Fled

Examples

• Thinkest thou to escape from whence in all the countless ages but a single soul has fled? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Whole ages have fled and their works decayed, And nations have scattered been; But the stout old Ivy shall never fade, From its hale and hearty green. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It has always been said that my father stole all the securities and fled. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The Brunswickers were routed and had fled--their Duke was killed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He and seventy others had fled out from a gladiatorial farm at Capua. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Some assistance being needed, he demanded it of the cook, a robust, strong-armed womanbut she, the portress, and the nurse instantly fled. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• When the Virgin fled from Herod's wrath, she hid in a grotto in Bethlehem, and the same is there to this day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Hargreaves fled to Nottingham, where works were soon started with his spinning jennys. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• She fled from America to avoid you, and she married an honourable gentleman in England. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• It is well you fled, or, old as I am, you would not have left this court alive. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• And the man said unto Eli, 'I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to-day out of the army. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The girl fled away to the house, but as she ran she looked back and saw that the stranger was leaning through the window. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• First joy departed, then ambition fled away, and with these two feelings absent I felt no further energy to do anything. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He fled last night to Bruges, and embarks today from Ostend. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• You fled to the Continent with your plunder the next morning! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• There was a simultaneous sigh, which created quite a little gust, as the last hope fled, and the treat was ravished from their longing lips. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Thebes with all B?otia submitted, and was pressed into the Persian army, except one town, Plat?a, whose inhabitants fled to Athens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The boy was fully dressed when he fled. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• And, fled from monarchs, Mount Charles, dwells with thee! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• She tried it with the Duchess of Beltshire and Lady Skiddaw, and they fled. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• We came to her like visitors from heaven itself; her high-wrought courage; her hardly sustained firmness, fled with the appearance of relief. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The wreck of his army escaped during the night, and fled in the direction of Staunton and Lynchburg. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She bethought herself of the trinkets which had been left on the ground and felt certain that the woman had fled. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The sight of the military restored hope to those who fled, and revenge took place of fear. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The division broke and a portion fled, but most of the men, as they were not pursued, only fell back out of range of the fire of the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Soon as she see him, without him seeing her, all her fear and wildness returned upon her, and she fled afore the very breath he draw'd. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• His countenance instantly assumed an aspect of the deepest gloom; and he replied, To seek one who fled from me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The emigration still continued, and wherever families could find means of departure, they fled. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She did not turn her head to look at a group of dark creatures further on, who fled from her presence as she skirted a ravine where they fed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Helen sighed as her reverie fled, and getting up, obeyed the monitor without reply as without delay. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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