During battle, messages conveyed by carrier pigeon got through more often than those sent by plane. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : to convey a wish. From Dictionary.com.
The title conveyed by the latter thus enured to the benefit of the colonies; it having been our policy, both before and since the. From Wordnik.com. [The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776] Reference
Lily, to whom the name conveyed nothing, opened the door upon a woman in a battered bonnet, who stood firmly planted under the hall-ligth. From Wordnik.com. [The House of Mirth] Reference
Marin conveyed no meaning to him; nor did matelot. From Wordnik.com. ["The High Seat Of Abundance"] Reference
It was evident the name conveyed no meaning to him. From Wordnik.com. [In Her Own Right] Reference
As the name conveyed nothing to them, the baron asked. From Wordnik.com. [Une Vie] Reference
Her tone reminded me that his name conveyed nothing to her. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
His expression conveyed what he was considering using it for. From Wordnik.com. [between silk and cyanide]
My memory's pretty rocky, and the name conveyed nothing to me. From Wordnik.com. [A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories] Reference
The name conveyed an odd sense of remoteness and inaccessibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
His expression conveyed so much -- only she couldn't interpret it. From Wordnik.com. [Father Christmas]
The doctor did not need to speak; his expression conveyed his answer. From Wordnik.com. [Initials Only] Reference
These words, in plain English, conveyed an injunction to ring the bell. From Wordnik.com. [Oliver Twist] Reference
The name conveyed nothing to Mr. Gammon; none the less he was delighted. From Wordnik.com. [The Town Traveller] Reference
Lily, to whom the name conveyed nothing, opened the door upon a woman in. From Wordnik.com. [House of Mirth] Reference
As the name conveyed nothing to them, the baron asked, "What do you want?". From Wordnik.com. [Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories] Reference
The name conveyed nothing -- the adjective admitted of two interpretations. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
This time the word conveyed a command and the other sat down on the barrel. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Foss River Ranch] Reference
What I believe needs to be conveyed is the importance that the two have to each other. From Wordnik.com. [Is Workforce Management really Talent Management? « TalentedApps] Reference
Seeing that the name conveyed nothing, she explained, "I am told that your army confiscated my cattle.". From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Sunset] Reference
He knew something, but not all, of the evil fame his name conveyed to the citizens in his native state. From Wordnik.com. [The Eagle's Heart] Reference
In Eastern Europe, folk songs written in Yiddish conveyed the hopes and dreams emanating from small towns and ghettos. From Wordnik.com. [Music: Palestine and Israel.] Reference
Jilseponie wanted to accept that invitation — she truly did! — and her expression conveyed that clearly to King Danube. From Wordnik.com. [Ascendance]
"Dead!" said Josephine, in stupefied tones, as if the word conveyed no meaning to her mind, benumbed and stunned by the blow. From Wordnik.com. [White Lies] Reference
Her expression conveyed "consternation" and "frustration" … it sounds clear that the Speaker endured some type of hardship. From Wordnik.com. [VDARE.com: Blog Articles] Reference
Terry Egan, executive director, said the new name conveyed "a sense of warmth and caring that has been our hallmark for years.". From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
Ceasing eventually, she waited for him to begin; and he did not begin -- not, that is to say, in the sense the word conveyed to. From Wordnik.com. [The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories] Reference
I asked, for the Subedar-Major's rapid utterance of the name conveyed nothing of familiar English or Scottish names to my mind. From Wordnik.com. [Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life] Reference
I knew she had a daughter by your name, but curiously when I first met you on board the steamer your name conveyed nothing to me. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Cross Girls with the Russian Army] Reference
"I am John Short," said John, quickly, heedless of the fact that his name conveyed no idea whatever to the mind of the detective. From Wordnik.com. [A Tale of a Lonely Parish] Reference
“Curious,” said Mrs. Bradley meditatively, but the word conveyed a different meaning from the one which Alceste attached to it. From Wordnik.com. [Death at the Opera]
I was elated to see that all I had to do was take her to see this film whose title conveyed exactly where I was in our relationship. From Wordnik.com. [Tom McCaffrey: Movie Titles That Convey Your Feelings For You] Reference
But at the end of that time the commissioners issued a signed warning that the titles conveyed by this sale would not be considered legal. From Wordnik.com. [The Gray Dawn] Reference
Malone's expression conveyed nothing but the sheerest good will. From Wordnik.com. [Supermind] Reference
The original word conveyed no such idea to our Lord or the Apostles. From Wordnik.com. [The Gospel of the Hereafter] Reference
I have always noticed how clearly these terms conveyed the idea sought. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
But be that as it may, the idea conveyed is that of eager desire and fixed attention. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John] Reference
Our nearest equivalent is the word magician, but this falls far short of the idea conveyed by the. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
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