Proper examples of the use of 'quartering' in a sentence might include:
"I'll be quartering these pies into six roughly equal pieces.", or, 'The advancing armies will want to be quartering their officers in your hotel.'
While 'quartering', when used as a verb, generally means dividing something into four pieces, it can also meandividing something into any number of equivalently-sized pieces.
Quarter has a variety usages and meanings in a variety of fields such as Astronomy, Heraldry, Shoemaking, Sports, Veterinary, and Nautical.
Some heraldic shields' escutcheons have been marshalled, or divided, into over 100 parts as a result of quartering.
The hounds are effectively quartering the field in search of game.
That wind is quartering from the port side, mate!
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Passive voiceThis is a passive sentence. We can't tell from this sentence who peeled and quartered the apples.Compare with this active sentence - (we know who does the action):Jason peeled and quartered the applesThe apples were peeled and quartered (by Jason)In passive sentences the agent can be left out or put at the end of the sentence using by.
The voice of the verb in the sentence "The apples were peeled and quartered" is passive. The subject (the apples) receives the action of being peeled and quartered rather than performing the action.
Normally, soldiers are quartered in barracks.
No, it is not mandatory for a soldier to be quartered in a private residence.
The cast of Quartered - 2009 includes: Jesse Greenwald as Brad
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They can never be quartered in citizen homes against the citizens wills.
If you were late to work, your pay was quartered. No death involved, but it was a big deal if you came from a poor family!
They can never be quartered in citizen homes against the citizens wills.
The cast of Quartered Safe - 1998 includes: Miles Richardson as Captain
The last man to be hung, drawn, and quartered in England was Francis Townley in 1746.