To provide for the motion that distributes them he conceived them as separated from one another by empty space.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry
You cannot have a bottle half full of a vapour or gas only; if one-half of that already present be withdrawn, the remaining half immediately expands and distributes itself evenly throughout the bottle, which is thus always filled.
"Liquid Drops and Globules, their Formation and Movements"
Chas. R. Darling
He distributes his bread among the poor, comforts the sick, and, it seems, has really healed one or two by the laying on of hands and by prayer.
"The Saint"
Antonio Fogazzaro Commentator: William Roscoe Thayer