Comes
['kɒmz] or [kʌmz]
Definition
(n.) The answer to the theme (dux) in a fugue.
Typist: Winfred
Examples
- When to-morrow comes, and he knows that I am in the house, do you think---- She stopped again, and looked at me very earnestly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- About a mile west from where I had been stopping a road comes up from the southeast, joining that from La Grange to Memphis. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Let her footstep, as she comes and goes, in these pages, be like that other footstep to whose airy fall your own heart once beat time. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Peggotty comes up to make herself useful, and falls to work immediately. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Comes from La Granja. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- If your crop comes shorter into market than any of theirs, you won't lose your bet, I suppose? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In most families there comes, now and then, a year full of events. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It comes this way--comes very faSt. How loud sounds its rattle on the paved path! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He may not give pleasure, he may not bring comfort, but, on the contrary, may make those to whose hearts he comes very unhappy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- In the first case, I advise you, as a friend, to have nothing to do with that cold ham at your elbow, and to wait till the omelette comes in. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Everybody who comes in, is glad to know him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- An exciting time it is when that turn comes round. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Goes through the archvay, thinking how he should inwest the money--up comes the touter, touches his hat--“Licence, Sir, licence? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- If he hasn't peached, and is committed, there's no fear till he comes out again,' said Mr. Sikes, 'and then he must be taken care on. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Allow him to speak with none, nor permit any other to enter this apartment before he comes. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- We were apart as when some one comes into a room and people are self-conscious. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I'll bear in mind the amount in this cheque, Mr. Betteredge, when the occasion comes round for remembering it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In the afternoon comes Thaka, possibly, to complain that old Mungo has stolen his new wife. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Then comes the question, What is to be done? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- An important branch of the textile art is cloth finishing, whereby the rough surface of the cloth as it comes from the loom is rendered soft and smooth. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But, in my opinion, it comes more in Dr. Watson's line than ours. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I've got two shots left, Gurt, so, if that boat comes too near, I'll try to pick off one of the rowers. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- There was no harm in sending him there you know; for I can easily change my mind when he comes back, if anything which I like better occurs. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Now comes the difference. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The truth, lady, though it comes from my lips,' replied the girl. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He steps into the room, and she comes in too, closing both the doors behind her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Perhaps the skeleton in the cupboard comes out to be talked to, on such domestic occasions? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But that comes right, sir. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- How glad they are when a mandate comes! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Tears are given them here for meat and drink--bread of affliction and waters of affliction--their recompence comes hereafter. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Typist: Winfred