Kicked

Examples

• That instant the new horse kicked, and started to run once more. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I have an abominable temper, and should be kicked for saying such a thing in my own house. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Without noticing either of us he went up to the stove and kicked it over. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• At all events, Tom kicked the very tall man out at the front door half an hour later, and married the widow a month after. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• But I have been kicked and cuffed and sworn at, and at the best only let alone; and what do I owe? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Legree kicked the boy, and swore at him; but George, without saying another word, turned and strode to the spot. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The boy stopped, kicked about the room, jumped up and down from the window-seat with his knees, and showed every symptom of uneasiness and curiosity. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I kicked,' replied the charity-boy. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Ah, ah--so you kicked over the traces, did you? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I kicked his shins and got my left knee into his groin. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Ever been kicked? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• If I'd done any such thing, mine would have kicked me downstairs, sir. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The woman had a great desire to answer, but the man, with another oath, openly kicked at her foot with his heavy boot. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• A chair fell on the pavement of the verandah--fell with a crash, as if it had been kicked down. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It worked pretty well; but once the feed roll didn't save it, and the flame went through and exploded the whole roll and kicked up such a bad explosion I abandoned it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Kicked on that occasion for cheating at dice? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• But she never came; and I didn't go to her, and she died on the heath like an animal kicked out, nobody to help her till it was too late. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He's too heavy to carry,' a man kicked at the body of Don Anastasio, who was lying there on his face. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The new animal kicked at every jump he made. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I held his hand, and then he screamed and kicked and ran to his father, and told him that I was fighting him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I deserve to be kicked from here to Charing Cross. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I waited another quarter of an hour in a very miserable state of suspense, and in real, bodily fear of being kicked out of the house. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I had no idea these small firearms kicked so. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• As I did the same I felt the hand of the man behind me grab at my ankle, but I kicked myself free and scrambled over a grass-strewn coping. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Struggling to get up, the mule kicked the candle out and smashed most of the kitchen furniture, and raised considerable dust. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I got this cordial at Rome, of an Italian charlatan--a fellow you would have kicked, Carter. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I slipped through his grip, and he with a horrible scream kicked madly for a few seconds, and clawed the air with both his hands. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He kicked a jagged piece of steel off the surface of the road. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Ever kicked downstairs? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

Inputed by Leslie