Tumbled

Examples

• The military Colossus then tumbled, and the Press began to lead mankind. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Everybody laughed and sang, climbed up and tumbled down. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Harold Skimpole's children have tumbled up somehow or other. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I was undressing in my own room, when Mr. Micawber's letter tumbled on the floor. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Tumbled together on the table are some pieces of iron, purposely broken to be tested at various periods of their service, in various capacities. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It was Old Orlick as you tumbled over on your stairs that night. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Watchman tumbled over me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And they lie all tumbled about on the green, like the crab-apples that you shake down to your swine. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• She released the book when he had not properly got it, and it tumbled against the side of the boat and bounced into the water. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Golz knew that once they had passed overhead and on, the bombs would fall, looking like porpoises in the air as they tumbled. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• And Amy, the dignified, tumbled over a stool, and never stopping to get up, hugged and cried over her father's boots in the most touching manner. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Thus admonishing him, the pretty housemaid pushed Sam against the wall, declaring that he had tumbled her cap, and put her hair quite out of curl. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I liked the place where the bundles fell off and tumbled downstairs, said Meg. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Staggering as if struck by lightning, he lost his balance and tumbled over the parapet. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He stood on one side of the tumbled bed, she on the other. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It tumbled down accordingly, and she twisted it up, looking from under her bent forehead at the man. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The big fellow threw his hands above his head, his knees bent beneath him, and without a sound he tumbled forward upon the beach, dead. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• As the high watery walls came rolling in, and, at their highest, tumbled into surf, they looked as if the least would engulf the town. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• We tumbled down the shaft that swallowed Issus as she was almost at our mercy. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Arthur followed him with such a hurried step, that he had very nearly tumbled over him on the last landing, and rolled him down into the yard. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Again they are cleaned, this time being washed in clean water, then tumbled in strong soap water, and finally tumbled in hot sawdust to dry them. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The fact is, when--was it you that tumbled upstairs, Copperfield? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I'll tell you what education is—To be tumbled out of doors, neck and crop, and put upon the shortest allowance of everything except blows. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The hinge burst open, and a number of letters tumbled out. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Like a shimmering waterfall turned to burnished metal by a dying sun it fell about her oval face; in waving lines, below her waist it tumbled. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The owner of the face has no cravat on, and has opened his tumbled shirt-collar to work with the more ease. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He started when he saw poor Rawdon in his study in tumbled clothes, with blood-shot eyes, and his hair over his face. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Being much flushed and excited, I tumbled my half-guinea out of my pocket in pulling the card out. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• All the rest of the night I tossed and tumbled, framing theory after theory, each more unlikely than the last. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The highest grade mica comes from India and the open box in the picture shows thin, transparent pieces just tumbled out (Fig. 5). Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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