Across

Examples

• I don't tell amusing stories, he said curtly, and walked across to the piano. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• You perceive several places where it has passed across and obliterated the more shallow mark of the front one. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• At one of the theatre doors, there was a little girl with a mother, looking for a way across the street through the mud. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• With perfect coolness Holmes slipped across to the safe, filled his two arms with bundles of letters, and poured them all into the fire. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I knew there were plenty of side-roads across the plain. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Then they moved across, through the hall, to the other front room, that was a little smaller than the firSt. 'This is the study,' said Hermione. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• In effect, the voyage of the voice across the continent is instantaneous; if its speed should be accurately measured, a fifteenth of a second would probably be nearly exact. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He sat down, a little disconcerted by my presence, I thought, and without looking at me, drew his heavy sunburnt hand across and across his upper lip. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• A thought seemed to flash across his mind. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Some distance off, across a paddock, lay a long gray-tiled out-building. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• But across that long distance these currents for many reasons grew still weaker. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Your eyes turned across to the unframed portrait of Henry Ward Beecher which stands upon the top of your books. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• While I was reading a shadow fell across the paper. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He rushed across the glade, Holmes and I at his heels. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Ay, but he held his sword in his left hand, and so pointed across his body with it, said the Templar. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The darkness seemed to be swaying in waves across his mind, great waves of darkness plunging across his mind. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The centre of gravity of Islam shifted across the desert from Damascus to Mesopotamia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She stood up and wandered across the room. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The trees and vines stretch across these narrow roadways sometimes and so shut out the sun that you seem to be riding through a tunnel. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• To go thither, to escape across the Ohio river, were the first hurried outlines of her plan of escape; beyond that, she could only hope in God. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• And with that I commenced to bend him back across my knee and tighten my grip upon his throat. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• But her heart was very heavy, she longed to be at home, and every day looked wistfully across the lake, waiting for Laurie to come and comfort her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He did not look back nor did he even look across the bridge at the road. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• This consisted of mechanical means for throwing the shuttle across the web by a sudden jerk of a bar--one at each side--operated by pulling a cord. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He leaned forward staring at me, slowly unclenched his hand and drew it across his mouth as if his mouth watered for me, and sat down again. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Holmes shot the slide across the front of his lantern and left us in pitch darkness--such an absolute darkness as I have never before experienced. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Is there a track across here to Mis'ess Yeobright's house? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She darted across to a writing-desk, unlocked it, and drew out a long blue envelope. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• So that, from the doorway of the _Ayuntamiento_, looking across the plaza, one coming out would see two solid lines of people waiting. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• We trucked freight across the mountains with the big carts before the camions came into use. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.

Typist: Wesley