Draws

Examples

• Himself has hitherto sufficed to the toil, and the toil draws near its close: his glorious sun hastens to its setting. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She draws prettily, he observed: and she has now got a little companion she is very fond of. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mr. Windibank draws my interest every quarter and pays it over to mother, and I find that I can do pretty well with what I earn at typewriting. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I do not know any body who draws so well as you do. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Is it the secret instinct of decaying nature, or the soul's impulsive throb, as immortality draws on? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I know he draws, and that will take him out of your way, mamma. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Mr. Bucket draws near and examines the directions. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And though goods do not always draw money so readily as money draws goods, in the long-run they draw it more necessarily than even it draws them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I do not like the idea of leaving Mrs. Grant now the time draws near. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• She draws off her glove to get some money from her purse. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The hand exerts a small force over a long distance and draws out a nail. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• One thought chaces another, and draws after it a third, by which it is expelled in its turn. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• But he shuts out the now chilled air, draws the window-curtain, goes to bed, and falls asleep. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• As soon as this is accomplished, a mechanical device draws up the rod _E_, which in turn closes the opening _N_, and thus prevents the steam from passing into the part of _D_ above _M_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Giving him a friendly shake of the hand, Mrs. Bagnet draws a long breath after her walk and sits down to enjoy a rest. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Miss Larkins, laughing, draws her hand through my arm, and says, 'Now take me back to Captain Bailey. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• No one can fail to see that the contemplation of the heavens draws the soul upwards. Plato. The Republic.
• It is evident, in spite of his frequent attention to her while she draws, that in fact he knows nothing of the matter. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Mr. Guppy draws his chair a little forward and seats himself again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• At a distance from facts one draws conclusions which appear infallible, which yet when put to the test of reality, vanish like unreal dreams. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Mr. Weevle softly holds up his finger, and draws him into the passage, and closes the street door. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Its attractive power draws the armature toward the poles. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Our world to-day draws upon relatively immense accumulations of knowledge of fact. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Rosa draws nearer to the housekeeper. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It draws, says Jo, as heavy as a cart. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The channel of circulation necessarily draws to itself a sum sufficient to fill it, and never admits any more. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Socrates draws a distinction between the two professions. Plato. The Republic.
• It rows, it pumps, it excavates, it carries, it draws, it lifts, it hammers, it spins, it weaves, it prints. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Which makes good for we know who, besides the serjeant, and draws a little more out of the clients, eh? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• With head oddly lifted, like a man who draws his head back from an insult, half haughtily, he watched the cold, mute, material face. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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