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Examples

• During the day Meade assaulted and carried one more redan to his right and two to his left. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Not a word had been spoken during the present session on any of these topics. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• This is the arm of which so much was heard during the recent war with Spain, and against which our soldiers had to contend. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• There was a short silence, during which the two spectators approached the bed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• During my journey I might dream, and with buoyant wings reach the summit of life's high edifice. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The common man in France was more free, better off, and happier during the Terror than he had been in 1787. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Heating by the circulation of hot water through pipes was also originated or revived during the 18th century, and a short time before Watt's circulation of steam. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• This was the India into which the French and English were thrusting during the eighteenth century. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• During the meal she was quiet and cool: but I could not undeceive her then. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• During the Tudor and Stuart reigns a fashionable gift at christenings was the apostle, so called because at the end of the handle was the figure of an apostle. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The horses' hoofs have bored holes in these rocks to the depth of six inches during the hundreds and hundreds of years that the castle was garrisoned. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• To be brief, their kind attention and my own excellent constitution triumphed over the fever, which had been very severe during five days. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Raymond, while he knew that his plans and prospects were to be discussed and decided during the expected debate, was gay and careless. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Mr. Rivers, I have been _so_ gay during my stay at S-. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• England's course towards the United States during the rebellion exasperated the people of this country very much against the mother country. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• For myself, I was kept somewhat busy during the winter of 1847-8. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• During the repast, she had occasion to speak several times, when Georgy eyed her and listened to her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The system thus entered on, I pursued during the whole season of probation; and with the best success. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Mr. Edison himself supplies the following data: During the electric-railway experiments at Menlo Park, we had a short spur of track up one of the steep gullies. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The case, however, is different when an animal, during any part of its embryonic career, is active, and has to provide for itself. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It is impossible to do justice to all the delicate attentions I received from Lord Worcester during nearly three years. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• During these last days I have been occupied in examining my past conduct; nor do I find it blameable. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The signals of his telegraph consisted of the bubbles of gas arising from the decomposition of water, during the action of the electric current. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• During the night of the 2d the enemy evacuated Petersburg and Richmond, and retreated towards Danville. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We halted here during the heat of the day. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• During my stay in France, I have followed up, with intense interest, the history of my people in America. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• All of us have read of what occurred during that interval. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The investment had not been relinquished for a moment during the day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I saw a great deal of the Duc de Guiche, who used to be called, while in the Tenth Hussars, the Count de Grammont, during my short stay at Brighton. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• During this length of time the shell might have been carried by a marine country of average swiftness to a distance of 660 geographical miles. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

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