Echoing

Examples

• He sat down beside her and waited; but suddenly he heard a step echoing far off down the empty rooms, and felt the pressure of the minutes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I hear echoing footsteps in the passages below, and the iron thumping of bolts and bars at the house door. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The man's footsteps were so noisy on the echoing stones that he was unwilling to add the sound of his own. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I hadn't hardly got back here when I heard a shot go echoing and rattling right away into the inn. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I did at one time mean, said Miss Flite, echoing the sigh, to nominate, constitute, and appoint poor Gridley. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The best light of the day was gone when I passed along the quiet echoing courts behind the High Street. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The way was paved here, like the terrace overhead, and my footsteps from being noiseless made an echoing sound upon the flags. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• At a glance Caroline perceived that his social hilarity was gone; he had left it behind him in the joy-echoing fields round the school. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Again and again they made the hollow, re-echoing transit. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The acoustic properties of churches and other buildings were improved by the adaptation of banks of fine wires to prevent the re-echoing of sounds. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In vain I would then have turned from this scene, to darkened aisle or lofty dome, echoing with melodious praise. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Echoing Footsteps A wonderful corner for echoes, it has been remarked, that corner where the Doctor lived. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Gerald stood transfixed, his soul echoing in horror. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

Editor: Lorna