Driven

Examples

• Three of the weapons struck against him, and splintered with as little effect as if they had been driven against a tower of steel. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• In the electric shop, motor-driven blowers carry fumes and dust away from the worker and bring fresh air in. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• On the extreme right, however, his reserve brigade carried the enemy's works twice, and was twice driven therefrom by infantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• But being soured, Mr Wegg, and driven to reckless madness and desperation, I suppose it's Yes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Great numbers of his most sober and valuable subjects were driven abroad by his religious persecutions, taking arts and industries with them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• When the mixture was heated, the ammonia was driven over to the other end of the tube, immersed in a cold bath, and the ammonia gas became liquefied. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• That is the monstrous proposition which you are driven to assert, if you attempt to associate the disappearance of the Moonstone with Franklin Blake. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• At a signal from Dak Kova the doors of two cages were thrown open and a dozen green Martian females were driven to the center of the arena. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The fraction drum of the indicator could be driven in either direction, known as the advance and retrograde movements, and was divided and marked in eighths. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• This machine had eight or ten spindles driven by cords or belts from the same wheel, and operated by hand or foot. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• If Alexander the Great had lived, he might have come westward and driven these two powers into such a fusion of interests. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mrs. van der Luyden has driven over to see her old aunts at Rhinebeck and we shan't be missed at the house for another hour. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The deepest revolt implied in the term syndicalism is against the impersonal, driven quality of modern industry--against the destruction of that pride which alone distinguishes work from slavery. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The enemy was driven back all day, as we had been the day before, until finally he beat a precipitate retreat. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Let the contents of the larder and the wine-cellar be brought up, put into the hay-carts, and driven down to the Hollow. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Here another battle ensued, our men dismounting and fighting on foot, in which the Confederates were again routed and driven in great disorder. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The cattle were all gone, probably driven off when they left. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He has been most shamefully abused, and most unjustly and most basely driven away, and I am the cause of it! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• At the end of the line the complete chassis is driven out into the yard under its own power. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But Mr. Elton, in person, had driven away all such cares. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Horsemen were streaming off in every direction, and the clatter of empty wagons being driven off almost drowned the sound of that terrible singing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The truth was driven home upon him that political science is a science of human relationship with the human beings left out. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The cutter was driven by a pitman from a crank shaft operated through gear wheels from the main drive wheels. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The enemy on his front was partially fortified, but was soon driven out of his works. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Steam-driven machines were first introduced about 1838. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Through Asia, from the banks of the Nile to the shores of the Caspian, from the Hellespont even to the sea of Oman, a sudden panic was driven. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I found the tide had driven it still nearer. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• But, interposed Shirley, supposing Moore was driven from the country, and his mill razed to the ground, would people have more work? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Counting both pleasure and business vehicles, the borough of Manhattan boasted about 2,500 storage-battery driven wagons in active use. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They say he was driven out of house and home by his wife--and she's living still down in the new town there. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

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