Launched
[lɔ:ntʃt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Launch
Typed by Amalia
Examples
- She was built by the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, of Philadelphia, was launched Oct. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Getting another boy with difficulty to volunteer, he launched out on his errand in the pitch-black night. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The phonograph was now fairly launched as a world sensation, and a reference to the newspapers of 1878 will show the extent to which it and Edison were themes of universal discussion. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The insurgents gathered at the H?tel de Ville, and on the tenth of August the Commune launched an attack on the palace of the Tuileries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This steam-vessel was launched at New York in 1807, and was called the Clermont, the name of Mr. Livingstone's residence on the banks of the Hudson. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Gulping down all further comment, he launched into his customary discours. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Stockton_ (the latter built by the Lairds of Birkenhead and launched in 1837). William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Then, he launched into a general eulogium on the Commons. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But what of Alice, and that other little life so soon to be launched amidst the hardships and grave dangers of a primeval world? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Oceanic launched, the largest steamer ever built. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- She is an armored battleship of the first class, built by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, and launched Oct. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- An arrow launched at my brain by my own child! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- An evidence of the activity in this direction is furnished by the fact that six revenue cutters were launched at this port in these brisk days of its prime. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- As we walked into town to post it, Traddles and I held a long conference, and launched into a number of speculations, which I need not repeat. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- From then on for the better part of an hour one hideous creature after another was launched upon us, springing apparently from the empty air about us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- With this, Mr. Weller launched into convulsions of laughter, while Sam regarded him with a broad grin gradually over-spreading his whole countenance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Flora's tenderness was quite overcome by this, and she launched out among the cups and saucers into a wonderful flow of tears and speech. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- At last, and after a little inward struggle, which I saw and respected, he one day launched into the topic. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But once lungs were launched into the world, every line of descent that had lungs went on improving them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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