Trotted

Examples

• Helstone and Moore trotted forth from the mill-yard gates, at the head of their very small company, in the best possible spirits. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr Boffin's shadow passed upon the blinds of three large windows as he trotted down the room, and passed again as he went back. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Whilst the two girls waited, Gerald Crich trotted up on a red Arab mare. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• In a snowstorm you rode up to a moose and he mistook your horse for another moose and trotted forward to meet you. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I still think it would have been much more sensible and nice of you if you'd trotted back up the road while the train went by, and been considerate. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The poor gentleman bounced from his chair, and first rushed and then trotted through the room. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• At the head of the column I rode beside the great Thark while at the heels of my mount trotted my beloved Woola. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Along this same footpath, Oliver well-remembered he had trotted beside Mr. Bumble, when he first carried him to the workhouse from the farm. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• We accomplished the long descent at last, and trotted across the great Plain of Esdraelon. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The young cat trotted lordly down the path, waving his tail. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Little Duffy, as the way is with the young savages in our parts when they are in high spirits, gave a howl, and trotted off at the Sergeant's heels. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Beth trotted to and fro between parlor kitchen, quiet and busy, while Amy gave directions to everyone, as she sat with her hands folded. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• And then trotted silently downstairs, with his shoulders in a state of the liveliest commotion. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• To make the matter worse, the church door had reopened, and the aisles were filling: patter, patter, patter, a hundred little feet trotted in. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• HE wouldn't do to be trotted about and made useful. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Fred spurred his horse, and they trotted on a little way. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• And so venturing not to say another word, poor Jemima trotted off, exceedingly flurried and nervous. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It was a busy time, and I trotted about with him all day long, buying a variety of things of which he stood in need. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Then he heard a horse coming, the hoofs balled with the wet snow thumping dully as the horseman trotted. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Thus directed, the bearers trotted on under their light burden; and the two mourners kept as near them, as they could. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The four of them trotted into the timber and Agustín said softly, _Cabrones! Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.

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