Resumed

Examples

• Tom silently resumed his task; but the woman, before at the last point of exhaustion, fainted. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He resumed the perusal of Rosanna Spearman's letter. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• On the 15th he resumed his march on Goldsboro'. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Then the fellow turned again upon his side and resumed the even respiration of deep slumber. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Yes, I think it is,' resumed Mr. Magnus. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• There was some discomfiture in his tone as he resumed, though he tried to conceal it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The satellite was gone; and Mr Inspector, becoming once again the quiet Abbot of that Monastery, dipped his pen in his ink and resumed his books. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I am not accustomed, sir, he began, but mastered his anger and resumed his seat. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He resumed-- And since I am myself poor and obscure, I can offer you but a service of poverty and obscurity. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I am here as his closest friend, the Major resumed, and the executor of his will. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• A bird flying to the hedge,' was all he thought about it; and came back, and resumed his walk. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Shirley resumed her ballad minstrelsy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I was thinking, sir, resumed Richard, that there is nothing on earth I should so much like to see as their house--Dame Durden's and Woodcourt's house. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr. Brocklehurst resumed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But she had resumed her old seat in front of the fire, and sat, perfectly motionless before it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He waited a moment, watching me earnestly--watching till he had evidently guessed what was passing in my mind before he resumed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• These assaults were continued to the middle of the afternoon, and resumed once or twice still later in the day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• How long have you resumed it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I have communicated, both personally and by letter, with the club,' resumed Mr. Pickwick, 'acquainting them with my intention. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• This meal over, she resumed honest Rawdon's calculations of the night previous, and surveyed her position. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Caroline first resumed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The Jew was no sooner alone, than his countenance resumed its former expression of anxiety and thought. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Prince John resumed his retreat from the lists, and the dispersion of the multitude became general. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Caliphronas, apparently as merry as ever, made his appearance in new clothes, and resumed his sceptre and vineleaf crown. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I wish I might go on by myself, he resumed, fearing, apparently, that he was to be pressed into some unpleasant service. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I could see that the poor girl was near crying, and I resumed my chair without speaking and looked at her (I hope) as mildly as I felt towards her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I was staying, he resumed, with some friends at Frizinghall, at the time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• At Lexington there were British reinforcements and two guns, and after a brief rest the retreat was resumed in better order. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I left a note for you,' resumed Dowler. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She then briskly resumed her work, and said with a sidelong glance of her eyes and chin at Mr Fledgeby: 'Where d'ye live? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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