Extracted

Examples

• From the ship he was extracted by a writ of _habeas corpus_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• First, the water might be run off by a descending pipe, if an offlet could be got at the depth of thirty-five or thirty-six feet, and any air might be extracted by a small pump. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The finest and palest oil is made from fresh and carefully cleaned liver, the oil being extracted either in the cold or by a gentle heat. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• A crude gift of nature, in the mountain side, it remained, however, a sodden mass until extracted, refined, and wrought into shape by the genius of man. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Madame raised my salary; but she got thrice the work out of me she had extracted from Mr. Wilson, at half the expense. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Did one have to die like this--having the life extracted forcibly from one, whilst one smiled and made conversation to the end? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• In alluvial deposits it is extracted by washing, in dust grains, lamin? or nuggets. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Beliefs and aspirations cannot be physically extracted and inserted. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Bosquet, sent me a drawing of a perfect specimen of an unmistakable sessile cirripede, which he had himself extracted from the chalk of Belgium. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• This information--extracted from a long rambling answer in the broadest Cumberland dialect--told me all that I most wanted to know. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In whatever situation he was placed by chance or design, he extracted something useful for himself or others. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But I think the meaning can be extracted. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The oil, which is extracted from the liver, is of great medicinal value, and contributes considerably to the high economic value of the cod. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• FOURTH NARRATIVE Extracted from the Journal of EZRA JENNINGS 1849. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• If you will examine the top of the cork, you will observe that the screw was driven in three times before the cork was extracted. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• From these faded flowers Caroline had in her childhood extracted the honey; they were tasteless to her now. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• As the salt brine reaches the surface the salt is extracted from it in various ways. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• And they armed each other with knowledge, they extracted the subtlest flavours from the apple of knowledge. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The doors are closed, fastened, and by the vacuum process the water is extracted, leaving the rubber perfectly dry in about three hours’ time. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Up to that time, dyes were few in number and were extracted solely from plants, principally from the indigo and madder plants. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• These I steeped in hot water, and so from the whole of these appliances extracted one cup of I don't know what for Estella. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It has the disadvantage of not being made to break by being thrown, but must be opened by having a cork extracted from one end of the tube, requiring a smart jerk. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.

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