Inmates

Examples

• Still, the same quiet life went on at the little cottage, and the same cheerful serenity prevailed among its inmates. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• They delighted in the burning of monasteries and nunneries and the slaughter of their inmates. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And busily, in my own mind, I ran over the list of our inmates, seeking this paragon, this pearl of great price, this gem without flaw. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• So disturbed was I that I determined to see a little more of the new inmates of the cottage. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• On the contrary, she could think of nothing but Mansfield, its beloved inmates, its happy ways. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Twice had he entered huts at night while the inmates lay sleeping upon their mats, and stolen the arrows from the very sides of the warriors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I warned the inmates of the house, so as to avoid a second tragedy, and we went down, with the happiest results. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Were the inmates retired to rest? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• There was no appearance of its inmates stirring at that early hour. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The house and its inmates specially suited me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It took no inconsiderable perseverance to arouse the inmates; but at last the respectable proprietor appeared, and undid the door. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Instead of answering these letters, Miss Halcombe caused the house in St. John's Wood, and the proceedings of its inmates, to be privately watched. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The house swarmed with inmates. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The hotel was large, and the people kind, and all the inmates of the cart were taken in and placed on various couches. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• This was resented by the Godfreys; we differed, and they removed, leaving me the whole house, and I resolved to take no more inmates. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The window of the parlour which she used to occupy was open, and there were no inmates in the room. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• No writings in the cabin that might have told something of the lives of its original inmates? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• It was a more difficult task to take leave of the inmates of Manor Farm, from whom they had received so much hospitality and kindness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The world had grown old, and all its inmates partook of the decrepitude. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It was a strange sensation to be sleeping in the house, like a friend of the family, and yet not to know one of the inmates, even by sight! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• A compressor having tanks or cisterns in the cellar filled with cool or cold air may be set to work to reduce the temperature of the house and fan the inmates with a refreshing breeze. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The inner guards went down beneath howling mobs, and the cages vomited forth their inmates hot with the lust to kill. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Prayers were over; it was bed-time; my co-inmates were all retired. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Many a night and many a day had its inmates listened to the echoes in the corner, with hearts that failed them when they heard the thronging feet. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Lights occasionally appeared in the different windows of the house, or glanced from the staircases, as if the inmates were retiring to rest. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Leave this mansion instantly, while its inmates sleep sound after the last night's revel. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• When Yeobright reached the cottage of Susan Nunsuch, the mother of the boy he sought, he found that the inmates were not yet astir. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• But the number of workhouse inmates got thin as well as the paupers; and the board were in ecstasies. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• None but the pupils and teachers of Lowood, and now the inmates of Thornfield. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• A week passed; a tense, uneventful, but uncomfortable week for all the inmates of the little Wisconsin farmhouse. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

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