Appearing
[ə'piəriŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Appear
Checker: Olivier
Examples
- Coach is ready, Sir,' said Sam, appearing at the door. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Eustacia might possibly decline to use her pen--it was rather her way to work silently--and surprise him by appearing at his door. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Well, no, said Sir James; I feel a delicacy in appearing to dictate. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- There's five or six coming, but the well is deep, and another might be useful, if you don't mind appearing in that shape. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Indubitably the broad lines of our present world, the main ideas, the chief oppositions, were appearing in those days. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Barsoomian Table of Time as here given is but a part of the full table appearing in Captain Carter's notes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Mr Venus knowingly cocked his shock of hair, as rather thinking Mr Wegg had remembered himself, in respect of appearing without any disguise. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Thinking it best not to disturb them by appearing on the stairs, I resolved to defer going down till they had crossed the hall. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- However,' said Fledgeby, appearing to pluck up his spirits, 'we'll hope it's not so bad as that comes to. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mr. Kenge, said Allan, appearing enlightened all in a moment. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Small black clouds thus appearing in a clear sky, in hot climates portend storms, and warn seamen to hand their sails. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- That voice, appearing to proceed from Mrs. Snagsby alone, is heard in Cook's Court very often. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But who is the clerical appearing gentleman with him? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Charley appearing with a tray, on which are the pipe, a small paper of tobacco, and the brandy-and-water, he asks her, How do you come here! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He read the first without appearing to be much interested in it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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