Ushered
[ʌʃəd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Usher
Typist: Sol
Examples
- Ferguson remained outside, and the colonel ushered me in. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
 - He was ushered into the dining-room, where, doubtless, he speedily helped his rector to empty the decanters. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
 - Our guide knocked, and then ushered us into the professor's bedroom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
 - With those words, the clerk opened a door, and ushered me into an inner chamber at the back. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
 - The lecturer unlocked the outer door and ushered us into his room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
 - Then I was being ushered into one of these boxes, and found myself saying something as I sat down, and people about me crying 'Silence! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
 - About six, I was ushered upstairs. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
 - He opened the door and ushered in a lady and gentleman. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
 - He opened the door and ushered the four strangers into the play-room. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
 - When the frequent rains shut us within doors, evening recreation followed morning study, ushered in by music and song. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
 - We were ushered through the magnificent Elizabethan doorway and into his Grace's study. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
 - Poor Pleasant, fortified with a sip of brandy, is ushered into the first-floor chamber. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
 - The gentlemen were ushered in at the front entrance. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
 - Her white teeth shining like a keyboard, she pushed back the sliding doors and ushered him into old Catherine's presence. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
 - He ushered her into a slip of a hall hung with old prints. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
 - JOHN CARTER' Early the next morning I took the first train for Richmond and within two hours was being ushered into the room occupied by John Carter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
 - I and two more were ushered on to the stage. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
 - A private room was speedily engaged; and into it Mr. Pickwick was ushered without delay. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
 - He closed his book hastily; and was at once ushered into the imposing presence of the renowned Mr. Fang. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
 - Such were the reflections that ushered in my slumber on that night. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
 - He politely received the passengers and ushered them to the kind of conveyance they wanted, and told the driver where to deliver them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
 - A pompous butler ushered us severely to the door, and we found ourselves in the street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
 - Mr. and Miss Helstone were ushered into a parlour. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
 - He immediately went into the passage, opened the front door, and ushered her in himself. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
 - A minute later we heard steps upon the stairs, and an elderly red-faced man with grizzled side-whiskers was ushered in. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
 - The waiter returned, and ushered three gentlemen into the room. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
 - Several days of unusually mild weather fitly ushered in a splendid Christmas Day. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
 - The visitors, after passing through a gloomy anteroom, were ushered into a circular chamber, apparently quite dark. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
 - She opened the packet; it was too surely so;a note from Mrs. Weston to herself, ushered in the letter from Frank to Mrs. Weston. Jane Austen. Emma.
 - I sought Mr. Mason, delivered the message, and preceded him from the room: I ushered him into the library, and then I went upstairs. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
 
Typist: Sol
