 years, they gathered shellfish and peacefully slept under the stars.
It is, in the first place, a pity that there is so little written of the history of these people, so little material from which to gather the development of the idea of acrobatics in general, or of any one phase in particular. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets
He zipped up the black jumpsuit and gathered up as much ammo as he could carry.
Women gathered roots, prairie turnips, bitterroot, and camas bulbs in the early summer.
Women wear colorful gathered skirts with aprons and cloth shawls over their shoulders.
Data are being gathered from published sources and from interviews with officials, private insurers and commercial bankers.
You've got half an hour to gather up anything you'll need for the journey.
It's been a long time since such a collection of punks, misfits and miscreants gathered together to worship such an influential act.
Sissy went out back and gathered feathers where her mama had recently deplumed a hen. Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
I didn't gather much from his lecture.
These little people, quite recovered from their fatigue, had set about gathering checkerberries, and now came clambering to meet their play-fellows.
A line of description at the bottom of the last page that sends the camera slowly tracking back… so the audience can catch its breath gather its thoughts, and leave the cinema with dignity.
McKean and other professional word gatherers join enthusiastic amateurs in Wallraff's new book Word Fugitives, which reassures us that taking language seriously needn't always mean being serious about language. Sniglets and Slithy Toves
He quietly gathered a few bolts and washers from the floor and threw them to the other end of a row of crates, causing a loud sound to come from that direction.
After the semi-final, more than half a million people gathered in the Champs-Elysées, waving French tricolours alongside Algerian and other African flags.
This full-length jersey has a double shoulder/yoke with full-cut sleeves and underarm gusset, plus elastic ribbed gathers on edges of sleeves.
Harold's forces gathered on the crest of a hill and formed a wall of shields.
The Baiga dearly loves the common country liquor made from the mahua flower, and this is consumed as largely as funds will permit of at weddings, funerals and other social gatherings, and also if obtainable at other times. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
If we could take a look now at those live pictures of St. Peter's Square, to an estimated 70,000 people have gathered to maintain a vigil and to pray for the pope.
In his letters, as in conversation, he offers himself no sanctuary, and the picture we are left to gather is an exaggeration of the facts: cold, hard, captious, rarely affectionate, often gloomy.
With over 25 stands displaying their beautiful range of exquisite handmade crafts, the fair is sure to attract a large gathering
Ayhia watched incredulously as the Hinsef gathered together in a huddle, apparently to discuss what to do with her, though she couldn't hear them so she couldn't be sure.
Clouds gather, sometimes developing into a cyclone but will a water-starved Chennai see its tanks, lakes, wells and reservoirs full this year?
They gather nominating petition signatures for lawmakers, raise money for them and sometimes even run their re-election campaigns.
Feeling utterly stupid I gathered myself up from under the rubble and hobbled inelegantly to find a first aider.
A ‘Space Access Organization’ would, at least, be able to gather all the hard-won data from these canceled programs and maintain a central depository of information and expert knowledge.
Inspired by prohibition in the US, his campaign soon gathered momentum and the Alliance became a political force to be reckoned with.
I swallowed the lump that had gathered in my throat and whispered the words back.
At the gathering, Secretary General Kofi Annan listened quietly to three and a half hours of bluntly worded counsel from a group united in its personal regard for him and support for the United Nations.
A hunter-gatherer couple stand by an uprooted tree. Times, Sunday Times
You should gather up your courage first.
The situation involved is gathered up betimes, that is in the second chapter of Book The Ambassadors
Tofte began to recruit, train and insert agents who would gather intelligence behind enemy lines.
The meetings were not entirely musical, or so one gathers from the early minute-books, where it is stated that at each meeting one bottle of sherry was to be provided for every three members, and one bottle of madeira for every seven members, and further that politics or religion were not to be talked during meetings. Music and Musicians
Gatherings such as this always made him fuss unusually about his appearance, when he normally did not care.
Kimble memorably honored Gathers by shooting the first free throw in every game thereafter lefthanded. Wes Leonard's Fennville High School team will play in tournament
Olives from wild trees (oleasters) were sporadically gathered, in the Near East, by Neolithic peoples about 10,000 years ago.
In a childishly vain manner, she was gathering pillows to throw at him.
Before beginning his journey, he enthralled the sizable gathering, which had assembled at the starting point, with his magic.
Sheltering behind another wall, he could look out into a clear area where the people of the shanty town were gathered.
He gathered up the music manuscript into a tidy pile and put his pencil slant-wise across the top.
Even social gatherings in Workplace 2000 will take on special meanings.
The housebreaker's unclean face was still cheerful and mocking, although a slow worry had begun gathering at its edges. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
He said that socialism in all its forms cannot accommodate any economic development beyond the hunter-gatherer stage.
Michigan earlier this week raised the prospect of staging a so-called firehouse caucus at which voters cast ballots during the course of a day rather than gathering at a town-hall meeting in the evening, as most caucuses do. Private Funds Could
And there are people who leave the track while trying to gather a few ferns.
Apart from digital zoom, this camera even has flash - perfect for taking pictures in dim places, such as during a social gathering at a pub.
Can you all gather round? I've got something to tell you.
ACCRA - West African heads of state gathered in Ghana's capital Accra for a fresh push to put Liberia's derailed peace process back on track. ANC Daily News Briefing
Given that the very gathering of such intelligence is at the heart of the dispute, how could such information be rendered politically neutral?
Gather your toys up.
We gathered round the boat with all the sense of adventure of Drake rounding the Horn.
