Folded

Examples

• As she sat with the paper folded between her hands, the charred log fell asunder. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He folded his hands over his knee. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He had come back to his seat, and was now leaning forward with folded arms, looking at the benevolent face of his friend. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• There's your pay, Mister Rokesmith,' said the Golden Dustman, jerking the folded scrap of paper he had in his hand, towards his late Secretary. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The char-woman, after the manner of her kind, stood with her arms folded in her shawl. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She carefully opened her reticule a little way and showed me a folded piece of paper inside as the appointment of which she spoke. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• My dear, said she as she carefully folded up her scarf and gloves, my brave physician ought to have a title bestowed upon him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• She noiselessly paced to and fro the carpeted floor, her head drooped, her hands folded. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• We're all as like each other as those dolls cut out of the same folded paper. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Mary took out the folded money from her reticule and put it into her father's hand. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Sweet one, and I folded her to my heart, better repose than wander further;--rest--my beloved, I will make a fire--you are chill. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Carton took it up, and there was a folded paper in it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• When he realized I was reading the back of his paper he folded it over. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• For example, the printed sheets, as they come from the press, must be folded to the size of the magazine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I felt raillery in his words: it made me grave and quiet; but I folded up the letter and covered it from sight. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• George, having folded the letter, walks in that direction. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Down upon her knees before that good woman, she rocked herself upon her breast, and cried, and sobbed, and folded her in her arms with all her might. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Lammle stands with folded arms, Mephistophelean in a corner, with Georgiana and Fledgeby. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My aunt was deeply interested in them, and walked up and down the room with her arms folded, for more than two hours afterwards. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Every line of the writing was hidden in the part which he still held folded up under his hand. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And it had such a good effect that I folded my hands upon my basket and quite recovered myself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• No matter who has done it since, you have never had your clothes folded as nicely as I folded them for you. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Mr. Letterblair unlocked a drawer and pushed a folded paper toward Archer. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• She was dressed in a single filthy, ragged garment, made of bagging; and stood with her hands demurely folded before her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Sherlock Holmes took a folded paper from his pocket and flattened it out on the table. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• And the trader leaned back in his chair, and folded his arm, with an air of virtuous decision, apparently considering himself a second Wilberforce. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Mr. Bruff folded up the Will, and then looked my way; apparently wondering whether I did or did not mean to leave him alone with my aunt. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But now that she was left alone with him the fingers of her lightly folded hands were agitated, and there was repressed emotion in her face. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Madame Defarge, with her arms folded, sat in the morning light and heat, contemplating the wine-shop and the street. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• To one pair of strings there were glued, back to back, two sheets of paper, which, when folded over, formed the flaps of the portfolio. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.

Typist: Osborn