How To Use Ken. In A Sentence

  • So spake he, and Athene was mightily angered at heart, and chid Odysseus in wrathful words: ‘Odysseus, thou hast no more steadfast might nor any prowess, as when for nine whole years continually thou didst battle with the Trojans for high born Helen, of the white arms, and many men thou slewest in terrible warfare, and by thy device the wide-wayed city of Priam was taken. Book XXII
  • Neither watch works,they're both broken.
  • The application allows users to geocode images, or link digital images to the location where they were taken.
  • A spokesman said: ‘Following a further complaint, visits to the tea room this year established the conditions of the licence had again been broken.
  • But the monster got me when I fell and the 'squeaker' was broken. The Beast of Space
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  • The morons do not even protect the exposed steel with paint - and something as simple and old-fashioned as using galvanized bolts in the first place is clearly way beyond their ken.
  • I quit talking as his hands began to knead my tired, knotted muscles and one by one, I felt them all begin to slacken.
  • Or, for a warm starter try the saltcrust tarts filled either with herbed mushrooms or barbecue chicken.
  • Despite her measured tone, June is clearly enraged as well as grief stricken. The Sun
  • After some heated argument a decision was finally taken.
  • Her Moroccan spin on chicken flew past the glazed and cidery take on beer-can chicken.
  • The same day's paper features a story "Is this a work of art or just any old iron?" about how the writer, broadcaster, doctor and polymath Sir Jonathan Miller asked a passing scrap metal merchant to remove a rusting bath from his front garden -- only to find his three metal sculptures had also been over-enthusiastically taken. Media
  • The ledge was brittle, and would be easily broken.
  • I have long claimed that this conceivability is only apparent; some misguided philosophers think they can conceive of a zombie, but they are badly mistaken. nullasalus: Blurring the Line
  • Andrew began to carve the chicken.
  • It's important not to pass urine for at least four hours - and sometimes overnight - before a urine sample is taken.
  • It is good with couscous, drizzled over char-grilled vegetables, thinned out with extra virgin olive oil for a spicy, rose-scented marinade or dressing, or stirred into mayonnaise and dolloped on to grilled fish or chicken.
  • Return this custard to the pan and stir constantly over a very gentle heat until it starts to thicken.
  • You can also apply online once you have your eighth token. The Sun
  • It should not be confused with night terrors or panics, in which a child becomes acutely agitated and terror-struck at night, appearing to be awake while in fact asleep and unable to be woken.
  • Coinciding with the moon landing of Apollo 11, the gates of Faerie flood open and Trods and balefires reawaken.
  • The word hovered in the air a moment after she’d spoken. Last Christmas
  • In the short term, growth will be sparked by "price reinflation of key words," said Majestic Research Managing Director John Aiken. Is Google Sitting on the Clock of eBay?
  • He limped heavily as his co-pilot helped him to walk; it appeared as thought he man's leg was broken.
  • What varies, and varies dramatically, is the conscious effort with which they are identified and undertaken.
  • They asked what was available on the menu and were told anything as long at it was chicken. The Sun
  • Guaharibos, Spanish soldiers pretend to have found the fine kind of saussurite (Amazon-stone), of which we have spoken. Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
  • The Indian took the egg and put it in the nest of a prairie chicken.
  • It may all be innocent but my dad would be heartbroken. The Sun
  • You learn a language better if you visit the country where it is spoken.
  • Princess found herself shut up in the palkee, and being carried she knew not where, she thought how terrible it would be for her sister to return home and find her gone, and determined, if possible, to leave some sign to show her which way she had been taken. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know
  • In 1989, he gave 63 solo concerts nationwide, a record that is still unbroken.
  • Howard telegraphed frequently and sent a doctor to revaccinate her, as the virus he had administered himself had not taken. Sleeping Fires: a Novel
  • It's surely summer. for there's a swallow: Come one swallow, his mate will follow, The bird race quicken and wheel and thicken. Christina G Rossetti 
  • Most of people are looking forward the crystal-like love-pure without any defect. However the truth is most people are having the glass-like love-same transparent but easily broken.
