Occupying

Examples

• Colonel O'Dowd, of the --th regiment, one of those occupying in Paris, warned Lieutenant Spooney of that corps. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• We were occupying ceased to afford comfortable quarters; and further orders not reaching us, we began to look about to remedy the hardship. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The attack was made, the Mexican reserves behind the works beat a hasty retreat, and those occupying them surrendered. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Before we had taken three steps, the Count's quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• McPherson was hastening up to join Hovey, but was embarrassed by Hovey's trains occupying the roads. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The fitting out of old Betty Higden was favourable to this, as keeping Bella engaged and interested, and as occupying the general attention. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He found this barred, and the defeated Confederate cavalry, reorganized, occupying the opposite side. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Smith occupying the position of chief engineer of the Army of the Cumberland. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• All other general officers occupying similar positions were independent in their commands so far as any one present with them was concerned. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Beyond the stock-room, and occupying about half the building on the same floor, lie a machine shop, engine-room, and boiler-room. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Dejah Thoris and I then fell to examining the architecture and decorations of the beautiful chambers of the building we were occupying. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• I listened intently for a moment, and heard a low, thick, sobbing breath that seemed to come from the ground under the seat which I was occupying. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I have heard socialists denounce other socialists for occupying themselves with the problems of sex. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Activity is divided, and two separate worlds are built up, occupying activity at divided periods. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It is armed with a three-inch rapid-fire gun, two machine guns and any number of rifles which the troops occupying it may carry. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The latest model is a desk machine, occupying less than one square foot of space and weighing about twenty-six pounds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• And now, Johnny was to be inveigled into occupying a temporary position on Mrs Boffin's lap. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• In 1869, when Edison was occupying his first manufacturing shop (the third floor of a small building in Newark), he wanted a first-class mechanician, and Mr. Ott was sent to him. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I am endeavouring to quiet my mind by occupying myself as usual. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Henri Fournaye, occupying a small villa in the Rue Austerlitz, was reported to the authorities by her servants as being insane. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Some of these latter were occupying positions from which they could not render service proportionate to their numerical strength. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Laura, Marian, Mr. Kyrle, and myself in one carriage, and John Owen, with a clerk from Mr. Kyrle's office, occupying places in another. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• We were at this time occupying ground off from the street, in rear of the houses. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It distracted my attention from the terrible thoughts that had been occupying my entire mind. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• West of the road from where we were, stood a house occupying the south-west angle made by the San Cosme road and the road we were moving upon. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The enemy's line consisted of redans occupying commanding positions, with rifle-pits connecting them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• If, for example, a scene occupying thirty seconds is reproduced in ten seconds, the movements will be three times as fast, and vice versa. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Had Mrs. Sedley been a woman of energy, she would have exerted it after her husband's ruin and, occupying a large house, would have taken in boarders. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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