Examining

Examples

• She took up the other, and was examining it, when her father came in suddenly: 'So your mother is tired, and gone to bed early! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• 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.
• You were both examining a cabinet. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mrs. Dorset, examining her between lowered lids, met this with the immediate query: Who told you that? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Holmes had picked up the powerful air-gun from the floor, and was examining its mechanism. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• For an instant I imagined that Bannister had taken the unpardonable liberty of examining my papers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Look at that infernal sly-boots of a Tapeworm, Fipps whispered, examining his chief from the stalls. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• This argument may be worth the examining. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• They are still up to it, sir, says Mr. Guppy, still taking stock, still examining papers, still going over the heaps and heaps of rubbish. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Let us see, said Caleb, taking up a pen, examining it carefully and handing it, well dipped, to Fred with a sheet of ruled paper. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• After examining D'Arnot's wounds the man left the shelter and disappeared. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He was alone, examining some petitions lately presented. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• From examining his military papers he knew the boy was from Tafalla in Navarra, twenty-one years old, unmarried, and the son of a blacksmith. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• She bustled about, examining me every now and then with the corner of her eye. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• On this day, then, he went directly to the door and spent hours examining it and fussing with the hinges, the knob and the latch. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Tom had been standing wistfully examining the multitude of faces thronging around him, for one whom he would wish to call master. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The Superintendent decided to begin by examining the boudoir, and, that done, to examine the servants next. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But I have been examining all the plans for cottages in Loudon's book, and picked out what seem the best things. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Both the objection and the reply are founded in the popular notion which I have been just now examining. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Then she returned to the drawing-room, where Archer, on re-entering it, found her standing by the mantelpiece, examining herself in the mirror. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• What a fright I seem, she said, examining herself in the glass, and how pale this pink makes one look! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Squatted on the doorstep, he was engaged in most carefully examining that which the man had brought from the house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Meantime, I was happy; happy, not always in admiring, but in examining, questioning, and forming conclusions. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• This has been done, said I, examining the wound, by a very heavy and sharp instrument. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Dejah Thoris and I then fell to examining the architecture and decorations of the beautiful chambers of the building we were occupying. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• But in examining his belongings I was fortunate enough to discover not only the method of the crime, but even its motives. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• This other youngster had seized hold of the Waterloo medal which the Corporal wore, and was examining it with delight. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I am acquainted with no reason for examining myself, or for being examined, about it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• This is a very singular knife, said Holmes, lifting it up and examining it minutely. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• One evening, after the child was in bed, I began to amuse myself by examining the furniture of my room and by rearranging my own little things. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Typist: Murray