  • Even in an arena as illogical and playful as football, my faith in modernity, science, and rationality remains unshaken.
  • He heard a footfall in the passage outside and felt his pulse quicken.
  • Pour the sugar into the wine mixture and beat gently with a whisk attachment, then pour in the cream and beat slowly until the syllabub starts to thicken.
  • Any abuse of the Flexible Working Hours facility can result in its withdrawal, in addition to any disciplinary action which may be taken.
  • They should have a slight wobble when shaken. Times, Sunday Times
  • He won my heart this episode, if only because his spirit was kind of hilariously broken. Jane McGivney: Make It Work: Prom Time! Or, "You'll Regret This in 10 Years"
  • The chaine turn is also a progressive turn that effects a full rotation for every two steps taken.
  • Although the appearance of the young man was absolutely horrid, the one blue and one brown eye could never be mistaken.
  • They asked what was available on the menu and were told anything as long at it was chicken. The Sun
  • It said the ‘state thugs’ beat people with batons and electric cattle prods, injuring around a dozen people, including one person whose foot was broken.
  • In all the time we've lived here, not once has the cloud cover broken.
  • But no titbits of food - well, maybe just a couple of slithers of sliced chicken.
  • Snake meat tastes similar to chicken.
  • Our comfort is this: We will live out our lives enchanted by Claire, her spell never broken.
  • The house special bento box is $8.95 and comes with four pieces of fresh and firm nigiri sushi, a nice salad, some fresh and light tempura, and teriyaki chicken.
  • This policy of keeping inventories low will deny consumers a buffer against any production cutbacks that the cartel may make if prices weaken.
  • Rub the lime and coriander mixture over the chicken. Times, Sunday Times
  • This is already done when a free form amino acid capsule is taken. The Beat Fatigue Workbook - how to identify the causes
  • Once you've posed your character a snapshot is taken.
  • However, he ventured to guess that no one would state that they wanted to give up the search since Alex had made it blatantly obvious that every word of their vow would be broken.
  • Perhaps some of the faces will be familiar to our readers or maybe someone even knows the date or the year when the picture was taken.
  • ‘If you think I'm going to tell you anything,’ the guard said cockily, ‘you're mistaken.
  • As the name implies, to make a turducken, you will need a turkey, duck and chicken.
  • One lining broken, the whole chain is broken. 
  • Yiddish is the primary language, with very little American spoken. “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union” by Michael Chabon (Harpercollins, 2007) « The BookBanter Blog
  • Then, all you have do is reel it in, lift your prize aloft, smile and get your photograph taken.
  • Steve's unchanged expression showed that he didn't believe a word Miles had just spoken.
  • Promises are like piecrust, made to be broken. 
  • Would the person who took the stepladder yesterday please return it or further steps will be taken.
  • Thompson, who impresses with his vigour, drive and forthrightness, should not be hung out to dry for doing what, in all honesty, any new owner would have undertaken.
  • Hospital discipline was broken. Amy would have to explain herself.
  • I'm thankful for what it's given me, and regretful for what it's taken.
  • Search and rescue teams had since been combing the area with patrols following overland the route the plane would have taken.
  • We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken. Fyodor Dostoyevsky 
  • On Tuesday the senior trader who oversaw the operation to disentangle Kerviel's off-the - book trades, Maxime Kahn, 39, told the court the bank had faced collapse due to the "astronomic" bets Kerviel had taken. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
  • One would not imagine her WASP nervous system is sufficiently developed to register disquietude, but one would be mistaken. AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
  • Well, I thought I knew it all really knew it all, and I decided to ride a bronc that my dad had that was scheduled to be broken.
  • The development of this orbital facility has been called the largest international scientific and technological endeavor ever undertaken.
  • Professional opportunities and options are to be weighed and considered before a clear decision can be taken.
  • Ballet had created continuity in my life, but now that the left side of my body did not serve me, the continuity was broken.
  • It has now become a distinct possibility that all spaces in the assigned lots would be taken.
  • Julia Stiles is a lovely and determined Viola, but monotonously and unpoetically spoken.
