Entering

Examples

• Mr. Wopsle in a comprehensive black cloak, being descried entering at the turnpike, the gravedigger was admonished in a friendly way, Look out! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Entering the open passage, she tapped at the door of the private parlour, unfastened it, and looked in. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It was, in fact, the cause of my throwing myself in Mr Boffin's way, and entering his service. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• If such is the case, and Mr. Micawber forfeits no privilege by entering on these duties, my anxiety is set at rest. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I hope that I may be excused for entering on these personal details, as I give them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• No thought could be admitted of entering to embrace her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• This was only when we were in the act of entering his room, and when I caught a glance at him over my aunt's shoulder. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Thank you, said Jane, entering and taking the chair Canler placed for her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Entering a portal, fastened only by a latch, I stood amidst a space of enclosed ground, from which the wood swept away in a semicircle. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I was struck, on entering the drawing-room, by the curious contrast, rather in material than in colour, of the dresses which they now wore. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The air passes through it before entering the working cylinder, and becomes heated to 450°. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Instead of entering the house at once he fetched a spade from a little shed and began to work in the garden. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The air, entering, rises within, and carries up dust, leaves, and even heavier bodies that happen in its way, as the eddy or whirl passes over land. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The answer was cut short by Sarah and her mistress entering the kitchen together in some commotion. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• That hinterland affects daily life, and the church which cannot get a leverage on it by any other method than entering into immediate political controversy is simply a church that is dead. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

Editor: Mary