Sentence for lime | Use lime in a sentence

Sentences for lime. The sentences below are ordered by length from shorter and easier to longer and more complex. They use lime in a sentence, providing visitors a sentence for lime.

• The scent of the lime flowers! (8)
• Some are gone to the ponds, and some to the lime walk. (4)
• He broke off a branch of the lime and drew it across his face. (8)
• A lime which is too sandy will not spread easily on the trowel. (17)
• Pure lime paste, without sand, will shrink, crack, and develop very little strength. (17)
• Lime mortar may be used in walls above grade, although cement mortar, or cement-lime mortar is superior. (17)
• Slaked lime should be made from well-burned quicklime, free from ashes, clinker, and other foreign materials. (17)
• It is only necessary to mix the hydrated lime with water until it becomes a paste, and then add the necessary sand. (17)
• The commonest is 1 part of cement, 2½ parts of sand, to which is added about ¹/₁₀ part of hydrated lime by weight of cement. (17)
• A mortar made of 1 part lime to 6 parts sand is nearly as strong as one made from 1 part lime and 3 parts sand. (17)
• The purpose of adding sand is to increase the bulk and to reduce the shrinkage which pure lime paste will develop as it hardens. (17)
• Dry hydrated lime should be the finely divided product resulting from mechanically slaking pure quicklime at the place of manufacture. (17)
• The use of hydrated lime is recommended, since the poor qualities which are apt to develop from careless slaking of quicklime are thus avoided. (17)
• When setting these linings they should be laid in cement mortar, not in lime mortar, for this disintegrates under the action of gases from burning wood. (17)
• The addition of hydrated lime to cement mortar improves its working qualities, making it slide more readily on the trowel and also increasing its waterproofness. (17)

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