Surrounding their low tents were iron sculptures, gathered in odd shapes, commemorating unseeable events.
Standing and gathering her cloak tightly around her shoulders she turned away from Madam Corbeau's pinched expression and down the lane.
I gather his report is highly critical of the trial judge.
Many poor people gathered at the gate.
Inside, the tiny creature skidded to a halt on the marble floor, terrified by the sudden din of the gathering.
As the slope got steeper, the sled gathered momentum.
After processional main forces awaits machine hall through home, gather in bay boat to match a park on the side of eat building in.
As you may have gathered, fairies are among the most powerful and clever of species.
Despite this, he has continued to appear regularly at our periodic family gatherings, and is considered a family member in good standing.
These are the most exciting data I've ever collected, " Carnegie Mellon psychologist Jennifer Lerner told a gathering of science writers here last month.
The cameraperson, presumed to be Oiticica, records carefree moments in the lives of the young gay men gathered on the meadows of Central Park.
Be it anti-drugs patrols in the Caribbean, anti-piracy patrols off Somalia, mine clearance in the Persian Gulf or intelligence gathering by nuclear-powered attack submarines, naval operations rarely make the news.
On a hunch, the researchers radioed the ground-based team and urged them to continue gathering data when the star re-emerged from behind Uranus.
All the fascinating stories about the bones of dinosaurs, chalicotheres, dinotheres, mastodons, giant giraffes, and mammoths are gathered in my book.
The gathering earlier this week of trade union leaders to discuss plans for a more robust manifesto was an indication of that.
Asean finance ministers vow to avoid overheating, but remain mute on yuan ASEAN finance ministers have vowed to co-ordinate policies to avoid economic overheating in the fast-growing region, following a semi-annual gathering dominated political tension in Thailand and the avoidance of any criticism of China's currency management. AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
Those cute little ears of pasta work particularly well with a chunky sauce, as they allow little pools to gather in the hollow of their delicate shape.
She had been good enough to send written instructions in advance regarding what questions she could, and could not, be asked (nothing anent The Gathering Place documentary film).
A white blouse with gathered cuffs and lace at the throat where a red jewel lies. SEA MUSIC
There was rich banqueting in his great hall when his harvest was ingathered, and Zeus and all the other gods feasted on the fat burnt-offerings, but no gift was set apart for the virgin child of Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life
The great standard, in the Maiden's wars, was to be used for the rallying of all her host; the pennon was a signal to those who fought around her, as guards of her body; and about the banner afterwards gathered, for prayer and praise, those men, confessed and clean of conscience, whom she had called and chosen. A Monk of Fife
Yet all of the various elements which have historically been assigned to Fortune, Fate, and Chance are gathered into a single providential system of which the fortuitous is a part. FORTUNE, FATE, AND CHANCE
A group of boys and girls gathered around the campfire to sing songs.
But in the mid-1970s there was an acrimonious conflict between the different intelligence gathering agencies in the province.
They gleaned and gathered fuel, nuts, berries, mushrooms, and acorns.
'Not altogether,' said the old man; 'besides being a viper-hunter, I am what they call a herbalist, one who knows the virtue of particular herbs; I gather them at the proper season, to make medicines with for the sick.' Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest
Constantine shimmied until beads of perspiration gathered on his shiny forehead.
Onlookers who had gathered hoping to see the future of postal deliveries were showered with singed letters falling from the sky.
Don't let your mind wander [ be woolgathering ] while working.
The temperature was minus 10 degrees centigrade so we gathered around the campfire inside, talking, singing and getting to know each other.
The researchers need to gather thousands of the insects to get just a few milliliters of the insect's blood, called hemolymph, which is the green liquid in the vial.
Some local governments are requiring stall-feeding of livestock with forage gathered by hand, hoping that this confinement measure will permit grasslands to recover.
What he does better than almost anybody is assemble bands and lead them, attracting stellar sidemen and gathering them into carefully considered ensembles. Freddie, Jacky, Charlie and the Doc
There was an almost imperceptible pause as she gathered her breath to speak.
The international relief effort appears to be gathering momentum.
I gather his report is highly critical of the trial judge.
If this Cathedral had existed tor five centuries instead of "two decades, would it have gathered a kind of convincingness with the scratches of feet and the erosion of weather? The Quiet American
Gather round, everyone, so that you can see the screen.
I gather that generally it's men who make the most fuss when they are not well, but not me.
Information they gathered was sent back to platoon headquarters by runner and radioed from the village to Company headquarters.
And amid all this we are to preach the gospel of salvation, gathering in the lost sheep of Christ till the church is complete.
Again royalty gathered in grandeur, with trumpets blaring, to witness the baptism of Henry's daughter, Elizabeth.
The data gathered for the exercise clearly reflect the now very considerable research strength and performance that we possess.
The road had not been closed and bystanders gathered to watch the events unfold.
After gathering my belongings, I let my hair down and smoothed it out after applying a little liner and lip gloss.
It ripples and furrows, drips in long trails, gathers in gritty, crusty patches.
There were days when one was wearing heavy, gaudy clothing, which was invariably a pain to be endured considering the gathering one would be amongst.
She transferred to a fancy schmancy private school when we started high school and we saw less and less of each other until something nerdy was brought up at some mutual gathering and we began our marathoning ways. Caitlin Sweeny: A Fan's Ode to Television
It is a small, intimate and humble place where a simple congregation once gathered for spiritual sustenance.
The morning is spent gathering food which grows wild in fields, hedgerows and on the seashore.

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