Caused

Examples

• This accident caused some delay, but the other tubes were in the meantime progressing, and the completed bridge was opened for public traffic on the 21st of October, 1850. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• You will get over any trouble I have caused you, easily enough now. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• What had caused this species to die out? Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The exquisite pain and suffering endured previous to the use of anaesthetics often caused death by exhaustion. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In the distress that she caused me I forgot the years that had passed, and the change they had made in our position towards one another. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The news of these reverses caused a very great excitement in Germany and Austria, and the Tsar assumed a more arrogant attitude towards his ally. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As was to be expected, the card index and electrically operated features caused thousands of concerns, large and small, to adopt the addressograph. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In December, 1762, a circumstance which caused great alarm in the province took place. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• An echo is caused by the reflection of sound waves at some moderately even surface, such as the wall of a building. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• She indeed requires consolation; she accused herself of having caused the death of my brother, and that made her very wretched. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Tars Tarkas made some reply which I could not catch, but which caused Lorquas Ptomel to smile; after which they paid no further attention to me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• From that time until July, 1878, his time and attention day and night were almost completely absorbed by the excitement caused by the invention and exhibition of the machine. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I learned later, when I had moved further south, that Belmont had caused more mourning than almost any other battle up to that time. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was his machinations that caused you to misjudge me, as I misjudged you. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• It implied that what was to be done was necessarily evil, and it caused her to say in a whisper, 'O Father! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The contraction of the frog's legs may with considerable safety be said to be caused by these mechanical vibrations being transmitted through the conducting wires. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The question is not, at what period of life any variation may have been caused, but at what period the effects are displayed. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Where was the beautiful black-eyed Houri whose appearance in the first charade had caused such delight? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Steam admitted into the globe from the cauldron escaped through the side pipes, and its pressure on these pipes caused the globe to rotate. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It was premature disillusionment that caused the Russian collapse. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was the opening of this street from a lane into a great thoroughfare, thirty years ago, which has caused his property to rise so much in value. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Yet, the spectacle of only one little mourner hobbling after, caused many people to turn their heads with a look of interest. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. Lorry followed Sydney to the outer door, and, touching him on the shoulder as he was going away, caused him to turn. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• This audacious statement caused Raggles and the other personages present to look at one another with a wild surprise, and with it Rebecca left them. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He saw the joke quickly, however, and joined in the general merriment caused by this prank. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• One, his incessant restlessness and excitability--which may be caused, naturally enough, by unusual energy of character. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Watt saw that the alternate heating and cooling of the cylinder made the engine work slowly and caused an excessive consumption of steam. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• A mere suicide would not have caused him to send for me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• She was bouncing away, when a cry from the two women, who had turned towards the bed, caused her to look round. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I wonder what caused this fever? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

Editor: Rhoda