Booth

Examples

• Stephenson and Henry Booth built the Rocket, and, as this was the only engine that fulfilled all the conditions, took the prize. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Father must have gone down to the Booth, sir. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• If we allow ourselves to be persuaded to enter the booth we shall find ourselves separated from the stage by a balustrade--a sort of screen, behind which is the curtain. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The tongs made a pleasant clicking sound and I could see Catherine in three mirrors and it was pleasant and warm in the booth. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Booth was hurried away into seclusion, and the next morning the city that had been so gay over night with bunting was draped with mourning. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I sat on the top of the Western Union telegraph booth to watch the surging, crazy crowd. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He was determined to see all that could be seen, and, quitting his perch on the telegraph booth, sought the more secluded headquarters of the pool forces. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The records are tested by about half a hundred women, each of whom has a little compartment or booth framed in by glass partitions. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It was the night afore the great race, when I found him on the heath, in a booth that I know'd on. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• One man came to the booth, grabbed a pencil, and attempted to write a message to Boston. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Booth and Stephenson, was the successful competitor for the prize. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• I sat in the little booth and watched. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Therefore, they repaired, with fluttering hearts, to the well-remembered booth. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• They asked about him once or twice at his clubs, but did not miss him much: in those booths of Vanity Fair people seldom do miss each other. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Those portions of America where there are voting booths but no schools cannot possibly be described as democracies. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• In the booths of the market fairs at Paris and its suburbs (for example, at the Gingerbread Fair, at the Féte of St. Cloud, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The grand-stands were old and made of wood and the betting booths were under the stands and in a row out near the stables. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.

Edited by Jeffrey