Encountered

Examples

• She was a study of such nature as had not encountered my eyes yet: a great and new planet she was: but in what shape? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I have encountered her looks and smiles like--why, like a tutor, as I am. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But first he had encountered the company commander in the front line who had regarded the whole mission with owlishly grave suspicion. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• On another occasion he encountered a more novel peril by falling into the pile of wheat in a grain elevator and being almost smothered. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Here was a problem the like of which he had never encountered, and he felt rather than reasoned that he must meet it as a man and not as an ape. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Turning to geographical distribution, the difficulties encountered on the theory of descent with modification are serious enough. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Smith's divisions had encountered the rebel advanced pickets as early as half-past seven. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I deserved the evil I have encountered, for forgetting his fate even in that of his son! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• And when Miss Caroline entered she was encountered in the middle of the chamber by a tall, thin, wasted figure, who took both her hands. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Whenever afterwards he encountered Thebans, he tried to show them special favour. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As she sat down, her eyes once again encountered those of the gallant beadle; she coloured, and applied herself to the task of making his tea. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• About the same time Hovey encountered the enemy on the northern or direct wagon road from Jackson to Vicksburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Mr Pancks was then hospitably pressed into Happy Cottage, where he encountered the elder Master Plornish just come home from school. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Fine evening for a walk, Mr. Franklin, he said, as if we had just accidentally encountered each other at that moment. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• When they had encountered each other's glance several times in this way, the stranger, in a harsh, deep voice, broke silence. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• A part of those met at Jackson were all that was left of those encountered at Raymond. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• As I passed the steps of the portico, I encountered, at the corner, a woman's face. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Had I been obtrusive, I knew I should have encountered rebuff. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It is curious to note the many kinds of opposition these first railways encountered. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• We moved on--I was not at all conscious whither--but at some turn we suddenly encountered another party approaching from the opposite direction. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Let him wander his way, said he--let those leech his wounds for whose sake he encountered them. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• And health, indeed, she must have had, to be able to bear the exposure to the weather she now encountered. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• On my way through the hall, I encountered her little dog, who was called Jip--short for Gipsy. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Smith started as proposed, but his advance encountered a rebel force intrenched between City Point and their lines outside of Petersburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• About a month afterwards, in returning from market, I encountered him and Moses Barraclough, both in an advanced stage of inebriation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I know there are great and almost insurmountable difficulties that will have to be encountered; but what I have said will come to pass as sure as we live. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In seeking these articles, I encountered the beads of a pearl necklace Mr. Rochester had forced me to accept a few days ago. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He encountered both in unstinted measure, but kept on going forward until, after long travel, he had found all that he expected and accomplished something more beside. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• On the stairs I encountered Wemmick, who was coming down, after an unsuccessful application of his knuckles to my door. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The child meekly raised his eyes, and encountered those of Mr. Bumble. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

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