8 sentences with 'discovering'
Example sentences and phrases with the word discovering and other words derived from it.
• « "I went to work on that little machine, and in discovering the mechanical faults in the engine, I discovered myself, so to speak." »
• « Some of that abuse arose from the crusading tradition, but some of it also arose from the discomfort many of the Spanish felt at discovering people who had obviously never been in contact with the Christian world. »
• « Galileo built a telescope based on a description he had heard and delighted in discovering previously unknown aspects of celestial bodies, such as the fact that the moon and the sun did not have smooth, perfect surfaces, and that Jupiter had moons of its own. »
• « Unfortunately, Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, in discovering bacteria, did not deduce that they were responsible for disease; it would not be until the 1860s with the French physician and scientist Louis Pasteur that definitive proof of the link between germs and disease was established. »
• « Then, discovering on the morning of 20 June that their meeting room was locked (by accident, as it turned out, though they feared royal interference), they occupied the tennis court at Versailles and vowed not to leave until they had drafted a constitution and the king had accepted it - this came to be known as the Tennis Court Oath, generally regarded as the moment when the French Revolution really began. »
• « More recent territory has been conquered by food science, where researchers are discovering the disease-fighting and life-prolonging powers of everyday foods. »
• « Modern science is discovering the surprising medicinal properties of these botanically related bulbs (garlic and onions), which contain various organic sulphur compounds. In the test tube, these compounds kill bacteria, fungi and viruses. »
• « My uncle was a master in the art of discovering joy in the details of life. He taught me to enjoy the small pleasures of every day. For example: the perfect buttered toast. »