  • It shows a huge disparity between the number missing and investigations undertaken. Times, Sunday Times
  • Heartbroken'Every time I got kicked out of school my mum was heartbroken. The Sun
  • The leaves are larger and more elliptical than hemp dogbane and all plant parts exude a milky substance when broken.
  • If this government thinks its fight is only with miners they are sadly mistaken.
  • The rim of the cup was chipped and broken.
  • My favourite thing is the smell of jerk chicken.
  • In person she is thoughtful and quietly spoken. Times, Sunday Times
  • But no cabinet level decision to abandon offensive biological warfare was ever taken.
  • Any moment now the silence will be broken.
  • When they were extricated two or three of them were much bruised about the head and face, but no limbs were broken.
  • It is not clear how seriously this matter - which has been raised in a rump session - is being taken.
  • It was a decent chance and should have been taken. The Sun
  • The favoured strategy so far has been to introduce a cooling-off period before industrial action could be taken.
  • However you see the work, its implication is that the spirit cannot be broken.
  • Place a whole onion inside the chicken.
  • One resident, who wished to remain unnamed, said the lifts had been damaged, the careline tampered with, doorbells vandalised and windows broken.
  • The flavor is akin to chicken.
  • Scores of places set aside for dignitaries were left untaken. Times, Sunday Times
  • I admit this kind of gamesmanship is beyond my ken. Transition: It Does An Obama Body Good - Swampland - TIME.com
  • But you can sit on a small gator and have your picture taken. The Sun
  • History was a realm of illusions, a dream or a nightmare from which the wise seek to awaken.
  • This is the reason you will notice jar lids advertising airtight seals and warning against consumption when the seal is broken.
  • A new full-screen Places view lets you look at terrain maps with markers of where your photos were taken. Live from Apple: iPhoto 11 gets Facebook enhancements, better book publishing
  • It was only when the younger daughter finally contacted social services in June of this year that any action was taken. The Sun
  • Once dawn came, she could awaken from an unsatisfying sleep, turn off the light, and feel the kind of physical and mental peace that comes after a fever has broken.
  • A bellyful is a bellyful, no matter what kind of meat is taken. The Proverbs of Scotland
  • It wasna an ill w'y to beery fowk, nor an ill place to gang til, for they aye biggit up the skelf, ye ken. Heather and Snow
  • Until the forces of the virtual republic took to the field, sanctions against the uncommitted majority were unlikely to be undertaken.
  • I suppose there are worse legacies than to have been both very great, and very badly mistaken.
  • He said that he was an 'obsessive barbecuer' — his most recent culinary triumph being a roast chicken. Times, Sunday Times
  • If the sap is not available, 12 gram of Neem leaves and three decigrams pepper can be ground in water and taken.
  • A private guarantor would do this by identifying and forcing the recapitalization of troubled institutions as soon as they weaken.
  • The pouches may be noticed during a barium enema, when a liquid is inserted into the intestine through the anus and an X-ray of the abdomen is taken.
  • And like all exotic food, the taste of snake apparently resembles that of chicken.
  • From the wittiest zinger to the most heartfelt speech, I believed every word spoken.
  • The great ugly sharky fish was hooked forward by Josh and placed in a great basket, where it lay writhing its eely tail, and flapping its wing-like fins as the boat slowly progressed, and bait after bait was replaced, many being untouched, the thornback, skate, or ray being the only fish taken. Menhardoc
  • Ser jag åt lunden, där står mången stam 405 med Ingborgs runor ritade i barken. Fritiofs Saga
  • So, essentially, the hymen is a small bit of skin that may hurt a bit if it is torn somehow, but will go away by itself even if it isn't broken.
  • The beat is so pounding and persuasive, it's impossible not to do a strange little stamping dance, bobbing your head back and forth like an inquisitive chicken.
  • He says: 'I am heartbroken. The Sun
  • Encouraged by the textile industry, a great amount of work using differential scanning calorimetry has been undertaken.
  • There had been at least two robberies at his shops during which items worth 500,000 are understood to have been taken. Times, Sunday Times
  • He sings with the strained discomfort of someone whose voice hasn't quite broken.
  • This, they hold, gives the man a chance to atone for any hasty decision he might have taken.
