Surveyed

Examples

• And she surveyed her position, and its hopes, doubts, and chances. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He rose with the rest, and surveyed the occupants of the boxes grandly with his opera-glass. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The captain surveyed him from cap to waistcoat and from waistcoat to leggings for a few moments, and finally asked him to go indoors. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• All Jos's blood tingled with delight, as he surveyed this victim to his attractions. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Having surveyed and criticized the whole troop, he turned to me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• This meal over, she resumed honest Rawdon's calculations of the night previous, and surveyed her position. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He spread the pictures before him, and again surveyed them alternately. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The sand hills, some of them almost inaccessible to foot-passengers, were surveyed off and mapped into fifty vara lots--a vara being a Spanish yard. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• As if the Gorgon's head had surveyed it, when it was finished, two centuries ago. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It was impossible to keep one's attention long confined to these master-pieces, and so, by degrees, I veered round, and surveyed the gallery. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Eliza surveyed her parent calmly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She surveyed my whole person: in her eyes I read that they had there found no charm powerful enough to solve the enigma. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I wish to have a private conference with you two, said he, when he had surveyed me at his leisure. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I surveyed him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• All three surveyed me, and all three were silent. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Now, said he, when we had surveyed one another for some time, I've got you. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I gave him time to return to his quarters, as Xodar said he probably would do, then I sprang to the grated window and surveyed the nearby waters. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• We ascended the mountain and surveyed the tomb; but it showed no particular marks of architectural taste, mechanical skill or advanced civilization. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She surveyed him critically. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He took it from my hand, held it up, and surveyed the bed, all blackened and scorched, the sheets drenched, the carpet round swimming in water. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• As they struck the bargain, Mr. Pickwick surveyed him with a painful interest. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• When he alighted, he surveyed me round with great admiration; but kept beyond the length of my chain. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Fanny opening her reticule, as they surveyed these things, produced from that repository a shilling and handed it to Uncle. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Mr. Weller surveyed the attorney from head to foot with great admiration, and said emphatically-- 'And what'll you take, sir? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• On the plain household bread his eye did not dwell; but he surveyed with favour some currant tea-cakes, and condescended to make choice of one. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Once more, he took me by both hands and surveyed me with an air of admiring proprietorship: smoking with great complacency all the while. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• If he had drawn her towards him, she would never have surveyed him--never have said, Is he worth living for? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You're a nice one,' added Sikes, as he surveyed her with a contemptuous air, 'to take up the humane and gen--teel side! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• When he was left alone, this strange being took up a candle, went to a glass that hung against the wall, and surveyed himself minutely in it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The Hellespont was bridged at Abydos, and upon a hill was set a marble throne from which Xerxes surveyed the whole array of his forces. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

Editor: Maureen