Floated

Examples

• The haggard head floated up the dark staircase, and softly descended nearer to the floor outside the outer door of the chambers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It floated up and produced a violent effect on the mucous membrane. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A long sigh floated past them on the still waters, like the melancholy cry of a bird, and died away sadly in the distance. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Patches of nasty ooze floated, yellow-white, on the dead surface of the water. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• A number of schemes had floated in men's minds for the attainment of that end. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Bishop then betook himself up-stairs, and the other magnates gradually floated up after him until there was no one left below but Mr Merdle. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• On the placid waters of the landlocked harbor floated a great ship, and on the beach a small boat was drawn up. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• As we were about to leave the pool and enter the corridor, an officer called my attention to the waters upon which the submarine floated. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• It was half full of exceedingly fine soot, which floated out and filled the room completely. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Near one side of the pool floated an odd-looking black object. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• During the progress of this keen encounter, the vessel Chadband, being merely engaged in the oil trade, gets aground and waits to be floated off. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Two tubes, which were to form the bridge, were made of wrought iron, floated out into the stream, and raised into position. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Indistinct visions of rook-pie floated through his imagination. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Two captive balloons had been floated to show the course and also to give an indication of the proper altitude to maintain. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Burnside had stretched a boom across the Holston River to catch scows and flats as they floated down. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The water was cold and in flood and many things passed that had been floated off the banks when the river rose. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• When a leaf floated to the earth he turned his head, thinking it might be her foot-fall. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The sun was low and yellow, sinking down, and in the sky floated a thin, ineffectual moon. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Far below Eunice heard the musical splash of the fountains, and the chill odors of flowers floated upward, as though drawn by the spell of her beauty. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He often left Perdita, to wander in the grounds alone; or in a light shallop he floated idly on the pure waters, musing deeply. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Events of later date have floated from me to the shore where all forgotten things will reappear, but this stands like a high rock in the ocean. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• What the two drank together, between Hilary Term and Michaelmas, might have floated a king's ship. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• On and on it flowed, a current of meaningless sound, on which, startlingly enough, a familiar name now and then floated to the surface. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Over these floated the sacred standard, called Le Beau-seant, which was the ensign, as its name was the battle-cry, of the Templars. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The head arose to its former height from the ground, floated down the stair-case again, and passed on to the gate. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The mortal maid on the shore is helpless against the siren who loves her prey: such victims are floated back dead from their adventure. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The Panama Canal Company was organized, with Ferdinand de Lesseps as its president, and the stock of this company was successfully floated in December, 1880. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Something reminded him that he had not thought himself so, until the roses had floated away upon the river. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Stranded was Gruff and Glum in a harbour of everlasting mud, when all in an instant Bella floated him, and away he went. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I noticed one feather, whose weight was at least one hundred and fifty milligrams, rise perpendicularly to the top of the fence, where it floated away on the wind. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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