Armed

Examples

• Nations with a glorious past as to bravery but with a poor armament have gone down suddenly before smaller forces armed with modern ordnance. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And then he armed me with it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• An evil magistrate, intrusted with power to _punish for words_, would be armed with a weapon the most destructive and terrible. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Tidings of an armed and regular opposition recalled them to a sort of order. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Look how they are armed, he said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I prefer her cuirassed in pride, armed with a taunt. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• All Europe still remembers the strange atmosphere of those eventful sunny August days, the end of the Armed Peace. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Clayton told of the abduction of Jane Porter and the need of armed men to aid in the search for her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Some assistance being needed, he demanded it of the cook, a robust, strong-armed womanbut she, the portress, and the nurse instantly fled. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He had brought a long-sword and a dagger for me, and thus armed we set out upon the return journey to my palace. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The lower or eastern end was defended by two or three small detached works, armed with artillery and infantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We turned, and, sure enough, there they were--three fantastic pirates armed with guns. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But you are afraid, just as any of us would be, to go out there naked, armed only with a knife and a piece of rope, said the banterer. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Those whom you have disarmed to satisfy groundless suspicions, will you leave them exposed to the armed madmen of your country? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• This animal also uses its long neck as a means of offence or defence, by violently swinging its head armed with stump-like horns. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• A boat was dispatched to the cruiser for provisions, ammunition, and carbines; the men were already armed with revolvers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Instantly he drew his long-sword, and thus evenly armed we set to in earnest for one of the closest battles I ever have fought. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Now we're fully armed, I said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The Dutch also had substituted cylinders armed with blades in place of stampers and used their windmills to run them. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Her face seemed to ask for an armed peace, and he therefore said frankly, Yes, miss; it is on account of her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Wilson moved out with full 12,000 men, well equipped and well armed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Throughout the period of the armed peace Germany was making the pace and setting the tone for the rest of Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Formerly, the opening machines were simply cylinders armed with spikes, to which the cotton was led through nipping rollers, and then delivered in a loose, fluffy condition. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Had I not been armed in proof, the villain had marked me down seven times with as little remorse as if I had been a buck in season. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• It was hard to realize that this silent plain had once resounded with martial music and trembled to the tramp of armed men. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They were armed with flails such as are used to beat out the grain and they were a good flail's length apart. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• A battleship thus armed is able to fire six guns ahead and six astern by raising the second and third turrets so as to fire over the others. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They were armed with crooked sabres, having the hilt and baldric inlaid with gold, and matched with Turkish daggers of yet more costly workmanship. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• None whatever, said Malvoisin; no more than the armed image of Saint George when it makes part of a procession. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• There were two hundred armed men this time, with ten officers and two surgeons, and provisions for a week. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

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