Conducted
[kən'dʌktid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Conduct
Typist: Ursula
Examples
- Beppo did not despair, and he conducted his search with considerable ingenuity and perseverance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I was conducted at once to where Sheridan was located with his troops drawn up in line of battle facing the Confederate army near by. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Then the kind hostess conducted her guests to the snug apartments blazing with cheerful fires. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Even the subsidy by rulers of privately conducted schools must be carefully safeguarded. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The _hypocaust_ was a hot-air furnace built in the basement or cellar of the house and from which the heat was conducted by flues to the bath rooms and other apartments. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- She was particularly delighted when Clennam assured her that there were hospitals, and very kindly conducted hospitals, in Rome. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Nathan Read of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1791, invented a tubular boiler in which the flues and gases are conducted through tubes passing through the boiler into the smokestack. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- And issuing from my asylum with precaution, I sought a back-stairs which conducted directly to the kitchen. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Everything was conducted on the most liberal and delightful scale. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- With more or less difficulty he would be conducted to a picket rope outside and fastened there. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On which, and I believe it was for the first time that he ever so conducted himself in his life, the Major took the girl in his arms and kissed her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Down at the far end in a corner are a plain little table and chair, and here he is often to be found deeply immersed in a study of the many experiments that are being conducted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He assisted her to dismount, and, dismissing her guide, conducted her into the cottage. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It was already dark when they were conducted into the machine-shop, where we had several platinum lamps installed in series. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Fledgeby must have conducted it on his side with immense art, for no appearance of uttering one syllable had escaped him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But, as I was saying, it's a pity Mrs. Vincy's family can't be better conducted. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- We women then entered the drawing-room, to which Mr. Dick conducted us himself. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She took the abandoned rein, and conducted our obedient steed homewards. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But I had no doubt about the good faith of Lee, and pretty soon was conducted to where he was. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He was James Smith, who conducted the orchestra at the old Imperial Theatre. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A number of Indians had resided in the county of Lancaster, and conducted themselves uniformly as friends to the white inhabitants. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- When my hunger was appeased, I directed my steps towards the well-known path that conducted to the cottage. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The electricity from the copper end of the battery _D_ would be conducted along _A_ through the instrument _I_, and by the wire _K_ to the earth-plate _H_. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I entreated Adrian to return to me after he had conducted his sister home. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Every one had his opinion about the manner in which the war had been conducted: who among the generals had failed, how, and why. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Agnes and hospitality prevailed, however, and I conducted him to my fireside. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A very well conducted family indeed, the Chiveries. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- About ten feet away we applied the wire to the back of the neck and it gives a horrible sensation, showing the vibrations conducted through the wire. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In addition to these twelve concrete structures there are a few smaller brick and wooden buildings on the grounds, in which some special operations are conducted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Hughes conducted most of this work, and later on took a prominent part in Edison's electric-railway experiments. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Ursula