Plied
[plaɪd]
Definition
(-) imp. & p. p. of Ply.
(imp. & p. p.) of Ply
Editor: Lucia
Examples
- She raised her eyes to my face, on being thus addressed, and her fingers plied their work, and she looked at me with an unmoved countenance. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Furnace and Ashton built a boat, which plied on the river, between Hull and Beverley, for some time, and answered exceedingly well. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- So, they plied their oars once more, and I looked out for anything like a house. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Sikes, invoking terrific imprecations upon Fagin's head for sending Oliver on such an errand, plied the crowbar vigorously, but with little noise. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Steamers plied daily between San Francisco and both Stockton and Sacramento. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Being left alone, Paulina and I kept silence for some time: we both took out some work, and plied a mute and diligent task. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She plied her needle continuously, ceaselessly, but her brain worked faster than her fingers. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Between the machine-shop and the laboratory was a small building of wood used as a carpenter-shop, where Tom Logan plied his art. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But no, he was a short-necked, apoplectic sort of fellow, and, plied well with good things, would soon pop off. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Bell's steamboat between Glasgow and Greenock in 1812 was followed by five others in 1814; and seven steamboats plied on the Thames in 1817. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It plied on the Frith of Forth for a distance of 27 miles, which in ordinary weather it accomplished in 3? hours. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Wise in his daily work was he: To fruits of diligence, And not to faiths or polity, He plied his utmost sense. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mrs Boffin took up her work again, and plied her needle in silence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She waited; she plied her needle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- For seven hours I plied my trade, and when I returned home in the evening I found to my surprise that I had received no less than 26s. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Lucia