Dashed

Examples

• A few of our cavalry dashed in, and forded and swam the stream, and all opposition was soon dispersed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Laurie dashed downstairs for water, while Meg and Hannah supported her, and Jo read aloud, in a frightened voice. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• This had dashed the triumphant and rapturous emotions of maternity with grief and fear. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It had been carried out and had been dashed savagely against the garden wall, under which its splintered fragments were discovered. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Eustacia, you have held my happiness in the hollow of your hand, and like a devil you have dashed it down! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• This way, cried the boy, and, without waiting to know that I had heard him, he dashed off at breakneck speed, further into the bowels of the temple. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The stove stood near my desk, he attacked it; the little iron door was nearly dashed from its hinges, the fuel was made to fly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• John caught her up in his arm, and lightly dashed into the room with her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Dashed if I know! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Face to face with the Englishman, however, he did not shirk the combat, but, whirling his sword with a fierce cry, dashed boldly at his enemy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• On my alighting there he turned the carriage, and dashed away again without so much as a look in my direction. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I dare say you would; but I, simple I, saw nothing but the fact, that Miss Fairfax was nearly dashed from the vessel and that Mr. Dixon caught her. Jane Austen. Emma.
• He sank back in his seat with an oath, and striking out of the ring, dashed away desperately homewards. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• As we dashed up to the door, my friend's face convulsed with grief, a gentleman in black emerged from it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Sikes made no reply; but, pulling open the door, of which Fagin had turned the lock, dashed into the silent streets. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Rather dashed, Fascination Fledgeby took another scratch at his intellectual head with his hat, to gain time for rallying. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He dashed his glass to the ground, and declared, by God, he was glad he had been born, by God, it was a miracle to be alive. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• At last we came to a great carved door, and through this Carthoris dashed, a foot ahead of me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Follow me, John Carter, replied Xodar, and without waiting for my reply he dashed down into the tunnel at our feet. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• And my words were true, for shortly after eight a hansom dashed up to the door and our friend got out of it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Missing his aim, he fell into the ditch, turning completely over as he went; and striking his head against a stone, dashed out his brains. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Roaring and shrieking the apes dashed toward Kulonga, but that wary savage was fleeing down the trail like a frightened antelope. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• All such bright anticipations were cruelly dashed that night at Varennes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Or had some sudden blow from her hand dashed the support away and sent the slab crashing down into its place? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• But I would not be lachrymose: I dashed off the salt drops, and busied myself with preparing breakfast. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I'm dashed, adds Mr. Guppy, looking round, if I don't think I must have had a dream of that picture, you know! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• As the party turned into the Stilbro' road, they met what little wind there was; the rain dashed in their faces. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Who was that, that dashed it from his lips? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I had seen nothing like this since I went away, and it quite dashed my hopes for my friend. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Thus was the edifice of my brief dream of happiness dashed, broken, to the ground of reality. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.

Editor: Lucia