  • Chicken with shallot vinaigrette and green salad Finely chopped shallot has an uplifting effect on roast chicken. Times, Sunday Times
  • He said he could not give a number of people on the two trains at the time, as routine tallies of passenger numbers were not taken.
  • These estimates do not include additional waters which could be used for irrigation if major interbasin transfer of water were undertaken. Water profile of India
  • The host carved me a nice piece from the chicken.
  • Mayor Charles Smith called the existing site, to the north of Swans Green Close junction, an ‘eyesore’ and said action had to be taken.
  • I read your grace's great letters, and would have laid them up without further answer, were it not that, percase, my so doing might be mistaken.
  • As bong as we avoided the real subject, the spell would not be broken.
  • Judging by the logos, she hadn't been to Safeway for a frozen chicken. KICK BACK
  • This is already done when a free form amino acid capsule is taken. The Beat Fatigue Workbook - how to identify the causes
  • The ties of friendship between us will never be broken.
  • Whoever perpetrated these acts has to be prepared to pay for the lives they have so arbitrarily taken.
  • They had a conversation with him and he later discovered that the money had been taken.
  • Those of you who think the weekend was spent praying are mistaken.
  • After 15 to 20 minutes soaking in the water, your pores will enlarge and pulse quicken.
  • It was like one of those Monty Python sketches where a man in a suit of armour walks in and slaps everyone with a rubber chicken.
  • This is my version of the classic Italian dish, chicken cacciatore, or hunter's chicken. Angela Hartnett's pot-roasted chicken with lemon, spring onions and ginger
  • There are any number of reasonable steps at that point which could betaken. The Volokh Conspiracy » Stalking Victims’ Duty to Warn Employees, Lovers, Visitors, and Others?
  • Even the little tubes of toothpaste in the washrooms were taken.
  • Equivalent levels were also examined in the mountain-top outliers of Domkirken.
  • But, you see, your being insubordinate to me… I say now that some kind of measures must be taken.
  • Any abuse of the Flexible Working Hours facility can result in its withdrawal, in addition to any disciplinary action which may be taken.
  • For now the allotted year is over, and the last great task must be undertaken. What the Bee Knows - reflections on myth, symbol and story
  • The aim is to expand and improve, not to fix or repair what is broken.
  • Backed by a combination of sticks and carrots, the advice often gains credibility only because it is taken.
  • They said that the agreement to promote products on social media could be implicit, but unspoken. Times, Sunday Times
  • And for no other reason than that they farmed along the track that Colonel Neville pretended to have taken. MOONDROP TO MURDER
  • The International Space Station is the most complex international endeavor ever undertaken.
  • This is a spicy dish consisting of leafy greens with tripe (sheep or goat stomach), fish, beef, salt pork, and chicken.
  • Accidents can be avoided if due care and attention is taken.
  • He heard a footfall in the passage outside and felt his pulse quicken.
  • The change in signal frequency is identified by the software and appropriate action taken.
  • At another location in Kratie, prisoners at the Kanh Chor commune prison were tortured; Mr. Yoen Chhoen describes how he himself was “physically tortured” until his ribs were broken. The Death Toll in Cambodia: Quantifying Crimes Against Humanity (Craig Etcheson)
  • The evolutional orders,206 by which greater depth or shallowness is given to the battle line, are given by word of mouth by the enomotarch (or commander of the section), who plays the part of the herald, and they cannot be mistaken. The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians
  • On the basis of swimmer-observation by the coach and reliable psychological appraisement, the possibility of burnout/overtraining should be assessed early, and appropriate preventive actions taken.
  • That Sunday, our electricians discovered the external-power contactor, installed in 1983, had broken.
  • If she can extricate them both from this strong hold of irrational machismo, then time's death grip may perhaps weaken.
  • If that is not enough then maybe the driver will engage you with a pleasant game of chicken.
  • The success of myxomatosis in controlling rabbit numbers brought new public prestige, and a detailed program of wool research was undertaken.
  • If we're having guests, we'll grill fish, or in the winter we like to do braises—duck, chicken. The Omnivorous Michael Pollan
  • But no titbits of food - well, maybe just a couple of slithers of sliced chicken.
