Closely

Examples

• Attach a closely wound coil to a sensitive galvanometer (Fig. 237); naturally there is no deflection of the galvanometer needle, because there is no current in the wire. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Captain Lydgate's stupidity was delicately scented, carried itself with style, talked with a good accent, and was closely related to Sir Godwin. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But if you have followed recent events so closely you must have read about Lord St. Simon and his wedding? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Their alchemy was closely associated with metallurgy, the making of alloys and amalgams, and th e handicrafts of the goldsmiths and silversmiths. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The fifth corps reached the North Anna on the afternoon of the 23d, closely followed by the sixth corps. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• If such gradations were not all fully preserved, transitional varieties would merely appear as so many new, though closely allied species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It is a peculiar face, said Dorothea, looking closely. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The girl burst into a laugh; drew her shawl more closely round her; and they walked away. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The assembled warriors and chieftains examined me closely, feeling my muscles and the texture of my skin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• It closely resembled in general features the telegraph of Baron de Schilling. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Closely connected with the vagueness of men's ideas about property was the vagueness of their ideas about currency. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• My sister and I, you will recollect, were twins, and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Bell studied this closely, discussed it with Wheatstone, and decided that he would devote himself to the problems of reproducing sounds mechanically. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• How closely she glided against the banisters! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Closely related to the constitution and just as decadent to-day are the Sanctity of Private Property, Vested Rights, Competition the Life of Trade, Prosperity (at any cost). Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Her voice was choked as she went on--was quavering as with the contemplation of some strange, yet closely-present idea. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Of the eight volumes already issued, each containing about 350 closely printed pages for half-a-crown, nearly 170,000 copies have been sold within a period of less than three years. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The strength of a motor may be increased by replacing the singly coiled armature by one closely wound on an iron core; in some armatures there are thousands of turns of wire. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Fill the space between the two with sawdust packed closely and cover with a heavy lid made to fit neatly inside the larger box. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• It is not clear that the quality or character of man’s food is so closely correlated to his thought, but that it has its influence cannot be doubted. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It was easy for me to find out, and I did soon find out, that Drummle had begun to follow her closely, and that she allowed him to do it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I saw you observe him rather closely, said I, Do you think him so changed? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• There were no servants present, and the gentlemen, with chairs closely approaching, seemed to be discussing some subject with great earnestness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Here the light was dim, and the masses of people were pretty closely packed together. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Th e seven days of the week were closely associated in men's thinking with the heavenly bodies. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• And Gerald's hand closed warm and sudden over Birkin's, they remained exhausted and breathless, the one hand clasped closely over the other. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• This man pursued Miss Havisham closely, and professed to be devoted to her. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The upper half of the wire cloth belt is supported by and runs over a series of closely juxtaposed rollers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• On his flinging open the door the rays of the candle fell upon a woman closely wrapped up, who at once came forward. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• And your friend was closely related? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

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