Discharged

Examples

• The power of admonition which had begun to stir in Mrs. Garth had not yet discharged itself. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Shots were discharged by the rioters. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The water thus discharged passes through a diversion channel in the old bed of the Chagres River, generating, by an enormous electric plant, the power necessary for operating the locks. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In a little while another veteran was discharged abruptly from the same door, clawing at the air for a saving support. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• When the large cannons in the forts on our coast are discharged during target practice, there are usually a lot of windows broken in the nearby houses. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I made all the sail I could, and in half an hour she spied me, then hung out her ancient, and discharged a gun. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• First he discharged her from her valet duties; he would dress himself. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Sixty great dredges were employed on the work, and the dredged material was discharged in chutes on to the bank. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The sea, all of a sudden, began to roar and rise in billows, and there was a blow, as if all the artillery in the world had been at once discharged. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Rokesmith is already discharged,' said Mr Boffin, speaking in a muffled voice, with his hands before his face, as he rocked himself on the settle. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Having so discharged himself of the subject of his cogitations, he falls into step and marches off with the trooper, shoulder to shoulder. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He must be discharged. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The volume of gas discharged from a pipe is directly proportional to the square of its diameter, and inversely as the square of its length. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• As they produced no visible effect on the object against whom they were discharged, however, he resorted to more tangible arguments. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• For some months past, Miss Pross and Mr. Cruncher had discharged the office of purveyors; the former carrying the money; the latter, the basket. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Traction is then made on the chains controlling the jaws, which close; the grapple is hoisted to the surface and its contents discharged into scows alongside the dredge. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The steel buckets scoop up the material at the bottom of the ladder, which they then ascend, and are discharged by becoming inverted at the upper end of the ladder. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• One prisoner there was, he said, who had been discharged into the street free, but at whom a mistaken savage had thrust a pike as he passed out. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The boy is discharged. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He was discharged, whereupon the union notified us that unless the boy was taken back the whole body would go out. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Interruptions were made in the foil by cutting small portions away, at which points brilliant sparks appeared when the jar was discharged. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• His reinforcements were about equal to ours during the campaign, deducting the discharged men and those sent back. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• By the luckiest chance in the world, I had not discharged myself of any part of it. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Allen, Rumsey, Franklin, and Evans (1786) proposed to employ a backwardly discharged column of water issuing from a pump. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Then we discharged the office-boy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Having discharged my duty, Sir,' said Mr. Pickwick to Mr. Nupkins, 'I will, with my friends, bid you farewell. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It was a new type, and was known as the machine gun, or battery gun, in which balls of comparatively small size were discharged uninterruptedly and in incredible succession. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The attorney was in high glee, for the embarrassed coach-horser was ordered to be discharged forthwith. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Consequently he found himself discharged. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Certainly the bullet had been discharged at very close quarters. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

Typist: Phil