Alternately

Examples

• But there was no support for the rider's feet, and the vehicle was propelled by thrusting his feet alternately against the ground. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It is usual to fix the opaque shade, which alternately covers and exposes the two magic lanterns, on to a central pin, so that it may be moved vertically up or down. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• I must not take credit to myself where no credit is due, she said, her clear, truthful blue eyes looking alternately at Miss Halcombe and at me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• They are divided into two great classes, single and double acting engines, accordingly as the water is admitted to one side of the piston only, or to both sides alternately. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Don't you see that you alternately give him credit for having too much imagination and too little? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Charcoal in the furnace being well ignited, ore and charcoal resting on the tray are alternately raked into the furnace. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He spread the pictures before him, and again surveyed them alternately. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• That Reis’ transmitter did alternately make and break the circuit, seems clear from his own memoir. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The flow of this current then depends solely upon the connection at _S_, which is alternately made and broken, and in this way produces sound. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• It was midwinter and during the siege we had rain and snow, thawing and freezing alternately. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The heels of the workman, alternately raised, form alternately acting valves, and the skin cover, when depressed, acts as a bellows. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He made love to Amy and Fanny alternately. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• As at present existing, the crown of England is a gold circle, adorned with pearls and precious stones, having alternately four Maltese crosses and four fleur-de-lis. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A second burst upon the heels of the first alternately laughing and shrieking as a madman. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The rock shaft has lifting arms _a_ that act upon and alternately raise the feet _c_ on rods _b b_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The dirt is placed carefully over the eggs, a handful at a time, the hind legs being used alternately again for that purpose. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Such cold waves have always been going on everywhere, alternately with warmer conditions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• With the muley saw the log was held at each end, and each end shifted alternately to set for a new cut. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The Vicar, while he talked in this way, alternately moved about with his pipe in his mouth, and returned to hang rather fondly over his drawers. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Its interior is hung with paper banded alternately blue and white. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The type-form was reciprocated beneath an inking apparatus and the paper cylinder alternately. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The charge of a Leyden jar was sent through strips of tin foil, pasted on to a flat piece of glass, so as to form several lines, joined at the ends alternately into a continuous circuit. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• She spent whole hours at the pianoforte alternately singing and crying; her voice often totally suspended by her tears. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Meyler had his fits of good and bad humour alternately. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Hence the various purposes or inclinations that alternately prevail, and the uncertainty that perplexes us. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• This, when rotated about its diameter, to bring alternately the bird and cage into view, appears to bring the bird into the cage, or to put the rider on the horse’s back, as the case may be. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• By means of slide valves, like those of a steam engine, worked by the movement of the diaphragms, the gas to be measured passes alternately in and out of each space. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• His voice trembled along every nerve in my body, and turned me hot and cold alternately. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In the former, the muscles contract and relax alternately in very quick succession, producing an appearance of agitation. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The view from my Lady Dedlock's own windows is alternately a lead-coloured view and a view in Indian ink. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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