Plying

Examples

• In addition to this he had far under way a steamer for plying between Chattanooga and Bridgeport whenever we might get possession of the river. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I had been met in this manner, in the course of plying the good work, hundreds of times. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It's no use plying him with wide words like Expenditure: I wouldn't talk of phlebotomy, I would empty a pot of leeches upon him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Once in the line, and there's lots of 'em plying to and fro, so the chances are we'd soon be picked up. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I was behind Mrs. Threadgall at the time, plying her confidentially with a glass of hock. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The country, says Mr. George, plying his knife and fork; why, I suppose you never clapped your eyes on the country, Phil? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The Priscilla, shown in Fig. 112, of the Fall River Line, plying on Long Island Sound, and the Adirondack, on the Hudson, are fine examples of this type. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread-- Stitch! Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• They provided Jenny with materials for plying her work, and she had a little table placed at the foot of his bed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I am growing up, Guppy, says Mr. Jobling, plying his knife and fork with a relishing steadiness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Spindles, shuttles, wheels, and contrivances, plying ideally within the same; rather hopeless-looking, which, however, he did at last bring to bear. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Most deplorable to think of--but, still, suggestive of something hopeful, to a person of my experience in plying the good work. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Be firm, Herbert, I would retort, plying my own pen with great assiduity. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Feigning to be intent on her embroidery, she sat plying her needle until her busy hand was stopped by Mrs Boffin's hand being lightly laid upon it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

Edited by Arnold