Fanning

Examples

• Sir Percival was yawning in an easy-chair, the Count was reading, Madame Fosco was fanning herself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• My mother sat by the open window laughing and fanning herself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I found her placidly fanning herself in her dressing-gown at eleven o'clock. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• If the cleaning of the grain and separating it from the chaff and dirt are not had in the threshing process, separate machines are employed for fanning and screening. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• My aunt sat at the window; placidly fanning herself as usual. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• They were in the cave and the men were standing before the fire Maria was fanning. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Clennam had abundant occupation for his thoughts, as he sat in the quiet room watching the father on his bed, and the daughter fanning his face. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Some of the people were eating, and some fanning themselves with handkerchiefs; for the crowded place was very hot. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

Typed by Joan