Followers

Examples

• At the same time he motioned his followers to advance. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Muhammad was knocked down and nearly killed, and there was much running away among his followers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But Coodle knew the danger, and Doodle knew the danger, and all their followers and hangers-on had the clearest possible perception of the danger. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr. Jaggers, putting a hand on my shoulder and walking me on at his side without saying anything to me, addressed himself to his followers. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Lady Crackenbury read the paragraph in bitterness of spirit and discoursed to her followers about the airs which that woman was giving herself. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• What thinkst thou of gaining fair lands and livings, by wedding a Saxon, after the fashion of the followers of the Conqueror? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Its followers were mainly slaves, soldiers, and distressed people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The two friends were followers of the Baconian philosophy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Then for a week he taught in Jerusalem, surrounded by a crowd of followers who made his arrest by the authorities difficult. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And how,' said Mr. Pickwick, when he had grasped his followers by the hand, and exchanged warm salutations of welcome--'how is Tupman? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Would he not have had many devoted followers? Plato. The Republic.
• The Persian army was a vast, ill-organized assembly of soldiers, transport, camp followers, and so forth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• For him and his followers mathematics became a philosophy--almost a religion. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The mob, the mere followers, he let alone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Look for the Knight of the Fetterlock, fair Rebecca, and see how he bears himself; for as the leader is, so will his followers be. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

Editor: Nancy