Arched

Examples

• A dull light placed in the deep recess of the window, made little impression on the arched room. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It was built in the Moorish fashion,--a square building enclosing a court-yard, into which the carriage drove through an arched gateway. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• His nose has been broken at some time or other, and is arched like a culvert now. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Mr. Fairlie arched his eyebrows and pursed up his lips in sarcastic surprise. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• My companion let down the window, and I caught a glimpse of a low, arched doorway with a lamp burning above it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• All he saw was the trumpery parasol that arched its pinkness above her giggling head. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• In a low-arched and dusky passage, by which he endeavoured to work his way to the hall of the castle, he was interrupted by a female form. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• A Gothic arched door led to a worn stone staircase. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• That was plainly to be seen, for Ma was talking then at her usual canter, with arched head and mane, opened eyes and nostrils. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The phaeton was a very handsome affair; the horses arched their necks and lifted up their legs as if they knew they belonged to Doctors' Commons. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• They were made of cloth, arched over ribs to imitate the curved surfaces of bird’s wings, and were fastened to two rectangular wooden frames, fixed one above the other by braces of wood and wire. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• After a succession of these, which our resolution alone permitted us to surmount, we arrived at a wide cavern with an arched dome-like roof. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• And the trees arched over him, whispering that he left a true and loving heart behind. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Its neck was arched and terrible, like a sickle, its flanks were pressed back, rigid with power. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It was nothing but a rock, with one creek naturally arched by the force of tempests. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• The bare vaulting of trees along the Mall was ceiled with lapis lazuli, and arched above snow that shone like splintered crystals. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The roof was arched. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The arched door of the lady's room, or cell, was not quite shut. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Once within, you find yourself in an arched cavern about one hundred and sixty feet long, one hundred and twenty wide, and about seventy high. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• This form was elaborated and jeweled, and finally arched in with jeweled bands surmounted by the cross and scepter. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The first arched iron bridge was over the Severn at Coalbrookdale, England, erected by Abraham Darby in 1777. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• A riding cultivator adapted to work three rows has an arched axle to pass over the rows of the growing plants and cultivate both sides of the plants in each row. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• We went on down the clear road and as it turned a corner into the open and went into the square arched tunnel of matting the rain started again. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The low arched door then opened, and the face came out. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The brows were finely arched, but were, by the very size of the dreamy lids, raised to a considerable distance from the eyes. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.

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