apologizing

Example Sentences

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They were to descend to the beach, and walk along the shore to Linkthwaite Bay, a distance of about three miles, geologizing as they went.

From The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story by Davis, Stanley

Mushroom hunting is akin in pleasure to botanizing, geologizing, or the gathering of any natural history specimens.

From The Century Cook Book by Ronald, Mary

This sign of the approaching winter hurried our steps, more than was convenient for geologizing.

From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles

We will do a little geologizing for the professor, if we have time.

From We Two, a novel by Lyall, Edna

August 14.—I set out on a riding excursion, for the purpose of geologizing the basal parts of the Andes, which alone at this time of the year are not shut up by the winter snow.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various