Reeled
[ri:ld]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Reel
Inputed by Bobbie
Examples
- After two or three ineffectual attempts, he reeled, and fell heavily to the ground. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I reeled beneath their blows which fell upon me in perfect torrents; my head swam; all was black, and I went down beneath them to oblivion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- For a time hunger and sleep contended, till the constellations reeled before my eyes and then were lost. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Ship after ship reeled and staggered into uselessness beneath the pitiless fire that we were undergoing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- When full of liquor, he reeled silently home. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- As long as he was in sight of the public-house, the man reeled about in the most disgraceful manner. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The world reeled and passed into nothingness for Gudrun, she could not know any more. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Jane reeled and would have fallen, had not Tarzan, dropping his burden, caught her in his arms. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The constellations reeled swiftly by, swiftly each tree and stone and landmark fled past my onward career. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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