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Definition of In sight
1. Adjective. At or within a reasonable distance for seeing. "Kept the monkey in view"
Definition of In sight
1. Prepositional phrase. In a place where something can be seen. ¹
2. Prepositional phrase. Figuratively near or close in either distance or time. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Sight
Literary usage of In sight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"But I had the start cf them ; and when I stopped the driver, and got out, they
were nowhere in sight. I crossed Hyde Park, and made sure, on the open ground ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"Here, leaving the Manassas road and moving to the right, the advance came in
sight of Bristoe Station, Orange and Alexandria Railroad, about sunset, ..."
3. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"... result of the expedition to the snow-clad mountains of equatorial Africa, when
the explorer was compelled to return with Mount Kenia fairly in sight. ..."
4. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"... York — Reflections of the Author — Navigation, falling in with other Ships,
and various Incidents, till the Vessel comes in Sight of the Falkland Isles. ..."
5. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"... York — Reflections of the Author — Navigation, falling in with other Ships,
and various Incidents, till the Vessel comes in Sight of the Falkland Isles. ..."
6. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"But I had the start cf them ; and when I stopped the driver, and got out, they
were nowhere in sight. I crossed Hyde Park, and made sure, on the open ground ..."
7. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"Here, leaving the Manassas road and moving to the right, the advance came in
sight of Bristoe Station, Orange and Alexandria Railroad, about sunset, ..."
8. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"... result of the expedition to the snow-clad mountains of equatorial Africa, when
the explorer was compelled to return with Mount Kenia fairly in sight. ..."
9. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"... York — Reflections of the Author — Navigation, falling in with other Ships,
and various Incidents, till the Vessel comes in Sight of the Falkland Isles. ..."
10. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1904)
"... York — Reflections of the Author — Navigation, falling in with other Ships,
and various Incidents, till the Vessel comes in Sight of the Falkland Isles. ..."
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