  • We describe the oldest chiton, which is the oldest animal fossil, the oldest evidence for the trilobite ancestor; we believe we've solved the Shonisaur murder mystery; and now we're announcing the identity of this serial killer, the Triassic kraken. NPR Topics: News
  • As he does this, he replants a piece of each root to replace what has been taken.
  • Then strain into a gravy boat and serve with the carved chicken. Times, Sunday Times
  • Bring to a high heat and add the crushed peppercorns, garlic and chicken. Times, Sunday Times
  • Thus, orthographic differences now disguise what is a similar pronunciation and make the languages look more different in their written form than they are when spoken.
  • Once the acute pain has settled, a gradual return to activities such as swimming and walking should be undertaken.
  • The chicken version is filled with corn, black beans, peppers, onions, melted cheese and of course, chicken.
  • The stem of the mushroom is broken.
  • Perfect for squeezing over leftover cold roast chicken. Times, Sunday Times
  • Heart tonics and stimulants such as digitalis, strychnine and alcohol should be administered when the pulse beats weaken. Common Diseases of Farm Animals
  • Both springs in the fuel pump were broken.
  • 'It's broken.' 'Oh yes, I see what you mean.'
  • The Estate Office has a list of about 80 towers which were sanctioned and permission had been taken.
  • But as supporters are saying, he may have misspoken.
  • This was already being discussed widely as a possible motive for the action that Orkney Islands Council had taken.
  • There are now encouraging signs that just such combined action is being taken.
  • Some of those who were caught playing hookey were taken back to school, while others had their names and address taken.
  • In the past year the first phase of the analysis of bus passenger casualties highlighted in the 1991 Plan has been undertaken.
  • We [also] want to make sure that when brokers sell funds, there are no rules or laws being broken.
  • Here the Natives, in re - venge for fome of their PeopU kill '' by the Dutch in their firit Voj'dg '-, feiz'd 1 7 of them that were fent afhore for Provilions \ and 50 more being fcnt to their Relief in Sloops and Boats, were all of them kilPd, drown'd or taken. A Collection of voyages and travels [microform] : some now first printed from original manuscripts, others translated out of foreign languages, and now first publish'd in English : to which are added some few that have formerly appear'd in English
  • The pilot must have seen something, tried to contact an airbase, spoken. THE LAST RAVEN
  • There was some diversity in the ways in which departmental self-appraisals were undertaken.
  • Welsh flags fly proudly everywhere, and Welsh as an official language is commonly spoken.
  • But my dad just insisted that Homer doesnt work because he had a bad atmospheric entry and that this messageif Cosmos received it at allis just something to do with Cosmos being broken. George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt
  • They had the hatches open, tackles aloft, and men at work below whilst the mariners of other countries would have been standing looking on and "jawing" upon the course to be taken. The Frozen Pirate
  • Lunch was in a typical Cuban restaurant and consisted of fruit, rice and chicken.
  • The only thing that matter here is she is white and it hurts me to my hart that the eyes can only see white and can only hear repremand when any of these forsaid subject are spoken. The Sarah Palin smear-fest
  • Affectionate, brilliant, his school academic records are still unbroken.
  • For the first time in centuries, the weekly publication of Batman comics was broken.
  • The recipe is for beef, but at a pinch you could use chicken.
  • There would always be a tub of coronation chicken. Times, Sunday Times
  • Everybody in this wretched place was looking out for Ken. The Sun
  • Some analysts say Beijing could either repeg the yuan to the dollar or let it weaken. Yuan Hits Limit Again Amid Hard-Landing Fears
  • This project is to assess whether sufficient material exists to enable a more substantial research project to be undertaken.
  • Separate skin from meat on breast and back of chicken.
  • Aiguillon, was rather what you call a moistened chicken. The Virginians
  • (By the way, Carl, the link on Dividing of Christendom is broken.) New books due out this fall from Ignatius Press
  • It's surely summer. for there's a swallow: Come one swallow, his mate will follow, The bird race quicken and wheel and thicken. Christina G Rossetti 
  • The priest sacrificed a chicken.

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